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20-JUN-2005

Arthur H. Guerra Owner~Operator Guerra's Super Service Station 1931-1978

San Antonio, Texas Photo Circa 1955

This photo was taken for a Mobil Oil magazine article about my Dad. The wearing of the cap was for the magazine and not part of the day to day uniform.

Notice the "I'm Good" on the regular pump and the "I'm Best" on the ethyl pump. Gas prices are 24.9and 26.9 cents.

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1/40s f/8.0 at 105.0mm iso400 full exif

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J. Scott Coile13-Jan-2009 18:40
Fantastic portrait!
laine8212-Jan-2009 18:37
hehehe...Vernon is on your tail :>))
I can see who you resemble !!
vernix11-Jan-2009 18:46
$0.269 per gallon.
Believe it or not gas is cheaper now in 2009 when you consired inflation!

There are a lot of ways to try to figure this but here is a simple relative price-by-year site:

http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

$0.269 in 1930 would equal $3.32 now.
$0.269 in 1940 would equal $4.08 now.
$0.269 in 1950 would equal $2.42 now.
$0.269 in 1960 would equal $1.49 now.

I'm guessing this photo was...what....1950???

How about it, mom....know what year this was???
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