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This would appear to be a combined Packard dealership and gas station, as far as I can see.

Posted by: @david-green

This would appear to be a combined Packard dealership and gas station, as far as I can see.

It appears that way to me as well.  What throws me is the five guys wearing suits and ties standing among them.  Unless they are salesmen.  

I believe that it’s a Packard dealer operating in a (former) Tyrol service station…

I agree with Terry.

When I clicked on the picture and enlarged it, the Packard dealership information was quickly evident.  Also, the picture was carefully composed with the standing men all facing the camera.  It's unusual to see the gas station/dealership combo, but if it worked, then fine for them.  Good picture, too!  Thanks for posting it.

(later) I did a little checking. 

Tide Water was a New York company with an origin in the 1880s.  Its “Tydol” brand of gasoline and complimentary products were sold on the east coast of the United States.  In the 1920s Standard Oil of NJ took control and the dominant company product name became “Flying A.”  The Tydol brand by the 1950s was falling into disuse and it seems by 1956 was gone, its name lost into other organizations. The pictured Packard dealership seems to be dominated by 1954 models, so this may have been one of the latter Tydol dealerships.  Packard didn't last much longer either.  

Rogers Garage: Packard Sales and Service operated in Hanover, New Hampshire.  This is probably the location pictured above.  (I like the Google search engine!)  For a good article on this garage, including the picture with the Packards, see:    https://www.motortrend.com/features/lessons-learned-long-ago-from-working-at-an-ivy-league-garage/

And now I'm going to get back to a Mercedes that I'm putting together (1/43 style).

Looks like it was opening day, new signs, staff posing, shiny new inventory, etc.

I think we all agree, it is both.

@d-m-holcombe 

Thanks David, for the research.  It's a neat photo that caught my eye.