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Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC)

A penny a gallon
"Standard Oil Credit Cards Good Here"
Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico (LOC) by The Library of Congress.
Lee, Russell,, 1903-, photographer.

Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico

1940 Oct.

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Original owner sold pies; hence the name 'Pie Town.'
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Automobile service stations
United States--New Mexico--Pie Town

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-24 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34107

Call Number: LC-USF35-328 
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donovanbeeson  Pro User  says:

www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pi etown.html?c...
Great article with the history of Pie Town inspired by these photographs.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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Branddobbe  Pro User  says:

Is this gas station still there?
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

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almassengale  Pro User  says:

I wish I was born 70 years earlier.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

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