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Ghostsoldier
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The Rampaging Jalapeños is the name of my Los Lobos tribute band.
Sent directly from my mind to yours.
2jakes
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'58 Edsel for $58 a month! 
Nice.
Wait a minute---that comes to $511 a month in 2018!
Nice.Wait a minute---that comes to $511 a month in 2018!
Absinthe_1900
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2jakes
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Gas station from '20s-'30s
Although not the '30s, I grew up in small town where this was the
type of roads in my neck of the woods. There's still some of those
houses around with outdoor roofed porches where folks would
sit in the afternoons to listen to the radio and enjoy tea or coffee
with pastries from the local bakery.
The pennies and nickles I got to keep gave me the chance to buy
Baseball cards that came with a slab of chewing gum.
The chewing gum tasted like cardboard smothered in powdered
sugar. Heck...who cared as long as I got the card to complete the
pack.
Topps and Bowman were some of the card companies I remember.
Although not the '30s, I grew up in small town where this was the
type of roads in my neck of the woods. There's still some of those
houses around with outdoor roofed porches where folks would
sit in the afternoons to listen to the radio and enjoy tea or coffee
with pastries from the local bakery.
The pennies and nickles I got to keep gave me the chance to buy
Baseball cards that came with a slab of chewing gum.
The chewing gum tasted like cardboard smothered in powdered
sugar. Heck...who cared as long as I got the card to complete the
pack.
Topps and Bowman were some of the card companies I remember.
Ghostsoldier
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Then and now. Sears Oil Company, Rome, NY
Rob
Rob
Ghostsoldier
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Rob
2jakes
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Front wire shield of the car and the hills reminded me of the times I would ride from
Merced to San Francisco on BMW.
Without a helmet the possibility of getting
pelted by bugs was 100%.The motorcycle
shield was fine. But at 6'3" the shield protect
only part of me. Unless you were hungry,
you kept your mouth shut!
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Ghostsoldier
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LizzieMaine
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Good illustration of the "right facing" Flying Red Horse -- although he always faced left on the curb signs and product labels, company standards required that he be mounted on the building flying toward the station office. They had to manufacture both right-facing and left-facing variations of the big building Horses in order to meet this specification.
2jakes
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The Pegasus appeared on Mobilgas products during 1911, but it was in 1931, with the forming of Socony-Vacuum, that it was officially adopted as a trademark. The flying horse was first colored red by an artist at the Mobil Sekiyu division in Japan. A major makeover was done in the 1930s by the commercial illustrator Robert “Rex” Elmer. Not only was it given a cleaner and more graphic appearance, but the horse now flew from left to right, as opposed to from right to left.
Custom repo signs for sale.
Custom repo signs for sale.
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LizzieMaine
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The Mobilgas brand was used, sans Flying Red Horse, by the Vacuum Oil Company on a regional basis prior to the merger with Socony.
After the Socony-Vacuum merger, the Mobilgas brand didn't roll out nationally, using the Horse, until the spring of 1934, but stations in "Soconyland," the assigned territory of Standard Oil of New York, kept the Socony brand name on the curb signs until 1956.
Socony-Vacuum also included several other regional companies, including White Star Refining in Michigan, Magnolia Petroleum in the South, and General Petroleum in California. General insisted on keeping its identity after the takeover, and had its own variation of the Mobilgas shield, using a non-standard Flying Red Horse:
The company abolished all these regional variations in 1956, adopting a single unified logo for all its stations.
Mobilgas continued as the brand name of the gasoline until 1963, when -gas was dropped. If you look at post-1963 images of older stations, you'll see where those three letters were taken off the front of the building leaving just "Mobil."
The Horse turned direction for good with the adoption of the new corporate logo in 1965, which also coincided with the company dropping "Socony" from its corporate name. The original plan was to drop the Horse completely leaving as its only trace the red "o" in "Mobil," but they eventually settled for a reversed-direction version in a while circle, with simplified artwork.
After the Socony-Vacuum merger, the Mobilgas brand didn't roll out nationally, using the Horse, until the spring of 1934, but stations in "Soconyland," the assigned territory of Standard Oil of New York, kept the Socony brand name on the curb signs until 1956.
Socony-Vacuum also included several other regional companies, including White Star Refining in Michigan, Magnolia Petroleum in the South, and General Petroleum in California. General insisted on keeping its identity after the takeover, and had its own variation of the Mobilgas shield, using a non-standard Flying Red Horse:
The company abolished all these regional variations in 1956, adopting a single unified logo for all its stations.
Mobilgas continued as the brand name of the gasoline until 1963, when -gas was dropped. If you look at post-1963 images of older stations, you'll see where those three letters were taken off the front of the building leaving just "Mobil."
The Horse turned direction for good with the adoption of the new corporate logo in 1965, which also coincided with the company dropping "Socony" from its corporate name. The original plan was to drop the Horse completely leaving as its only trace the red "o" in "Mobil," but they eventually settled for a reversed-direction version in a while circle, with simplified artwork.
2jakes
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Mobiloil Gargoyle!
Alway reminded me of a badly drawn character by Max Fleischer chasing poor Bette!
Alway reminded me of a badly drawn character by Max Fleischer chasing poor Bette!
David Conwill
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A RED horse flying to the LEFT?!? Sounds suspiciously Commie to me!
Ghostsoldier
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Rob
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A RED horse flying to the LEFT?!? Sounds suspiciously Commie to me!
Over to you Lizzie.
LizzieMaine
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"Oil for the lamps of Leningrad."
Of course, I'm still fuming that, in the '80s, they changed the way the P-head-man faces in the PBS logo. Sellouts.
Of course, I'm still fuming that, in the '80s, they changed the way the P-head-man faces in the PBS logo. Sellouts.
LizzieMaine
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Meanwhile, here is snazzy Soviet people's gas station.
Stop in and enjoy a delicious Volga-Cola, the new drink for the pro-le-tari-at. Only a ruble, you get a lot, Volga-Cola hits the spot!
Stop in and enjoy a delicious Volga-Cola, the new drink for the pro-le-tari-at. Only a ruble, you get a lot, Volga-Cola hits the spot!
2jakes
I'll Lock Up
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АЗС «Кермет» сильно отличается от остальных современных АЗС. И очень сложно представить человека, который решает воспользоваться услугами такой бензоколонки. Он заслуженно может получить звание героя. Самое лучшее место для любителей 90-х.
translation:
Gas station "Kermet" is very different from the rest of modern gas stations. And it is very difficult to imagine a person who decides to use the services of such a gas station. He deservedly can get the title of hero. The most place for lovers of the 90s.
Texaco would love this
translation:
Gas station "Kermet" is very different from the rest of modern gas stations. And it is very difficult to imagine a person who decides to use the services of such a gas station. He deservedly can get the title of hero. The most place for lovers of the 90s.
Texaco would love this
