deja vu all over again

 

I've passed the old gas station on Raton's main drag many a time, but today I thought "wow I just photographed this place."  It is an exact replica of the Sinclair station in Houma, Louisiana.  (See blog posts August 6 and 7).  While the Houma location is still a working service station, the Ration building now houses 1950s memorabilia including a life-size Elvis.  There is no indication of whether the place is ever open to the public.  One difference is that the restrooms are switched to opposite sides.  The room with the "gentlemen" sign (as opposed to "men" in Louisiana) boasts of "sanitary seat covers."  Women evidently don't have that assurance but our room is "locked for your security."  I wish I could learn more about these stations with green tiles, a circular design and round service bays -- a piece of the past worth preserving.

 

Raton, New Mexico