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| View Original: | A carefully restored early Conoco gasoline station in the town of Shamrock, in the Texas panhandle LCCN2014633461.tif.tiff (4530x5427) | |||
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| Keywords: A carefully restored early Conoco gasoline station in the town of Shamrock, in the Texas panhandle LCCN2014633461.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes The building was constructed as three separate businesses 1 The Tower Conoco Station so named for the tall tower gracing its roof 2 The U-Drop Inn Cafe named by a local schoolboy in a contest that awarded him 50 00 for his idea 3 A retail store never used as such but soon taken over by the cafe folks for use as a ballroom and overflow dining room The building was a regional attraction in its day; neon lighting deco details and glazed ceramic tile walls It gradually took a beating the biggest hit coming in the 70s when it was painted red-white-and-blue and converted to a FINA station The building operated successfully for most of its life finally closing completely in the mid-1990s The building is now owned by the town and used as a visitor center ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2013 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2014633461 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/29200/29261a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 29261 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 29261 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||