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Street scene, Broadway & Heron vicinity, Aberdeen — 6/1935 — #2025_1

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United States — Washington (State) — Aberdeen

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Image includes Yellow Cab Co., King Hotel, Loris Grill, and Broadway Pharmacy. 2025_1 appears on page 46 of  William D. Jones' "Motor Cars and Serv-Us Stations" under the number 2025. Book caption reads : "Associated Drive-Through Service Station located at Heron and K Streets Aberdeen, 1935. This was the location of the very first Service Station in Aberdeen in 1917. It was so successful the owner Lee Bigelow wanted to open one in Hoquiam, about four miles away. However the bank in Seattle turned down the loan and said that one service station in the county was enough."

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