Breestaat 28 – Benzine & Olie © Gaia Son
Gas & Oil
Service Station No. 6 – White Rose Motor Gasoline – Greektown – Toronto, CA
750 Broadview Avenue – Greektown – Toronto © Frank H. Jump
In the early days of the Canadian Oil Refining Company (1901-1904) and the Canadian Oil Company (1904 -1908), gasoline was an almost useless by-product of the petroleum refining process. So much so that gasoline was only casually mentioned in their early advertising. It wasn’t even given a ‘brand’ name. However , by the time The National Refining Company (Ohio) purchased controlling interest in the company (Dec. 1908) , the automobile craze was about to boom. The new Model T Ford, introduced October 1 , 1908 at $1150 (Cdn.), would fall to a low of $395 (1925) and be within the reach of much of the population . Gasoline would no longer be that useless by-product.Canadian Oil Companies Ltd. now had Nationals, “White Rose Gasoline” brand name , the market and the product . How could they go wrong? – J. Williams – White Rose Motor Gasoline
White Rose Motor Gasoline – Vintage Signs – J Williams
Featured Fading Ad Artist: John Baeder – Vita-Var Paints – Fischer & Kaufman Housewares – Standard Gasoline – West Orange, NJ
Main Street - West Orange, NJ - July 2010 © Vincenzo Aiosa
Collage by Frank H. Jump - CLICK FOR LARGER PDF
Vita-Var logo - Trademark info @ Trademarkia
On Monday, August 02, 1976, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for VITA-VAR. This trademark is owned by ELT, Inc., BALTIMORE , 21230 . The USPTO has given the VITA-VAR trademark serial number of 73095244. The current federal status of this trademark filing is EXPIRED on 12/9/1997 – Trademarkia
Vita Var Paints Tin Flange Sign - Proxibid
Artist: John Baeder - Title: Vita Var Paints, Delaware, N.J. Work Date: 1980 Medium: watercolor on paper - Image courtest of the artist © John Baeder 1986
John Baeder is one of the best known of the Photorealists. His popular paintings and prints of roadside diners so capture the pulse of America that his images have entered the secondary market as reproductions on posters, calendars, and postcards (here the energy comes full circle, as old postcards were an important source of inspiration for the paintings). – Virginia Bonito
- John Baeder Website – Bio
SIGN LANGUAGE, Street Signs as Folk Art”, Abrams, 1996 – John Baeder – Amazon Books
The People’s Coal Co. (Stiff Oil) – Stroudsburg, PA
2006 © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
Stiff Oil is a private company categorized under Coal and Coke Stores and located in Stroudsburg, PA. Our records show it was established in 1979 and incorporated in Pennsylvania. – Manta
- Anthracite Coal – Wikipedia
Azur Petrol – Predecessor of Total Oil – Fontan, France
Azur Petrol - Fontan, France - Hautes-Alpes
Azur Petrol - Fontan, France - Hautes-Alpes
Azur Petrol - Fontan, France - Hautes-Alpes
French Predecessors of Total Petrol – AZUR, AERO, OZO, STELLIS
