Lost Gas Stations of San Mateo County
Schedule
Sun, 16 Mar, 2025 at 03:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
1850 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica, CA, United States, California 94044 | Pacifica, CA
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Lost Gas Stations of San Mateo County3 PM Sunday March 16th
Pacifica Coastside Museum, 1850 Francisco Blvd. Pacifica
Lecture and Book Signing
The years following the 1906 earthquake saw a migration from the City of San Francisco to the suburbs, farms and orchards of San Mateo County. Mobility on the peninsula came in the form of streetcars and trains but was soon dominated by the automobile. Beginning in the teens and 1920s the Peninsula was inundated with automobile service stations, or gas stations, where smartly dressed attendants practically ran to one’s car to fill the tank, check oil and tire pressures, and clean the windshield. The small coast-side towns that eventually became the City of Pacifica were no different. Numerous service stations were built along what had been the Oceanshore Railway (later Highway 1) to provide gasoline, repairs, and friendly service to motorists. It is estimated that as many as 15 gas stations existed in Pacifica before the freeway was built in the 1960s.
Authors Bruce Cumming and Nick Veronico have sought to capture the bygone era of the service station businesses on the Peninsula through a series of historic gas stations' photographs stretching from Daly City to East Palo Alto and every city in between.
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Where is it happening?
1850 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica, CA, United States, California 94044Event Location & Nearby Stays:
