Gas station attendant at Ed Lafferty MobilGas Station, Montesano — 11/6/1941 — #18770_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Montesano
The Vidette
18770_1 from this assignment appears on page 73 of William D. Jones' "Motor Cars and Serv-Us Stations" under the number 18770. Book caption reads : "Ed Lafferty MobilGas Station in Montesano, Washington located at Sylvia and Pioneer Avenue. This photograph was used in an advertisement in the Montesano "Vidette" on November 8, 1941, one month before the Pearl Harbor Day of Infamy."
Thanks to Sam Talley, who writes: "Full service = pump gas, check oil and coolant, clean the windows, and possibly check tire pressure. If you ordered $2 worth of gas they usually pumped a little extra such as $2.10. Here gas was 23 cents/ gallon. In the 1950's there was a gas war where one company tried to sell gas at a lower price than the competitor's. It went down to 11 cents/gallon.”
