Kindron, OH: Lehman's Gas and Hardware Store

(Satellite)

Street View, Jun 2019

In the store, they have an older gas pump.

Justin Barhorst, Jun 2024

A Rumely Oil Pull tractor: 

RP Ettore, Apr 2021

That tractor is worthy of a couple of photos.

Amber Anspach, May 2020

The building itself is notable. Since this store is in Amish country, do they sell that line-shaft equipment for their factories? If so, I'd like to tour the factories.

Andrew Fisher, Oct 2025

Note the miniature water pumps near the top of this photo. My wife's grandmother had one mounted next to her kitchen sink. Or are these models? I think her kitchen pump was bigger than these.

Scott Tschetter, Nov 2025

I assume these sewing machines are models.

Sarah Monheim, Jul 2022

I wonder if there were so many wrenches back then because socket sets had yet to be developed.

Melody Reed posted

I like the juxtaposition of plastic pipe and hand water pumps for wells. The water pump in the lower-left corner is the type that would be mounted by the kitchen sink.

Ed Young, May 2025

Does someone make custom kitchen appliances that look old? 

 Lloyd S (Lloyd S/LSchicago), Aug 2025

This display is to the right of the above display.

Mark E Bass, Sep 2024

I've never before seen a wringer washing machine that is this old. It looks like the agitator is driven from the top instead. I wonder if it was hand cranked.

Bill Rocklin, Oct 2025

It looks like they may sell wooden tubs. The stuff hanging on the racks at the right are christmas cookies. The things on the high selves in the background are hand-cranked meat grinders. I sremember turning one to help make hash.

Michelle Anderegg, Apr 2026

I didn't know they made attachments for wringer washers. The butter churn is driven by the agitator shaft. I don't know what attachment is driven by the wringer shaft. Also, there is an older wringer in the upper-left corner.

TYE “TYE317” EDWARDS, Oct 2023

This store is in Amish country, so you can buy butter churns.

Mark E Bass, Sep 2024

A hand-cranked phone and a Remington typewriter. When I needed a photo of a typewriter a few years ago, I had a hard time finding one to take the photo.

Melody Reed, Sep 2025

A telephone booth.

Lisa Burton, Oct 2025

lauren Lambert-cicero, Jul 2025

The store has many wood carvings. Linda's video gives us a tour of some of them.

Facebook Reel
"The store is a quarter mile long." "Part of the structure is an 1849 hand-hewn barn."

Linda opens the door on the phone booth so that we can see a pay phone.

Same Reel

Marlborough, CT: Old Mobil Gas Station and Horizontal Coke Machines

(Satellite)

I forgot that Mobil had a Flying Horse logo.

Street View, Oct 2024

James Carlson posted
86 East Hampton Rd., Marlboro, Ct.

Clem Brown commented on James' post
Great place to photograph your car..
[The Route 66 on the sign was a state route, not THE Route 66.]

Dean Murphy, Aug 2024

The farm has more than just an old gas station.

Street View, Apr 2023

Photo, Oct 2025

And more than one old barn.

DJH3 Media, Oct 2021

They have at least a couple of John Deere tractors.

Street View, Oct 2024

St. Louis, MO: Large Standard Oil Signs on US-66

(Satellite)

US-66 Overview (old gas)

I wonder how many differrnt ways Route 66 ran through, and around, St. Louis. Specifically, was US-66 on Skinker Blvd or Clayton Ave and when.

Route 66 Postcards posted three images with the comment:

This Standard Red Crown sign along Route 66 had to be beautiful to see at night! In 1931, the Post Dispatch reported that the new Standard station at Skinker and Clayton in St. Louis was open. The triangular site was well known for the massive two-sided Standard sign, once the largest of its kind in the country. A new sign would be erected in 1932. It was to be 45 feet across and 60 feet tall. It contained 5,800 bulbs, 2,900 feet of neon tubing, and five miles of wiring. It weighed 44 tons and used as much electricity as a town of 1,000 people, requiring its own electrical substation. It was in place until 1959, when it was taken down. It was replaced by another mammoth sign, the Standard sign, which, despite changing brands, is still standing, now over Stevenson’s Hi-Pointe Service & Wash as an Amoco sign.

   These photos are courtesy of 66postcards.

Mike Johnson: Yes, Standard Oil of Indiana had the Red Crown logo, and they changed their name to Amoco. Later BP bought them.

Michael Sanders: Too cool! But I doubt it weighed 44 tons. Thats 88,000 lbs. That much weight would have crushed that flimsy scaffold!

Route 66 Postcards: Michael Sanders We took that information from some history online. Yes, it does not seem probable. Thanks.

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Mark Mahy commented on the above post
1959

Doug Hutchings commented on the above post

Street View, Jun 2021

Gascozark, MO: 1931 Abandoned D-X Gas Station on US-66 and Gasconade Hills Resort

Gas and Cafe: (Satellite)

Resort: (Satellite)

US-66 Overview

Route 66 Postcards posted two photos with the comment:

Here is a "then & now" of the Gascozark Service Station & Cafe, Gascozark, Missouri, on old Route 66. Frank Jones settled here in 1931, on Route 66, and opened this cafe and service station, which he gradually expanded. He hired a stonemason to give them a uniform appearance, and that is how this giraffe-rock structure, also called slab-rock, was created. He later sold it in 1935 to the Shuermanns. It was also known as the "Spinning Wheel café". The pumps to the east of the building once sold D-X-branded gasoline. The building has a neat curved parapet giving it a peculiar appearance.

   Here is a complete history:  https://www.oldstagecoachstop.org/webgeezer/Gazette07/Gascozark.pdf

   The 'now' photo is courtesy of Google in August 2023.

Get Your Pics on Route 66 - A Route 66 Promoter: I made this video 10 years ago. I later found out many of the things that I stated were incorrect. So, maybe don’t pay attention to the audio but at least you can see what the interior look like 10 years ago.

https://youtu.be/QfCZ3HLbzBc?si=iEkCLrLvGcGIW_u0 [I didn't watch. I don't care for "urban exploration."]

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Robert Rothbauer posted, cropped
Old “Giraffe Rock “Cafe west of Waynesville Missouri
[The sign clearly says Gascozark Cafe.]

Scott Redden commented on Robert's post

Scott Redden commented on Robert's post

Kathy Black commented on Robert's post
It looked so nice when I was there.

Scott Redden commented on Kathy's comment

They have not restored the station for the 100th anniversary of Route 66. I'm surprised that the glass globes on the corner posts are still intact.

Street View, Feb 2026

Across the road is an antique store.

Street View, Feb 2026

Jeff Thisted, Oct 2023

There is the MO-133 exit off I-44 just a block away.

Satellite

OldStageCoashStop

Before motels were developed, roadside lodging used several little cabins. The Gascozark Resort is now a RV park.

OldStageCoashStop
The area had already been established as an area for resorts. People from St. Louis would ride the Frisco Railroad to the resorts. Route 66 made it even more convenient for city folk to escape to the countryside. 

Lorain, OH: Three Former Gas Stations

Sunoco: (Satellite)

Sinclair: (Satellite, I could not find this one.)

Citgo: (Satellite)

Citgo

Street View, Sep 2023

Sunoco

Street View, Jul 2016

Allen Bender posted three photos with the comment:

3 Old Gas Stations in Lorain, Ohio

1. Reid Avenue,  was a Sunoco & Gulf Station and even a Florist. 

2. Old Sinclair Station @ Grove & East 28th Street

3. Benny's which was an old Citgo Station on Reid.

None of the 3 currently have gas pumps but are still there.

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