BP-pyssling

The original image found at Niblog.

BP has a long tradition dealing with small people, lilliputians and leprechauns. This little guy was seen on a bunch of BP promotional stuff, like stickers, when I was a kid in the 70s.

More about oil- and petrol mascots: GrandPrix63: Mobil-Olle, BP-pysslingen och Happy
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Arne Jacobsen Gas Station

"Paddehatten", design: Arne Jacobsen, 1938 (more info in Danish, in English)

Found at STIKNORD

via Coudal Partners

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Thanks Olle for additional info and links!
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Vintage Cars: 1963 Impala at BP

Grandprix63: Soppatorsk
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Vintage Cars: Volvo Amazon at BP

Grandprix63: Soppatorsk
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Ephemera: Gulf Road Map

Judy's Postcards Plus: "Vintage 1935 Ohio Road Map, Gulf Refinery"
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Ephemera: BP

From Martin Klasch

From Martin Klasch

I found this little BP phrasebook in an antique store the other day. Thought you might like it. The top image is the cover and the image below shows the few illustrations found inside the book.

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Architecture: Modernist Gas Stations

From grootveld.net

Former "Auto Palace" Nijmegen (Texaco)
Architects: Meerman en Vd. Pijll. Built in 1953

Top 15 modernist gas stations
Bonus link: Flickr pool Vintage Gas Stations
via PCL LinkDump

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