Inside Soulsby's Service Station, Mount Olive, Illinois

Russell Soulsby built this station on Historic Route 66 in 1926 with his father, Henry. He ran it with his sister Ola until 1991. For its 65 years of operation, they sold only Shell gasoline.

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