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- Heinie "Dutch" Baumgarten with His Texaco Super Service Station, Schulenberg, Texas, 1940-1950 - Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out to customers. Clean, white, enameled-porcelain Texaco stations -- designed by Walter Dorwin Teague -- became a nationally recognizable beacon to motorists. These stations promised friendly attendants, quality gasoline, and clean restrooms.
- 1940-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Heinie "Dutch" Baumgarten with His Texaco Super Service Station, Schulenberg, Texas, 1940-1950
Photographic cards like this one, with their glued-on labels, were a preliminary step taken by Dexter Press before producing postcards for small-business owners to mail or hand out to customers. Clean, white, enameled-porcelain Texaco stations -- designed by Walter Dorwin Teague -- became a nationally recognizable beacon to motorists. These stations promised friendly attendants, quality gasoline, and clean restrooms.
- Tastee Diner, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1946-1947 -
- 1946-1947
- Collections - Artifact
Tastee Diner, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1946-1947
- Trade Card for Texaco Motor Oil, Texas Company, 1920-1930 - The Texas Company, better known as Texaco, had its roots in the Spindletop, Texas, oil strike of 1901. While most of its competitors focused on regional markets prior to World War II, Texaco built itself into a national brand. By 1942, the company had 40,000 outlets across the United States. Texaco sold everything from gasoline to motor oil to household lubricants.
- 1920-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Texaco Motor Oil, Texas Company, 1920-1930
The Texas Company, better known as Texaco, had its roots in the Spindletop, Texas, oil strike of 1901. While most of its competitors focused on regional markets prior to World War II, Texaco built itself into a national brand. By 1942, the company had 40,000 outlets across the United States. Texaco sold everything from gasoline to motor oil to household lubricants.