The Quality Oil Station in the 700 block of South Galena Avenue, across the street from the intersection of West Broadway and South Galena Avenue was owned by Walter Ackerman. They pumped gas in the front but they had a big auto repair business in the back. The building was stucco, painted cream color as I recall, and you can see the back of the building with its clay tile roof.

The trucker in the semi is driving south on South Galena Avenue. (Photo on the right). The Quality Oil building is still there but it hasn’t been as a gas station for decades. The station pumped Skelly gasoline, and you can see the Skelly sign on the right edge of photo on the left which is of South Galena Avenue looking north toward downtown Freeport which about 6 blocks away. On the right is a small 1-story stone building on the east side of the street which housed the Prince Castle hamburger and ice cream shop. There was a chain of Prince Castle restaurants in the Midwest (maybe other places too) that I think all were in similar buildings. This particular one was popular in the 1930s and 1940s but may have been out of business by the early 1950s or even the late 1940s. It’s been used as an office since then.

This row of houses on West Broadway
Where it meets South Galena Avenue.
The car is approaching the intersection.

Walter Ackerman Obituary