{"id":232,"date":"2015-01-01T21:56:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T02:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wordpress\/?p=232"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:32:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:32:14","slug":"shell-gas-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Shell Gas Pump"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-704\" src=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/12400072-2-300x420.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Larry Johnston\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/12400072-2-300x420.jpg 300w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/12400072-2-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/12400072-2.jpg 1011w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright Larry Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Shell Gas Pump<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Lula, Georgia<\/p>\n<p>When you look at the gas stations of today, with their fancy buildings, and huge canopies over the pumps, you forget what it was like, less than 30 years ago.\u00a0 While driving down the back roads of north Georgia, we went through the community of Lula.<\/p>\n<p>In my early years of painting nostalgia, while gathering information on future paintings, I came upon a Shell station, that was located in Lula.\u00a0 It had the old-fashioned look of years gone by, so I stopped and took a few photos of the gas pumps.<\/p>\n<p>I eventually painted a painting of those pumps, which also became part of my gas pump set of 4 different brands.\u00a0 Some of the others were, Gulf, Texaco, Marathon and Sinclair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3438\" style=\"width: 165px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3438\" src=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-x-25-vertical.pub-Gas-Pumps-2-165x439.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Larry Johnston\" width=\"165\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-x-25-vertical.pub-Gas-Pumps-2-165x439.jpg 165w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-x-25-vertical.pub-Gas-Pumps-2-385x1024.jpg 385w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/5-x-25-vertical.pub-Gas-Pumps-2.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright Larry Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gas Pumps are pretty popular! Here are the ones I have painted so far&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=244\"><strong>Exxon Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=89\"><strong>Texaco Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=83\"><strong>Texaco Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=81\"><strong>Texaco Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=646\"><strong>Texaco Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=73\"><strong>Texaco Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=232\"><strong>Shell Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=242\"><strong>Gulf Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=238\"><strong>Marathon Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=240\"><strong>Mobile Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Copyright Larry Johnston\"><strong>Sinclair Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=268\"><strong>Pure Gas Pump<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shell Gas Pump Lula, Georgia When you look at the gas stations of today, with their fancy buildings, and huge canopies over the pumps, you forget what it was like, less than 30 years ago.\u00a0 While driving down the back roads of north Georgia, we went through the community of Lula. 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