Esso Filling Station (Lego 310)
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Esso Filling Station (Lego 310).jpg) (i)
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Arch Two , Area 25 Lego before Lego (display) |
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1956 |
A small red and white assembled model corner ESSO Filling Station Lego item number 310, first released in ~1956.
The set includes three petrol pumps and a roadside sign.
Description
The display beam above the doorway says "ESSO SERVICE" (with an "ESSO"-style "E"), and the piece is also described in catalogues as a "Petrol Station".
Our version doesn't have a red edge on the roof pieces that seems to be a feature of the catalogue images ... the BrickLink site says that the stripe disappeared from catalogue pictures circa ~1963, so, assuming that the earlier catalogue images aren't misleading, this suggests that the model's parts might be post-1963 (or that it might have been put together from generic non-set parts).
The model is displayed as a part of a selection of contemporary pieces on a Lego Town Plan Set baseboard.
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