TexasEscapes.com HOME Welcome to Texas Escapes
A magazine written by Texas
Custom Search
New   |   Texas Towns   |   Ghost Towns   |   Counties   |   Trips   |   Features   |   Columns   |   Architecture   |   Images   |   Archives   |   Site Map

Architecture
Texas Architecture

Counties
Texas Counties


Texas Towns
A - Z

Hotels




Texas | Architecture | Gas Stations

Looney Brothers,
East Texas Gas Station,

Marlin, Texas

1947


Marlin TX - East Texas Gas, Looney Brothers & Sons, 1947s
East Texas Gas, Looney Brothers & Sons
Photo courtesy Larry W. Johnson

Looney Brothers, East Texas Gas, Marlin, Texas, 1947

These photos were taken at Marlin, Texas sometime around 1947/48. The name on the station is "East Texas Gas" and over the window it shows "Looney Bros". (See above photo.)

The station was owned and operated by my two Uncles (brothers) Fountain Asbury Looney and John Dennis "J.D." Looney. Fountain is the man in the cowboy hat, white shirt and tie. His younger brother "J.D." is shown putting water into the cars radiator. The boy standing in front is Fountain's younger son, Roy Looney and the boy standing by the gas pump is Fountain's older son, Ray Looney. At the time these photos were taken the family lived in the small one room building which is on the left side of the photo. When is the last time you saw gas selling for 14 cents and Kerosene for 9 cents?

My cousin Ray Looney told me one time at this station he really got a good whoopin. Gas was measured by being pumped up into the metered glass enclosure on the top of the gas pump. While his daddy was releasing a measured amount of gas into a customer's car, Ray thought he would be helpful by continuing to pump gas into the glass enclosure. Needless to say his daddy was not too pleased once he saw his hard earned gas money being given away like that.

These photos I know was taken by someone in my family as I am in possession of the original negative which was handed down to me by my mother, Eula Bea (Looney) Johnson.

- Larry W Johnson, Grapevine, TX, October 31, 2010

Marlin TX - Looney Brothers, East Texas Gas, 1947s
Looney Brothers, East Texas Gas, 1947s
Photo courtesy Larry W. Johnson


Marlin TX - Gas Station , 1947s
Marlin, Texas Gas Station, 1947s
Photo courtesy Larry W. Johnson


Marlin TX - Gas Station , 1947s
East Texas Gas, Looney Brothers & Sons, 1947
Photo courtesy Larry W. Johnson

See Marlin, Texas
More

Texas Gas Stations

Vintage Photos

Texas Towns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Texas Escapes Online Magazine »   Archive Issues » Home »
TEXAS TOWNS & COUNTIES TEXAS LANDMARKS & IMAGES TEXAS HISTORY & CULTURE TEXAS OUTDOORS MORE
Texas Counties
Texas Towns A-Z
Texas Ghost Towns

TEXAS REGIONS:
Central Texas North
Central Texas South
Texas Gulf Coast
Texas Panhandle
Texas Hill Country
East Texas
South Texas
West Texas

Courthouses
Jails
Churches
Schoolhouses
Bridges
Theaters
Depots
Rooms with a Past
Monuments
Statues

Gas Stations
Post Offices
Museums
Water Towers
Grain Elevators
Cotton Gins
Lodges
Stores
Banks

Vintage Photos
Historic Trees
Cemeteries
Old Neon
Ghost Signs
Signs
Murals
Gargoyles
Pitted Dates
Cornerstones
Then & Now

Columns: History/Opinion
Texas History
Small Town Sagas
Black History
WWII
Texas Centennial
Ghosts
People
Animals
Food
Music
Art

Books
Cotton
Texas Railroads

Texas Trips
Texas Drives
Texas State Parks
Texas Rivers
Texas Lakes
Texas Forts
Texas Trails
Texas Maps
USA
MEXICO
HOTELS

Site Map
About Us
Privacy Statement
Disclaimer
Contributors
Staff
Contact Us

 
Website Content Copyright Texas Escapes LLC. All Rights Reserved