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- Blue Sunoco Sign, circa 1935 - Sunoco, with its beginnings in the 1880s, would become one of the largest gasoline distribution companies in the United States. In 1927, the company introduced a premium grade of gasoline at its service stations -- Blue Sunoco. This gasoline used blue dye so motorists could identify it through the glass of the 1920s-era gravity-flow gasoline pumps.
- circa 1935
- Collections - Artifact
Blue Sunoco Sign, circa 1935
Sunoco, with its beginnings in the 1880s, would become one of the largest gasoline distribution companies in the United States. In 1927, the company introduced a premium grade of gasoline at its service stations -- Blue Sunoco. This gasoline used blue dye so motorists could identify it through the glass of the 1920s-era gravity-flow gasoline pumps.
- Advertising Card for Sunoco Oil and U.S. Defense Bonds, 1942 - American automakers turned their employees and facilities to the production of war materiel during World War II. Drivers had to make their current cars last -- there were no new replacements to buy. Sunoco Oil, with a little help from Mickey Mouse, encouraged drivers to protect their automobiles by using its motor oils.
- 1942
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Card for Sunoco Oil and U.S. Defense Bonds, 1942
American automakers turned their employees and facilities to the production of war materiel during World War II. Drivers had to make their current cars last -- there were no new replacements to buy. Sunoco Oil, with a little help from Mickey Mouse, encouraged drivers to protect their automobiles by using its motor oils.