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Amerikitsch

18. Jan, 2018 0 Comments

Roadside America

photographs by John Margolies

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Shell’s Yeah!

12. Jun, 2013 0 Comments

shell NC

This single story Shell station, in the shape of a giant scallop shell, was built by RH Burton and his son, Ralph, in 1930 at Sprague and Peachtree Streets in Winston-Salem. The owners of the oil company decided to attract customers through a series of shell-shaped service stations. They built at least eight in the Winston-Salem area, but the station at Sprague and Peachtree is the only one remaining [Wiki|LoC]

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