Refueling 100 years ago - or, once upon a time in America
Bruno von Rotz
03/04/2014
03/04/2014
Over a hundred years ago, there were no petrol stations with neon lights and self-service pumps. Refueling was still a personal affair and, as the picture shows, an idyllic story.
It's quite possible that you could buy apples and bread in addition to filtered gasoline (see the "Gasoline filtered" sign), as this concept wouldn't have been that far removed from today. Safety was the top priority ("safety first"). People on both the customer and vendor side probably had more time than today, so there was always time for a chat. And the radius of movement was not very wide with the cars of the time. The wonderful picture can of course also be found in the Zwischengas photo archive.
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