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Transportation

Gas stations offered full service
where a uniformed attendant washed your car's windows and
checked the oil and tire pressure while filling the gas tank.
Full-service gas stations

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There are 7 comments for this item.

Posted by chrisbroz at 7:53 pm (PDT) on Sat April 23, 2016
freddo30...thanx for the memory...I remember that Texaco commercial and the jingle (Texaco Star Theater)...also Mobil...the flying red horse...
Posted by freddo30 at 2:54 pm (PDT) on Tue April 19, 2016
You can trust your car to the man who wears the star, the big bright Texaco star.
Posted by CJ at 6:30 am (PDT) on Sat May 16, 2015
I worked for Consolidated in WI. and our center island was a display case with glasses, bowls, dishes that we gave as a premium.
Posted by GlenEllyn at 4:14 am (PDT) on Sun October 7, 2012
I've read that some stations are going back to using station attendants to pump gas. They'd like you to think it's to differentiate themselves from the competition, but more likely it's to cut down on theft from drive-offs. Can't say I blame them.
Posted by dtdavis2012 at 6:33 pm (PST) on Sat January 21, 2012
I miss the days of full service--and they meant it back during the good old days! Remember when gas was 29 cents a gallon??
Posted by Duff at 7:19 pm (PST) on Mon January 18, 2010
Some stations also gave away items like glasses when you filled your tank.
Posted by Katbear at 9:30 pm (PDT) on Sun August 16, 2009
We have pump jockeys here in NJ, but they won't check anything unless you ask them to - and, the odds are, they might not understand you.

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