pfloro Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) Diamond Service Station, 118 King Street (Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.), looking up King Street toward the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, with a partial view of the Capitol and Tenney Building. This photograph was taken sometime in 1935 (probably summer)... It appeared today in a NYT article about Thomas Midgley who invented TEL and CFCs... Groucho Marx: "To the palace...! Ride like fury...! If you run out of gas get Ethyl. If Ethyl runs out, get Mabel" ...from Duck Soup (1933). Paul Edited March 15, 2023 by pfloro (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I wonder what those 5 gas pumps would fetch at Hershey?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdillinger Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 That's a very cool photograph! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 I loved the movie "Duck Soup"! I was never much of a fan of their later movies. They became too pat and formula written. The early films were produced and performed on stage before the best laughs were worked out and then put onto film. My all-time favorite Marx Brothers movie was their first talking comedy, "The Cocoanuts" (also had the best musical interludes which I very much enjoyed!). "Horse Feathers" and "Duck Soup" follow close behind. Every time (I am not kidding!) I see a photo or read a mention of "Ethyl" gasoline? That silly Groucho quote runs through my head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 23 hours ago, greenie said: I wonder what those 5 gas pumps would fetch at Hershey?!? Not to mention how much that neon Diamond sign would fetch these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 If my town had a gas station that looked like that, I’d be there now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 12 hours ago, greenie said: If my town had a gas station that looked like that, I’d be there now. There was a Sinclair, later BP station right in the middle of our town. Had 2 service bays and a small cashier/waiting area. It was THE hangout for the 'older guys' every morning. I can imagine it was a fun place to hang around and wish there was a place like that now. The building is still there, still a gas station but the 2 bays have been converted to a convenience store. Oil changes and brake jobs are merely a haunt of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 On 3/15/2023 at 7:25 PM, greenie said: I wonder what those 5 gas pumps would fetch at Hershey?!? I would guess, with the globes, $2500 each. 1/2 that without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroPetro Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I'd pay 2500 each without globes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 They are clock faced pumps. The typical asking price at Hershey would be closer to $5k. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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