Page Dairy Mart
Page Dairy Mart is currently located at the intersection of Becks Run Road and E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA. The Page family built a Gulf Service and Gas Station on this property years after this photo was taken. Becks Run Road was eventually redirected under the railroad trestle approximately 75-100 feet south of where it appears in this photo. The building that appears in this photo was known as the Hays Mansion and was the home of the Butterweck family. Emma Butterweck was born here and grew up to marry Charles Alexander Page. The building was destroyed in the Saint Patrick’s Flood and no longer exists. It is interesting to note that the road is not paved but a wooden boardwalk is visible for foot traffic. You can see what appear to be horse-drawn trolley tracks near the bottom of the photo (see the water-filled hoof marks between the tracks). There is a shadow of a telephone pole and power line coming up from the bottom left-hand corner. A gas streetlight is on the corner. This photo was probably taken in the spring and sometime near 1900.
Check out some of our other historical photos below!
Page Service Station during flood (possibly 1927)
Charles Page - August 1929
Page's - Summer 1931
Page's - Summer 1931
Page's - Summer 1931
Page's - Summer 1931
Emma Page - 1931
Page's - 1930
Page's - 1930
Page's - 1930
Page's - 1930 (note denatured alcohol for anti-freeze)
Charles Page - April 28, 1931 (10 years old)
Charles Page - April 28, 1931 (10 years old)
Gas Pump - 1931
Gas Pump - 1931
Gas Pump - 1931
Gas Pump - 1931
Gas Pump - 1931
Page family dog - 1935
March 18, 1936 Flood photos (before and during the flooding of the Monongahela River)
March 18, 1936 Flood photos (before and during the flooding of the Monongahela River)
March 18, 1936 Flood photos (before and during the flooding of the Monongahela River)
March 18, 1936 Flood photos (before and during the flooding of the Monongahela River)
William Page and Charles Page (great grandfather and grandfather) - Summer 1936
Nighttime - July, 1939, 11 PM
Nighttime - July, 1939, 11 PM
August 1940
August 1940
Record Snow - Dec. 11, 1944. (Note Becks Run School in background)
Summer 1948 and Vets Farm Market
Summer 1948 and Vets Farm Market
Great photos of Page's Gulf Station
Note the belt coin changer - $1.49 purchase maybe?
Page's Value Farm Market and Gas Station 1949
Page's 1958
Page's at Becks Run (Note kerosene smudge pot on Becks Run Road)
Page's Gulf Station Gas Pumps
Page's Gulf Station Gas Pumps
Page's Gulf Station Gas Pumps
Page's Gulf Station Gas Pumps
Page's Full Service Gulf
Page Dairy Mart explosion (Caused by a gas line leak)