Vintage gas pump
White Rose, the "All Canadian" company until the early 1960s when Shell Canada bought White Rose out.
Closeup of sign
Apparently there were stations all across Canada except in the western province of Britsh Columbia.
A mystery to me
Anyone know what this is?
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White roses and petrol don't seem to be natural bed-mates but then I always associate the white rose with the House of York and the Battle of the Roses;-)
Is it some kind of air pump for tires? A mystery to me also! I love the photo essay!
This reminds me of the Magnolia Oil Company in Texas and the Southern US. They had a very similar pump, usually a green base as I recall and a picture of a magnolia in a circle. I think the apparatus has something to do with oil or lubricating fuel. I'll check back later to see others' thoughts as I'm very curious. It minds me of a giant hand lotion pump so perhaps it was a repository for that stuff called Goop that mechanics cleaned their hands with!
Mystery to me but lovin' that top photo!
Oh you just made me remember pulling up to those stations back in the 1950's.
What a wonderfully nostalgic post. It reminds this old Ozark Chick of the days of long ago.
'Looks like some kinda hand pump thing to me. ????
God bless ya and have a magnificent day from the happy hills and hollers of the Missouri Ponderosa!!!
White Rose yes. From back in the days when they were Canadian owned.
Your mystery object looks like a hand pump for steel drums or barrels.
The "mystery to me" thing is an oil pump. Motor oil was kept in bulk within and hand pumped into those glass containers with the long spout screwed on top much like a Mason jar. This was before the industry moved to putting oil in one quart cans, which by the way were paper containers, spiral wrapped much like how the roll inside toilet paper or the Pillsbury pop-in-fresh dough container. The inside was lined with a thin oil-proof material so it would not leak. The top and bottom was metal and you opened them with a can opener if you didn't own a store-bought spout that pierced the top. The good old days.
Thank you, Sinbad on the Loose! Your explanation is perfect!
Upon researching it seems it became Canadian in 1938. It was in the USA since the 1830's so it would seem. There are very few snaps of those old stations. I remember their steak knife campaign.lol
I love these old gas pumps. Great capture EG!
When we were married, gas was about 28 cents a gallon. And the pumps looked very much like the one in your first photo. As I recall, the thingy in the final photo contains used auto oil...
Never knew about White Rose. Too bad they got bought out. Their sign was nice!
My hubby says it is an oil pump. That was the way oil was sold.
The oil is stored in the bottom. A can was placed under the spout and the leaver was pumped to get the oil into the can.
Mystery solved!
~:)
love the vintage.
That is a beautifully restored Red Rose pump! It has been a long time since I've seen one of those.
great shots, those were the days when even common things were works of art :)
Nice series. The pumps and sign look to be in fabulous condition for their age.
White Rose gas and Red Rose tea. Only in Canada.
I love all the old gas pumps. I hadn't seen the White Rose before.
a lovely name for a gas company. love the vintage gas pumps.
Lovely, but that explains why I (coming from BC) have never heard of them before.
Very interesting. I like vintage. I love these photos.
Really nice! It really is in prime, vintage condition! And very nice of them to make us think of pure, white roses, instead of oil pumps - that's much friendlier :)
Great find!
Oh wow, that's a neat old pump. I think that last one is an oil drum- I've seen similar at the 10 minute oil place where I get mine changed.
White rose reminds me not of petrol but of the the tudor roses here when Lancaster was red and York was white and they were conjoined into the Tudor rose when Henry VII came to the throne in 1457. Sounds more romantic don't you think?!
Interesting photos. That first one is stunning.
Great photos!
My husband loves to watch "American Pickers" show
on the Instant Netflix he was given for Christmas.
He loves seeing these kinds of things.
Seems like an odd name for gasoline company...but the antique pump and sign are very interesting!
Weren't older pumps much more pleasing to the eye??? I had never heard of this brand and glad someone knew what the apparatus was.
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