Ben Ward's Texaco gas station at 4th & College Avenue in the 1950s followed by his opening the new Beeline gas station at 12th & College in 1961. Photos courtesy of Dan Ward.

Ben Ward

Dan Ward

 

Texaco station on SW corner of intersection of 4th & College 

 

 

 

 

 

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Knobel's Service Station and Tourist Cabins started in the 1920s at 1861 Walla Walla Avenue, corner of Wellington (old Highway 410). The Cycle shop became an Indian Motorcycle dealerhip in 1949. Photos courtesy of Carol Knobel.

John D. Knobel in original gas station. Photo damaged by later fire in the Cycle Shop.

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Fire was probably in early 1940s

Earl Knobel, his son John and brother Edward after WWII service at rebuilt Cycle Shop.

Edward and unknown mechanic on right

Earl Knobel

Shell gas station dealer on Wellington

Walla Walla Avenue foreground and Log Inn Tavern across Wellington

Skookum Gas Station

1922

 

1930

Ice on the Columbia River at Wallula in the winter of 1929-1930, and Lammers Truck Service station at 9th and Rose Street in 1940. Photos courtesy of John Lammers and George Rose.

Hattie Lammers

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Triangle Service Station near Umapine, then and now. 1950s era snapshot courtesy of Marcia Akes; color photo in June 2018 by Joe Drazan.

College Avenue and the Beeline gas station in College Place on January 3 1966. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

Circus truck broke down while passing through town on June 19, 1966. The trainer released the two elephants for an impromptu show while the truck motor was repaired at Jim and Dean Bradstreet's Mobil gas station at Clinton and Isaacs. File photos courtesy of the Union-Bulletin.

Note Green Park School on left

Green Park gas station at Clinton and Isaacs.

1930

1932

1934

Lewis Healy, 1947

Jimmie Chapman, 1943

1950

Mike Bowers, 1951