{"id":36601,"date":"2022-06-04T17:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-strange-history-of-pristine-gas-station-bathrooms\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T17:04:12","slug":"the-strange-history-of-pristine-gas-station-bathrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-strange-history-of-pristine-gas-station-bathrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"The strange history of pristine gas station bathrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \n Gas station bathrooms are the last place most people want to stop to do their business.\n <\/p>\n \n But that wasn’t always the case. Spotless bathrooms were once a crucial selling point for gas stations.\n <\/p>\n \n In fact, oil giants ‘gas station ads in the early and mid-20th century assured travelers that their bathrooms were as clean as those in drivers’ own homes.\n <\/p>\n \n Texaco, Gulf, Shell, Sunoco, Esso, Phillips and other companies plastered billboards on roads, ran color ads in national magazines and created catchy slogans such as \u201cRegistered Rest Rooms\u201d and \u201cClean Restroom Crusade\u201d to highlight their facilities. The companies battled to surpass each others’ bathrooms, with some companies even sending out \u201cWhite Patrol\u201d and \u201cHighway Hostess\u201d teams to inspect and certify them.\n <\/p>\n \n Companies tried to make their bathrooms feel more like home in response to the growing number of women who were driving and traveling around the country. By 1928, women bought half of gas stations’ fuel that year, according to an industry journal.\n <\/p>\n
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