Esso Station
Short film of Esso Station in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1940. Depicts refueling, the price of gas on a pump, and car driving off, past another station.
Short film of Esso Station in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1940. Depicts refueling, the price of gas on a pump, and car driving off, past another station.
Short film of Esso Station in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1940. Depicts refueling, the price of gas on a pump, and car driving off, past another station.
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