#MARTIN SCHWARTZ GAS PUMPS MODEL 80 1B TV#

From the mundane appearance of the earliest pumps, we now see design and aesthetics coming into play in pumps from manufacturers across the country. This particular model came on the market in 1922 and was hand-operated like the earlier blind pumps were. This all began to change by the late 1910s, and certainly into the Roaring Twenties, as more pumps and dedicated gas stations appeared.There are many variations of early gas pumps, but the Bowser 97 Square Sentry shown here is a good example of an early-style gas pump. These pumps were largely generic and simple cast “stroker”-type designs they were purely function-based to do their job of getting fuel from the tank to the automobile. Larger hand pumps, attached to large buried tanks at the curbside, began popping up across the country.

In the early 1900s, with a rapid increase in the number of registered vehicles, the need for a better method of gasoline distribution was needed. The first generation of pumps were basically hand pumps on a barrel in front of a general store. To a collector, however, the term “gas pump” elicits thoughts of pumps from bygone eras, with the earliest pumps now more than 100 years old.

#MARTIN SCHWARTZ GAS PUMPS MODEL 80 1B TV#

When most people think of a gas pump, they visualize a modern multi-grade pump with a credit card reader and built-in TV screen – the kind found at the corner convenience store.

Martin schwartz gas pumps model 80 1b