Mercers Garage customers with Ford pickup truck, Wellsboro / Union Mills, Indiana, 1948

Description:	A smiling couple poses with a Ford pickup under the canopy at Mercers Garage. The man, who wears overalls and a cap, has his arm around the woman. Written on the back is Lenoard [sic Lenord] Milzarek (Sparkie) & wife Cleo [Grage]. Note that his name is spelled Sparky on Find a Grave. Anna L. (Nelson) Mercer photographed many of the stations customers in the summer of 1948 before she and her husband Marion G. Mercer traded their gas station for one in Kentucky (but returned after just three months). She wanted to record the faces of their community before they moved.The Mobil Oil station was owned and operated by the Mercers from 1945 until 1978, then operated by their daughter and son-in-law Brenda and Byron Ward until it closed in 1995. The station was located on the southwest corner of Hamilton Street and Long Lane in Wellsboro (which later shared a post office with Union Mills).The station still stands on the site as of May 2024.
Origin:	1948
Created By:	Mercer, Annie L. (Nelson), 1921-1977
Source:	http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/55367E22-627E-4CD2-A944-800853997228
Collection:	Indiana Album
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Geography:	7676 Long Lane, Union Mills, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States 41.496790,-86.758610
Subjects:	Brenda Ward Collection Automobile service stations Pickup trucks Spouses Wellsboro (Ind.) Union Mills (Ind.) LaPorte County (Ind.)

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