The evolution of the fixed tire pump is in some ways parallel to that of the gasoline pump. Those from the Twenties have a distinctly vertical orientation which recalls the idea of the column or the pilastrino. Later on, their height was modified and they borrowed a bit of the gas pump’s modeling and ornament….

When the vendor found himself selling only fuel, he was forced by necessity to add service upon service in order to increase his income possibilities. It was in this way that the pumps came to be flanked by other equipment, large and small, which also had to make its contribution to the global image ofthe…

From the second decade of the century onward the American filling station underwent an evolution which, in a single decade, would transform it into the service station proper. To the simple dispensing of fuel was added the checking of oil, water, and tire pressure, the installation of new filters, spark plugs and batteries, the car…