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S. New Braunfels Avenue
Photos courtesy Mel Brown |
Brown's
Humble Service Station, S. New Braunfels Avenue, 1938
Note white pump near
building for "white"[unleaded] gas. |
The appropriately
named Humble Station was sent in by Mel
Brown, author of Chinese
Heart of Texas, and the son of the station’s owner, who relates:
“My
brother Bob reminded me that our dad had an Humble gas station in San
Antonio briefly before WW
II as these three views attest. The location was jinxed so it was of brief
duration but picturesque nonetheless. It sat on South New Braunfels Avenue, directly
across the street from the large municipal cemetery complex which was as bad for
business after dark as it was for getting help after sundown. That particular
cemetery still runs for several blocks along New Braunfels Avenue and is long
known for its effects on the neighboring environs. For many years it was the site
of a huge cylindrical water storage tank that was a real landmark for San
Antonio’s East Side.”
- Mel Brown,
Austin, Texas |
View
II
Ice boxes for both Dr. Pepper and Coca-Cola and a sign for Pepsi |
Staton
Brown, Dealer and Station Owner
Photo courtesy Mel
Brown |
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