Save 5 Cents: Santa Rosa, New Mexico

 

 

Pumping gas was never more than a penny business, and there were more than a dozen gas stations vying for every gasoline nickle that came down Route 66 to Santa Rosa. Independent pump jockeys mixed whatever they could with gasoline-kerosene, naptha, alcohol-in order to bring their costs down and make that penny.

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