Gas in Boone, 1986

This image shows the price of self-serve regular (leaded) and unleaded gasoline in Boone, NC, in December 1986. The sign reads, "Regular .79.9" and "Unleaded .88.9." The student newspaper concluded these prices were higher than the average North Carolina city. This image appears in the December 9, 1986, edition of "The Appalachian" (p. 1).

Local History

Transportation

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 19, Campus Scenes F13, C14.2.4.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1986-12

The Appalachian

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Photographs

English

Image

Boone (N.C.)

Series 11 -- Local Area

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The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.