A LOOK Back: Full Service on Route 66
James McConnel and Leamon Shaver pose for a photograph at Shaver’s Standard Service Station in 1959. Located on Route 66 at 113 E. 2nd Street in Edmond, service stations like this were popular with locals and Route 66 travelers. Leamon Shaver operated the service station from the early 1950s until the 1970s.
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