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Group portrait of young women (station attendants?) at Boeske's Gas Station (on Brown Street, Acton Street?)

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Luigi Massa, owner of Massa's Bakery (note his shirt), has just won a television at the Gulf gas station operated by the United Cooperative Society. The station was located at 5 Waltham Street. A "Dollar Stretcher Sale" was happening at the time.

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A black and white photo of young girls conducting a car wash at the New Orbit Car Wash which was part of Howard Boeske's Sinclair gas station on Waltham Street (near the Assabet River)

Note: The price of the (leaded) gasoline was 35 cents/gallon.

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Ray's was a repair and gas station located at 76 Powder Mill Road.

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Ray's was a repair and gas station located at 76 Powder Mill Road. His father Joe Tanuzzo first started the business. He use to carry a large amount of cash on thursdays so he could cash the checks of his regular customers.

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Ray's was a repair and gas station located at 76 Powder Mill Road. His father Joe Tanuzzo first started the business. He use to carry large sums of cash on thursdays as he use to cash the checks of his regular customers.

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Ray's was a repair and gas station located at 76 Powder Mill Road.

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Ray's was a repair and gas station located at 76 Powder Mill Road.

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Ray's was a repair and gas station located at 76 Powder Mill Road.

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Two red, advertising ice scrapers from Robert P. Whitehouse, Inc., a Tydol Service Center. The business was located at 1 Powder Mill Rd., Maynard, Mass. Tydol was Tidewater Oil Company and marketed its products under the Flying A brand name on its…

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A promotional set of needles distributed when Charlie Colburn owned the Esso station at the corner of Main and Waltham Streets, 2 Main St.

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The Sinclair Gas Station and New Orbit Car Wash, located on Waltham Street at intersection of Main and Summer Streets, was run by George O'Brien.

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The Sinclair Gas Station and New Orbit Car Wash, located on Waltham Street at intersection of Main and Summer Streets, was run by George O'Brien.

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This station was located at the corner of Powdermill Road and Waltham Street. This photo is likely taken in the 1940's.

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This appears to be a customer that has won some windshield washer fluid at the gas station operated by the United Cooperative Society. The station was located at 5 Waltham Street.