Old filling station and how it worked. Harold Gene Sullivan.

This is a photograph that is being shared by one of our Searcy Sleuths who sent it by email and gave the following statement.

"A friend of mine from Texas sent me this picture of their old store run by his grandparents when he was growing up.  It brought back many memories.  My Uncle Homer in southern Arkansas had an almost carbon copy.  As a kid I loved to work the gravity fed gas pumps where one hand pumped the gas into the glass cylinder and then let it run down the hose.  There was no electricity for a modern gas pump.  The gallons were marked on the glass cylinder.  My uncle carried a few groceries, some dry goods, salt pork, and sodas.  His brother, my Uncle Floyd, owned a small portable sawmill and this is where the 'hands' met for a ride to the sawmill.  Of course, they bought things from the little store."

This was interesting to me because I never thought about a store with gas pumps with no electricity.  I remember seeing these globe-type gas pumps but had no idea how they worked.  Thanks to Harold Gene Sullivan for giving us a lesson and sharing the picture.  Notice how relaxed the guy in the door appears!

HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED!!