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[A Shell gas station]

Description: Photograph of a Shell gas station that is bustling with customers waiting inside their automobiles. Two billboards can be seen next to the gas station. One billboard reads "Quick as a wink the yellow pages tell where to buy" and the other reads "It's here pre-war plus Shell gasoline." Some individuals can be seen pumping their gasoline at the gas station.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Wallace Grocery Store; Barn Where Elys Lived

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first picture is of the Wallace Grocery Store and Gas Station with a car parked under the front and another building on the right. The second picture is of the barn where the Ely's lived in Ely, Texas with three people in front of it.
Date: 1950~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[The Sladecek Garage in Granger, TX]

Description: Photograph of the Sladecek garage, located at 502 S. Commerce St., Granger, TX. Pictured is Victor and Edward J. Sladecek and their Aunt Victoria Wiezek, visiting from Chicago. Victor and Edward operated their father's business after World War II, and Edward was still operating the business in 1988.
Date: 1970
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[C.W. Alberson Gas Station]

Description: Photograph of the C.W. Alberson Garage, a single-story building with three gas pumps attached to the exterior. A man is standing just outside the entrance to the building. Text on the exterior says, "C.W. Alberson Ford Parts, Authorized Ford Service."
Date: unknown
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Service Station]

Description: Photograph of the service station for the Bergstrom Air Force Base in Texas. Several cars are getting gas, and others are visible around the station.
Date: February 3, 1956
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Photograph of a car driving down a highway]

Description: Photograph of a car driving down a highway. The photograph appears to have been taken from the front seat of another car driving closely behind, as a car's dash is visible in the foreground. The silhouettes of two individuals can be seen in the car ahead. The passenger faces the left to took at the driver. There is treed, hilly land on either side of the road. An exit sign reading "Oak Grove Rd" and a sign for a Conoco gas station stand on the right side of the highway.
Date: 196X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Jamye at a snow cone stand, 2]

Description: Photograph of Jamye Blanke standing outside a snow cone stand. A sign hanging on the small structure reads: "Coca-Cola" and "cones." A gas pump sits under a covered roof in the parking lot in the background.
Date: [1960..1970]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a building covered in signage]

Description: Photograph of a building covered in signage. A chevron design is painted along the bottom of the building. The signs advertise Mobil gas, a silversmith, weaving, a cafe, and "Great Divide Camp." A covered wagon on the right side of the building's large parking lot reads, "Haller's Continental Divide." A woman stands outside an automobile parked to the right of the covered wagon. Patterned rugs hang from a clothesline near a small structure behind her. A second automobile is parked on the far-le… more
Date: 193X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a donkey tied to a covered wagon]

Description: Photograph of a donkey tied to the wheel of a covered wagon. "Ye Ole Chuck Wagon" and "Continental Divide" are printed on the side of the wagon's cover. Two gas pumps stand behind the covered wagon. In the background, more gas pumps and a Coca-Cola sign are visible.
Date: [1930..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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