Here are some photographs of Service Stations, all from the State Library of Victoria collection and taken between the 1920 and the 1950s, which was obviously the heyday of Service Station construction. www.slv.vic.gov.au
G & W Down Service Station, Gowangardie (north of Violet Town, east of Shepparton) 1940s.
State Library of Victoria Image H92.388/135
Southern Cross Service station, Queens Parade, Clifton Hill. 1927.
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Service station, corner of Barkers Road and Church Street, Hawthorn. 1927. Same design as the one above and below, must have been the design of the moment. The architect is listed as L.M Perrott.
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Service station, corner of Malvern and Glenferrie Rds, Malvern. 1920s.
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Petrol pump outside a general store and a Peninsula Bus Lines bus (no location listed)
State Library of Victoria Image H84.346/94
Austral Service Station, 114 Sydney Road, Coburg.
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Footscray Motors, Hugh Williams Pty Ltd, 71 Hopkins Street, Footscray.
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Main Street Mansfield, Mobil Service Station.
State Library of Victoria Image H32492/858
Castrol Service Station - Point Nepean Road, Rye.
State Library of Victoria Image H32492/2586
Rhodes Motors, 401-411 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1937. An Oldsmobile and Cadillac dealer and also sold Indian and Triumph motor cycles. Fuel pump outside premises.
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Exterior view of Service Station (no location listed)
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Another exterior view of the same Service Station, above.
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Ripponlea Service Station
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Old Service Station, Tarnagulla. Ampol sign in window and fuel pump on footpath.
State Library of Victoria Image H98.251/1665
Yallourn Hotel and Garage, owned by Williams and Raynor, Railway Avenue.
State Library of Victoria Image H2009.18/240
Devon Parking Service and Service Station. Not sure of exact location of this building.
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Fleet House and City Motor Service Ltd., Collins Place, Melbourne. 1930s. Fuel pump on footpath.
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Well, that was a delight!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda - Service Stations really were stylish in those days (especially in the City) - I guess it was because it was a new modern industry and the new modern architecture reflected that.
ReplyDeleteThe unknown general Store with the pump and Peninsular bus outside is the General Store (AKA "The Kiosk") on the Esplanade at Mt Martha just above the north end of South Beach. The pump went in the late1950,s but the store is still there.
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