Dixie Gas Station at Texas Museum Poster

"Dixie Gas Station at Texas Museum" by Catherine Sherman. "Self Service is Now No Service" Originally a Dixie Service Station opened in in the Piney Woods of East Texas in 1931, this old gas station is now part of the Gaston Museum in Joinerville, Texas. This was one of 35 Dixie stations in the area and the first self service, because the owner was too ill to wait on customers. Customers would serve themselves and put money in a box. All Dixie service stations were identical prefabricated metal buildings. This station is thought to be the only one remaining. Dixie was the marketing division of the East Texas Refining Company, the first refinery in the East Texas Oil Field. The station and terminal were open 24 hours a day. The East Texas Oil Field is first in the United States in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930.