Out of gasoline signs were increasingly evident in Oregon during the month of October, 1973. Stations such as this one at Lincoln city along the...
Unlighted business sign reminds motorists to conserve gasoline during the fuel crisis. Image courtesy National Archives, United States, 1973. .
During the Fuel Crisis before Gasoline Sales Were Regulated by the State a Dealer in Tigard, Pumped Gas Only to His Regular Customers. The Driver in...
Gasoline Dealers in Oregon Displayed Signs Explaining the Flag Policy During the Fuel Crisis in the Winter of 1973-74, Image courtesy National...
Oregon Still Had Scattered Gasoline Problems in May, 1974. A Downtown Station in Portland Shows a Sign Saying the Day's Allocation Is Sold Out. A...
Oregon's Odd-Even Plan Reduced the Lines at Gas Stations During the Fuel Crisis in the Fall and Winter of 1973-74. This Station Was Servicing Cars...
The state of Oregon was the first to go to a system of odd and even numbers during the gasoline crisis in the Fall and Winter of 1973-74, Image...
"Pool It" sign north of Vancouver, Washington, was a reminder that the gasoline shortage was not over in March, 1974 and sharing rides was a good...
One of Denver's area gas stations is shown here. Most area gas stations are closed on Sundays during the gas shortage in order to conserve gas.
Motorists line up for gas on the first day of gas rationing imposed on nine California counties following the revolution in Iran that caused a...
Sign at a petrol station announcing temporary fuel rationing, USA, circa 1974. The sign reads: 'Temporarily...10 gallons per customer. We appreciate...
Close-up of a hand-written, cardboard sign which reads 'Empty' on a gas pump, 1973. The photo was taken during the then-ongoing 1973 oil crisis.
Vehicles line up for gasoline at service station during gas shortages, May 3, 1979 in Long Beach, California.
Buick parked in a queue for fuel at a petrol station in the USA, circa 1950. At the rear of the car is a sign reading: 'Sorry, this is the last one...
Sign of the times? Paul Martin, who makes decals for a living, puts in print the general feeling of a lot of people towards President Carter's...
Sign at a US gas station during the oil crisis of 1973-74, reading: 'Sorry...Temporarily out of GASOLINE'.
Sign at a gas station during the gasoline shortage and energy crisis of the 1970s states, "Gas Shortage! Sales Limited to 10 Gals. Of Gas. Per...
Line of cars parked at a Gulf petrol station in America, where a 'No Gas' sign advertises the petroleum shortage during World War II. However the...
Petrol attendant holds a wad of cash at a Shell petrol station beside a sign titled 'Petrol Price Increase Today', Walworth Road, Southwark, London,...
Car is painted with "NO GAS" signs at the Chevron station on Commack Road at Suburban Avenue in Deer Park, New York on December 29, 1973.
Suez Crisis 1956 - A billboard outside a petrol station vividly demonstrates the severity of the petrol shortage. October 1956.
Cars queuing at a BP petrol station on Sloane Avenue, Kensington, London, during the oil crisis, UK, 7th December 1973.
Sign saying 'Sorry, This Grade Run Out' stuck to a four star petrol pump at a Shell service station during a fuel shortage in London on 3rd February...
Cars queuing at a petrol station on Woodford Avenue, London, during a petrol shortage, December 1973.
View of a trio of Mobilgas pumps adorned with hand-written signs that read 'Out of Gas' and 'No Gotta Da Gas,' New York, New York, early 1940s.
The Quincy, Mass. Licensing Board restricted the hours of a Mobil gas station in West Quincy, Mass. For disturbances in the neighborhood. The problem...
Sign of the times of the gas shortage atthe Exxon Gas Station on Ferry Street in Hudson, New Hampshire, owned by Carl E. Roberts, which has started...
Cars line the Southeast Expressway Gas as motorists wait to fill up at Arco Gas Station, June 15, 1979.
Sign at a news stand that reads "big cut in petrol supplies" during a national fuel shortage after Saudi Arabia proclaimed an oil embargo targeted at...
Gas shortage Police officer guiding traffic jam at service station at Divisadero & Fell ;Photo ran , p.1
Petrol Queues -- Motorists queue to get petrol at a Shell service station in Taren Point Road and Parraweena Road at Taren Point early today. June...
Sorry No Petrol" sign in a service station in Woodville Rd. Granville.A worried motorist looks at a "Sorry No Petrol" sign in a service station in...
