Bomber Gas Station

This former gas station in Milwaukie, Oregon, was topped with an actual B-17 bomber used in World War II. The unusual canopy remained in place from 1947 to 1991, at which time the gas station closed and the plane—named Lacey Lady—was adopted by the Bomber Restaurant located on the same site. It was dismantled in 2014 and moved to a hangar in Aurora, Oregon, to be restored.

PHOTOGRAPHY BY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION, JOHN MARGOLIES, FROM IT’S A GAS!, COPYRIGHT GESTALTEN 2018

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