When Service Station Meant Something

Who remembers the good old days when gas stations gave full service?

This amazing photo shows J. L. Clark’s Gulf Super Service Station Number One all decked out for the Christmas Holidays in San Antonio, circa 1939. The station was located at 1739 Fredericksburg Road, at the confluence of Zarzamora, Fulton, West Gramercy, and Fredericksburg Road. Look at the details and the fantastic lighting! It's almost like a Hollywood movie set, it's so good.

Below is another photo showing the overall layout from higher in the air. The architecture of this stations was amazing.

The station was later owned by Z.F. Guest, and sold to Joe Nigro, a former Merchant Marine, in the 1970s.

The same site today:

Only Thirteen Minutes to Downtown in 1928

Looking Back at the Woodlawn Lumber Company