Throughout the history of automobiles, gas stations have come and gone. Some have long been forgotten and the spaces they once occupied now house modern-day office buildings, stores, and houses. Others have withstood the onslaughts of time and society and have become monuments to bygone eras. Many of these gas stations were not known outside …
Category: Highways
Ten Historical Valentine Diners Across the US
During the mid-1930s Arthur Valentine, owner of a series of small cafes in the Wichita, KS area known as the “Valentine Lunch System” and an ex-car salesman originally from Illinois, purchased a prefabricated lunch building from the Ablah Hotel Supply Company in Wichita for one of his restaurants. Valentine was very impressed with the building …
Highways and Byways
“Highways and Byways” is a section of the website where you can find all the blog posts devoted to anecdotes about businesses, past and present, that were/are located along (mainly) America’s highways and backroads. Here are all highway-related posts published on this website: Ten Historical Valentine Diners Across the US