What a small world we live in! The pic you have of the Post office in Gage, NM was just 18 miles West of where I grew up in Deming, NM! Of course, I'm not of the era but was really cool being able to relate to the area.

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Wow those cans on the top pic look like milk cans. I wonder if the same company made both...

Nicole, I'd be surprised if the same company made both. Milk cans originally had a thick tin plating, because most metals give a terrible taste to milk, and were high-grade stainless steel later on. I agree, though, the Richfield cans do look like the cream cans of the Midwest.
The gas cans of the era I see in area flea markets appear to be galvanized.

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when gas was reasonable..

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pics

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Pictures of then and now. Still remains in the same family in Japantown, San Jose, CA.

Is that a cafe? Cool!

Yes, it's called Roy's Station Coffee and Teas. Roy's kids and grandchildren are running it now.

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