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I was looking for De Soto, WI, but accidently got De Soto, MO. When I saw that the signature photo for the town was an old gas station, I dug deeper.
Note that the pump on the right displays "Fire Chief" instead of the Big Red Star.
I originally noticed this photo because it can evidently pump only 9.99 gallons of gas. Then I noticed the sight glass. The sight glass dates the pump before the 1960s, probably before the 1950s, but this pump was used a long time because 42.9 cents per gallon is quite a bit. I don't remember gas being that high in the 1960s. I do remember that our 1961 Dodge station wagon had a 20-gallon tank. So did the service attendant have to pump gas twice to fill up a tank? Or did the meter wrap around, and he had to remember to add the one for the 10's column?
This confirms my memory that 42.9 cents was well into the 1970s because it was still about a quarter in 1972.
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Kris Vierra posted
Joe Pivato: $.27 in 1972 is $2.12 today |
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