Auto-Rite Gas Station, circa 1961

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Title

Auto-Rite Gas Station, circa 1961

Subject

Automobiles

Description

The Auto-Rite Shell Service Station was on the corner of Greensboro Avenue and Ninth Street in Tuscaloosa at a site occupied in 2015 by an addition to the United Methodist Church.

Auto-Rite was owned by J.R. Moman and sold to Floyd Turner. A 1953 or 54 Chevrolet Bel Air is on the left. On the right is Turner's 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline.

Tuscaloosa resident Charles McAteer now owns Turner's car. An antique car buff, McAteer had always wanted a 1948 model, having ridden in Turner's immaculate vehicle many times when he worked at the service station after high school. Many years later, he happened upon a 1948 model, much in need of repair, but the paperwork showed that it was the very car he had coveted as a young man. The bill of sale was made out to Floyd Turner. McAteer is restoring the vehicle.

Source

Personal Collection of Reggie Harris

Date

Circa 1961

Contributor

Betty Slowe (Description)

Type

Photograph

Identifier

1260

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)

Original Format

Photograph