The Ford Barn

Dave Mellor NJ · 04-02-2025, 12:02 AM

Lousy park job

mercman from oz · 04-02-2025, 12:38 AM

old31 · 04-02-2025, 07:24 AM

I guess you would call that an early convenience store.

Those 2 pumps are just begging to be run over by some drunk.

fundytides · 04-02-2025, 07:49 AM

Going by the cars, photo is from the early-mid 40's. Surprised that these pumps were still in service, I was a kid in the 40's and never saw a visable pump in service in our area.

Keith True · 04-02-2025, 08:04 AM

Interesting picture.Looks like the building is somewhat neglected.Doesn't look like the gas pumps are in use.Also,the trees have been denuded.Tornado?? Whatever it was,happened long enough earlier for the suckers to start regrowing out of the trunks again.That would be about a summers worth of growth here.The roofline looks kind of weird,maybe damage? Or maybe other buildings behind it,or maybe just the old picture.Farm oriented with that DeLaval sign in the window.

hbrandon · 04-02-2025, 09:27 AM

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I pumped them up during the 40s. We had no electric to run newer pumps. H. Brandon

nkaminar · 04-02-2025, 10:29 AM

I think the trees are trimmed each year. We do that here. Might be early fall as the shoots from last year have not been cut off. The Model A has what looks like chains on the rear tires and mud on the body. In that era that would have been an inexpensive off-road vehicle.

Seth Swoboda · 04-03-2025, 08:31 AM

It looks like some kind of general store. Notice the "DeLaval" sign in the window.

CarlG · 04-03-2025, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fundytides

Going by the cars, photo is from the early-mid 40's. Surprised that these pumps were still in service, I was a kid in the 40's and never saw a visable pump in service in our area.

I lived in a small farming community in SW New Mexico in the mid '50s, The General Store there had 2 electric pumps and one of these visible pumps for use when the electricity went out, which it frequently did,

CWPASADENA · 04-04-2025, 10:30 PM

During the war when i was 4 or 5 years old, I would "help" my great uncle pump the gas to fill into the visible pumps at his gas station. This was in a little town in the middle of Missouri.

CWPASADENA · 04-04-2025, 10:32 PM

During the late 1960's, when traveling in Baja California, we ran across many visible pumps still in operation.

RandyinUtah · 04-05-2025, 12:00 AM

When traveling in our Model A through British Columbia in 19
In the late 1980s I stopped for gas in Cotni Bay and they were using a pump like in the picture.

04-02-2025, 12:38 AM	#2
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 12,016	Re: Blocking pumps

04-02-2025, 07:24 AM	#3
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,461	Re: Blocking pumps I guess you would call that an early convenience store. Those 2 pumps are just begging to be run over by some drunk.

04-02-2025, 07:49 AM	#4
fundytides Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 505	Re: Blocking pumps Going by the cars, photo is from the early-mid 40's. Surprised that these pumps were still in service, I was a kid in the 40's and never saw a visable pump in service in our area.

04-02-2025, 08:04 AM	#5
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 3,424	Re: Blocking pumps Interesting picture.Looks like the building is somewhat neglected.Doesn't look like the gas pumps are in use.Also,the trees have been denuded.Tornado?? Whatever it was,happened long enough earlier for the suckers to start regrowing out of the trunks again.That would be about a summers worth of growth here.The roofline looks kind of weird,maybe damage? Or maybe other buildings behind it,or maybe just the old picture.Farm oriented with that DeLaval sign in the window.

04-02-2025, 09:27 AM	#6
hbrandon Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 21	Re: Blocking pumps Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I pumped them up during the 40s. We had no electric to run newer pumps. H. Brandon

04-02-2025, 10:29 AM	#7
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,874	Re: Blocking pumps I think the trees are trimmed each year. We do that here. Might be early fall as the shoots from last year have not been cut off. The Model A has what looks like chains on the rear tires and mud on the body. In that era that would have been an inexpensive off-road vehicle. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

04-03-2025, 08:31 AM	#8
Seth Swoboda Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 4,079	Re: Blocking pumps It looks like some kind of general store. Notice the "DeLaval" sign in the window.

04-04-2025, 10:30 PM	#10
CWPASADENA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: PASADENA, CA Posts: 1,931	Re: Blocking pumps During the war when i was 4 or 5 years old, I would "help" my great uncle pump the gas to fill into the visible pumps at his gas station. This was in a little town in the middle of Missouri.

04-04-2025, 10:32 PM	#11
CWPASADENA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: PASADENA, CA Posts: 1,931	Re: Blocking pumps During the late 1960's, when traveling in Baja California, we ran across many visible pumps still in operation.

04-05-2025, 12:00 AM	#12
RandyinUtah Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ogden Utah Posts: 243	Re: Blocking pumps When traveling in our Model A through British Columbia in 19 In the late 1980s I stopped for gas in Cotni Bay and they were using a pump like in the picture.