R.C. KRAUSMANN SERVICE STATION

I’ve been looking to shoot an old-school gas station and Mr. and Mrs. Krausmann were kind enough to let us have free run of their facility. Here’s the front of their station:

Mom and Pop service stations are disappearing all over the country, being replaced with convenience stores that also offer gasoline. R.C. Krausmann is different. It’s like stepping back into time where proprietors knew their customers by name and cared about them. The Krausmanns are a couple of the friendliest people I’ve ever met.

Here’s another shot of the station and one of the service bays:

 

The Krausmann station has been operating in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan for over 60 years and is still going strong.