A brief history: In the early 1920s gas stations like this one were a novelty. Sun Oil Company Inc started their business in 1886 and ended in 1920 when it was renamed Sun Oil Co. It remained Sun Oil Co until the bicentennial year when it returned to its roots. In 1998, Sun Oil Company Inc formally changed its name to Sunoco. When this photograph was taken in 1920, the gas stations provided all around service such as window shield washing. Rumors have it that this gas station was near the Burgess's residence on the corner of Pusey and Clifton Avenues. Resources have not collaborated on this but it's a great picture of how gas stations used to look in the 1920s.
There is still a Sunoco station in Collingdale today with a convenience store on the corner of Roberta and MacDade Boulevard.
Photograph courtesy of Keith Lockhart.
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