Photo 53-LFO-24

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Gibson City, Illinois...view is looking north. That’s Illinois Route 47 running W-E (L-R) across the bottom of the picture. Appears that the DI$CO gas station is in the process of being rebranding to the CHEKER. Notice that the price for 100+ octane (leaded) ETHYL is only 42 9/10 ¢ a gallon!! Those were the days!! Quick calculations say that it’s $2.50 in 2020 dollars!!! One last comment...lower LH corner of photo shows the GIBSON CITY INN, and note the SHELL station in the lower RH corner.

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