I will attempt to follow in Shawn's Footsteps and put forth a COTM that will share some of my love for Tide Water Oil....

First, before I get ahead of myself... I want to thank Doc... For his splendid work on the Tide Water Billboard banner!







Now... A short background History....

Tide Water Oil, was incorporated as an Oil Company in the City of New York 1887... In approx 1916, Tide Water Oil started selling a single grade of gasoline and a grade of motor oil both named Tydol...






In early 1918, Tide Water "became Big Time"; As the Company purchased the rights and formula to VEEDOL MOTOR OIL....





(I will go into VEEDOL, later)...


With the support of Veedol sales, Tide Water expanded and became known more and more throughout New York and New England ... Around 1936, Standard Oil bought into Tide Water and gained a controlling interest... Through a Company called Mission Corporation.... With the "break up" of Standard Oil... Mission was sold to J.Paul Getty... Getty's ambitions, helped turn Tide Water into one of the greatest Oil Company's in the World...

A few pieces of the "early" glass:







License topper:



Oil can:



Tydol radiator winter covers:

Some early Tydol road maps:

1922:



1926:




1927:

My only Veedol.

a few tydol trail maps..

cool racing banner--original wood box`s,for qts and 5 gallon,plus 5gallon cans..

asst of early cans..
txs alan

a couple smalls

i will post some more pictures when i get back off the road..this weekend txs alan
lets see some pictures,i know a lot of old gassers have something from this co to post..

Thanks for sharing AL... You have great looking items!

My two Veedol signs





Joey

Tidex globe.

man! Wicked globe!! I only have 2 maps(one for Bob, and the other for Al) I just thought u guys can use them. Bob, and Al... You guys have awesome stuff!! Do any of u guys have pumps? Here are the maps. You guys can pick. Keep them coming!!!

Thanks
Noah

a little..

a little more..

more,..

more..

enough for now..

Thanks for sharing Randy! Great items, as always....

Here's the only thing I can add to this great topic.

All i can say is WOW Randy!

This is embarrassing…..LOL….Little small one...

here`s a early banner

All the posts have been fantastic! Thanks for helping me out, guys!...

AL, I think you have been "holding out on me".... Last time I believe that line, "No, Bob... I don't have many items you don't have"... LOL

A couple more station photos:

Veedol_Al1's wall in Garage;

& in the Rafters;


I've been to his place 2-3 times & there is NOTHING gas/oil in the House!

I've been to his place 2-3 times & there is NOTHING gas/oil in the House! [/quote]

sounds like he's got room to expand..

Except he is Happily Married!
SHE Decorates the House & He Decorates the Garage.

I am not sure if this is real or not, due to size and how its printed I would guess its NOS. but I could be wrong, any idea?

Drew, most likely what you have; Is a "repop" of an original poster from 1933 (an original poster that I've seen was approx 3' x 5') ...




As my photo shows, I have one of the much smaller repops... Alongside an original Newspaper ad from June 2, 1933 and a Veedol magazine ad from the late 50s....

Thanks Bob. It was $15. This one is 22x28. I wish I had the real deal! I still like it though.

Great items, John!!! The European Market; Had many items that I wished had made it to our shores... But thanks to you and others, we do get a great look at items we might not normally see...

Thanks again for posting!!

I am posting these photos for Dan Ciriello (Bigdan):










A lot of eye candy there, Dan!!!! Thanks for sharing!!

From 1933: Veedol ad relating to the Admiral Byrd Expeditions to Antarctica:




Also in 1933, Tydol and Veedol were making history, by servicing the Graf Zeppelin when it came to the United States...




A couple of items from 1935:





1935 French Veedol poster (from the 'net)





1936: Tydol and Veedol ground crew taking photos with crew under the Hindenburg at NAS Lakehurst in New Jersey:



1936 post card celebrating Tide Water/Veedol and the Hindenburg:

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Not alot of Veedol, I was going to put my tin 30 cent sign on but I see there are a couple on already.

Wow, some great items there Paul!





As I'm not sure how many more "New" Members will decide to do a COTM this month... This should get interesting.... LOL

Early signs (from the 'net):



(EN VENTE ICI) Means "On sale here".... Not sure how many customers could read Latin?

Tydol/Veedol Gas Sticks:



Anyone own an Associated Version?

A sign I wish I had the opportunity and money to own... (from the 'net)

Great job on this cotm guys its looking great keep it up

Everyone I've seen has been a Repro

Paul, if I'm not mistaken this sign was guaranteed original at auction... But, I'm not 100% positive....

A few early magazine ads:





1917:




1919:






1922:




Undated ad:

I have hundreds of Veedol ads, so unless you folks want to be bored silly... I hope you will post some of your early Tide Water and/or Veedol items.... LOL

1924:

Just bought this post card, so thought I would share it:

Here is my Tidewater stuff

I love those shoe boxes! Cool post card Bob!

Matt as always, your items are fantastic!

Very Cool stuff out there!!!

Anthony, thanks for adding to the thread!

Good morning, all..

I have a few of the early Tide Water Veedol cans:

From the late teens- early 20s:







First Qt. sealed cans for Tide Water Veedol:



First Tide Water-Associated Veedol can design:



Tide Water Veedol Tractor Oil 5 and 6 gal cans:

not mine but I thought it was really impressive to see that collection



for those who are interested to see the rest of his collection : http://fordbarn.com/forum/showpost.php?p=479577&postcount=67

hey nucky..awesome display!!!i think you have been holding out on us veedol collectors...this display is impressive to say the least.love the european advertising..
txs alan

some racing related items..

a few more posters..

John and AL thanks for showing us some "not so common" Veedol items...

AL, when do you "go on the road again"?... I think it is time, I ask my Drs... if it is okay to make a quick "night time rai"...

I mean "visit" to a "Good Friend"... LOL

Good stuff, Al love the 1938 sign

Thought I'd throw my Tydol Ethly wide glass globe out there and ask a question of all you Tydol experts......What would have been the last years that this glass globe would have been seen on pumps? Were they out of use by the time the electrics like the Neptune L-1 and MS/Wayne 80's went in to service? I'd like to build a pump and use this globe, but I haven't got an older clockface pump in the shop yet. Great thread Bob, all you guys make me jealous with all the nice stuff!.....Gary

I'm kicking myself because I should know that cartoonist from the very first post. If my first dad (not stepdad) was still alive, he'd know for sure 'cause he read me all those comics including the Katzenheimer Kids--the comics he grew up with. Is it by the Brownies (my favorite) cartoonist Palmer Cox?

Bob and Alan, what made you both focus on Veedol/Tydol, especially as you're nowhere near the midatlantic region? Is it like the Russians who have more cactus clubs than the U.S. because they are so different from what is local? LOL

Gary, if I am reading Jack's book correctly and looking at the correct photo on Scott's and Wayne's CD... The globe was used between 1935-1941... So well before the Neptune L-1 and the Wayne/MS 80 were introduced...

Nicole, for me... Because as a youngster I worked for Tidewater Oil at a Flying A Service gas Station in the early to mid 60s...

I really started Collecting Tide Water/Tide Water-Associated/Tidewater items a little over 2 years ago..

Before that it was anything from any Company... And I still "pick up" items from other Company's, if the item catches my fancy...

That's what I had gathered also, Bob. I have dug up a few pictures of newer pumps done in that theme, but they would not really be period correct. Oh well, I'll just have to start looking for a clockface to restore.....Gary

Richard(gatorgaspumps) restored this beautiful Wayne 276 in Tidex...



Richard as always, you did a wonderful job with the pump!

Okay, I think we need a bit of Canadian content here to balance things out. I know they were here from at least the 1930s but I never see any of the real early Canadian flat tins. Cheers, Don.

Excellent selection of items, Don!

ebay # 321051520882
flying A cardboard..

Not as nice as the rest but here are my items

Cast Tydol lens.


6 foot Tydol.


NOS Veedol banner I old last year.


This was being used by some Amish as a kettle lid. I like the story behind it.


25 gallon can I picked up at a auction a few years back. Needs a bath LoL.

Thanks for contributing, Brad... Oh, your items look good to me....

Scarce masonite thermo

There are some nice things shown here to be sure!
I've always liked Tidewater stuff maybe because when I started collecting years ago there seemed to be a lot of it around in Western Oklahoma. Here's a clockface pump with a Tydol metal band globe I found in the attic of a Dodge dealership in 1975 in Altus. At one time I had the two cast milk glass globes as well, but as usual in those days Kyle Moore ended up with them in some kind of trade that I can't even remember now! I don't think Tidewater ever used this particular Bowser pump, but when I traded for it it was already finished in black and orange and I had the globe so . . . I had the decal and ad glass made. I've never seen an original Tydol ad glass that would fit this space plus as you know, early Tydol ad glasses are pretty scarce and don't come up for sale as often as the later Flying A ones.
Also pictured is a Forzol sign that came out in 1926 (note "26" in the corner) with the last series of Model T Fords. Incredibly, this sign was a barn find in 2010 in Middle-of-Nowhere, New Mexico. This particular brand name was superseded by the Model A banner you can see to the left. The brand was previously called "Fordol" and I imagine at some point the Ford Motor Co. made Tidewater stop using that configuration as Ford dealers sold their own lubricants and anti-freeze.

In the second photo (taken sometime earlier than the first) you can also see a bit of an original, authentic paper banner that uses the same image as the reproduction sign discussed above in this thread.

txs a lot Steve for post your awesome pumps!!!that paper sign is a very rare one ,your very lucky to have a original!!!that`s a very hard piece to find,,i`m still on the hunt for your signs so we`ll keep hunting..txs a lot
Alan

i agree with ya Thermoman,that`s a rare thermoneter,,i have one and in fact its my second one since i lost the first one in a fire in my garage with 10 other signs 3yrs ago,,all i can say is have INSURANCE!!!txs for posting,,i will post my thermometers later..
txs Alan

Beautiful stuff guys. Most of the stuff that I have has already been shown. but I have a couple of things I can add. Keep it coming!

Here are photos of all the Shoebox globes that I know of from the Tidewater/Getty Oil family. The Flying A shoebox globes date from the late 50's after Getty Oil dropped the Tydol name.

The Diesel version of Flying A with the red background is a recent new discovery. There should also be a Kersosene version of this globe.

If you know of any shoebox globes not pictured here please let me know as these woud be new discoveries.

Great post, lets keep the photos coming!

Lonnie & Aaron hop

The Tydol Ethyl in the top right of the 1st picture above is a solid 1-piece milk glass shoebox globe. It is the only one known to exit presently. I know there must be other ones out there.

If you have one let us know as we are always looking to expand our knowledge of known globes!

Thanks!

Lonnie & Aaron Hop

Ryan, some great signage there! That Flying A Tire in the display holder is an item I hope to own someday...

Lonnie and Aaron, I've been waiting for you two to show some globes.... But, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a fantastic SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A big thank you, to all that have contributed so far!!!!!!!!!

If you have an item, I hope you will share.... I know I have more items, to share....

I dont know a lot about globes, but i know i am looking at a fantastic collection. Thanks for sharing pics on shoebox globes. A real treat to see.

thanks soo much Lonnie and Aaron for posting the globes!!! i have to say this this the highlight of my collecting experience seeing all these globes together..man all i can say is that it`s over the top..I love this Co. and would love to have a few of these in my collection,,someday!!! txs again
Alan

Here's a photo of one of the more graphic Tydol globes. In the coming weeks we will go through our photo archives and post more globe photos.

Keep them pictures coming!

Lonnie & Aaron hop

Unbelievable globe!

Good thing the CD is already in my laptop, so I could check to see when the globe was used! I don't know if I could have loaded it after seeing the images!!! I've now got the shakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

I want to thank every one who has gotten this Month's Thread off to a Flying Start.... I hope that anyone/everyone who has a Tide Water/Veedol/Tidewater-Associated/Tidewater/Getty and Associated item will think about sharing a photo.... Unless someone has contacted Shawn about doing a separate COTM based on Associated Oil... I will plan on adding the Company to this one as at least in my mind the two Company's are "tied" together like........

Peanut Butter and Jelly, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis....

A few more early Tide Water/Veedol smalls:

1930s:

cloth pennant:



"Do it yourself" Autogiro booklet:



Blimp oil; used oil from the Graf Zeppelin and other dirigibles that Tydol and Veedol ground crews serviced:





1933 Canadian Veedol magazine ad touting the new Veedol "Sealed Cans":

A few caps and hats:

Newbie with three of a kind.......LOL

This is a Awesome Site (think i found a new favorite place)
My contribution to COTM

Well just saw this thread and love it! Here's a old picture of some of my globes. Also a picture of a curb sign with Tide Water base. Will get some more pics posted this week.Great stuff everyone and keep them coming.
Chad

That's a sweet globe Lonnie!

great asstortment of globes!!!you`ve done good CHAD...
txs alan

Chad;

The Tydol Ethyl is one sweet globe, its gonna look good on your shelf!

Lonnie

here`s a Tidewater sign you don`t see too often,front and back..also a Tidewater Dealer sign,that you could put your name on it..special thanks to DB,for this sign

2 more posters from the 40`s...

some thermometers..
txs Alan

Truly great items from everyone!...

So far I've seen; globes I will never own, signs that I have no where to display, thermometers that look fantastic... etc..etc..etc...

So far this thread is everything I hoped for and much, much more...

Again, a thank you to all who have contributed!!! Hopefully in the coming weeks you will contribute more and others who haven't will do so...

I hope everyone is seeing items that are new to them, I know I am....

A few cans:

The last of my limited Tidewater items.

Canadian Calendar

Here's a couple Veedol signs. Kinda hard to see the vertical Veedol.
Chad

A few starburst cans:: plus a 5-gallon and 6 gallon cans..


I wanted to give a special thanks to the Master DB!! He helped me create 4 of the cans on the rack...
insect can
creeper lube can
small diamond imperial
small bank
.txs a lot Dick for makeing the cans for me.your very creative and talented!!!! txs Alan

couple pump decals..hard to find cardboard tire sign..

My favorite advertising from the tidewater oil co,is the ENGINEER WHICH THEY USED DURING THE 30`S..HERE ARE FEW EXAMPLES:::MATCHBOOKS; BLOTTERS:SERVICE REMINDER POST CARDS:POSTAGE STAMP:OIL CHANGE TAG..MAPS
TXS Alan

A COUPLE LUBRICATION GUIDES..

Excellent signs, Chad!!!

AL,AL,AL..... Been holding out on me I see!................

I didn't realize, you have so many Tydol/Veedol Engineer items.....

I've said it before, but everybody has fantastic items, IMO!

Eleven pages so far guys and we are not half way through the month. It's great to see new and old oldgas members stepping up and showing what you got. Keep it up this is an awesome thread.

A few matchbooks, playing cards and travel guides:

Adv Glass for my 3rd Lubar 99 oil cabinet.
Tidewater Metal Tags.
Associated Elect Pole tags.
NOS GETTY Lease sign

AROTANE Globe
ASSOCIATED GASOLINE 30" Dbl.
GETTY NO HUNTING & Pipeline signs
Earliest Logo I have copied/seen for Tide Water Oil Co.

Excellent items db! Thanks for sharing... I don't remember seeing such small metal Tidewater "bands" before... Any idea what they were used for?

here some tydol/flying a stuff i have...

My guess is the small metal Tidewater "bands" were used at the refinery to seal 5gal bulk Oil Cans. Once slipped together, they had to be cut to remove. All have different #'s.

On some oil leases, the roads leading in/out were shared w/ other companies & each had their own electric poles.

Couple more that I don't think have been posted yet.

Fantastic globes!!

Thanks for sharing!!!

Ryan, thank you for sharing the photo of the vertical signs!

You betcha!

Here's a few more signs. Don't know much about the Tydol Chain sign... double sided porcelin. Any info would be appreciated. More pics to come....
Chad

A few paper items:

1920s letterhead from The LaRue Service Station:







1920s French Veedol post card:




1950s French Veedol Racing poster:

1927 A Tour through the Hudson Valley:



1927 Tydol Trails map:



1928 Veedol ad:



1928 Graf Zeppelin Veedol ad:



1928 Veedol New Motor Oil for High Compression Engines:

i see where the 850T went! awesome stuff everyone!

1929 Veedol Babe Ruth ad:



1930 Auto Notebook:



1930 Veedol "Admiral Byrd is back" ad:



1931 Veedol ad:



1932 Veedol ad:

great signs you have Chad!! few of those are rare,,txs for shareing....

Seals.
Although they were used for various applications. They were mainly used as Truck Seals. To seal the caps on the unloading lines and dome lids on the trailers. Some states use to require all petrol loads be sealed while in transit. (Some may still reqire that, Illinois was one such state, no longer required). I have a collection of those used by Marathon over the years.
Chuck

Few 5 quart cans -thanks don

Few More

thanks...i need some more.

txs Dick for posting some rare signs..Love the Associated fence signs and the getty no hunting..love the tidewater seals//cool pieces//
Big Al

Thank you, Don for sharing those 5 qts!

Chad, thank you for allowing us to see some more great signage!

Chuck and db; thank you for filling in some info!...

Thanks to you two and others here on Oldgas I now know what the bands are for.. been wondering for years and years... Was ashamed to ask.... LOL

The older I get, the less painful it is to admit... I don't know.... I just, don't know....

If you have collected any number of Tydol or Veedol cans you have seen cans with the top or bottom completely punched in. Aaron and I have always wondered what kind of device would make a hole like this. Over the years we had seen many cans from the Tydol family that had been opened this way.

A year and a half ago at Iowa Gas a friend showed me this midevil looking weapon and I imediately recognised it as the tool that was used by Tydol to punch holes it their cans. I assume it fit into a larger funnel of some sort and the can would be ramed down onto this hole puncher. I would assume that the can emptied in a few short seconds.

We had covered this in the general petroleum section a year and a half ago but many of you may not have seen it there so we thought we would share it again. Later this week we will get into some of our old photos and post pictures of a bunch of Tydol related globes.

Keep those pictures coming!

Lonne & Aaron Hop

Lonnie and Aaron, that "puppy" is wicked looking, for sure...

I own a few of the cans that were opened and drained by such an "item"... I don't remember seeing it before, so thank you for sharing a photo!!!

now we know the rest of the story!!what a great story it is,,that`s a scary piece,I must say....txs to you guys for filling us in ,,
txs Alan

Aaron, not for Opening the can, but for Destroying the can so it couldn't be refilled w/ bulk/lower grade oil & sold as TYDOL/VEEDOL.

My dads wood working shop is 150 years old you wouldnt know by looking at it but it has 100,000 dolars worth of wood working tools in it. But he likes his signs ruff. For them to look like his shop. This is our only veedol sign. 42" single sided rust.

Jonathan, the sign looks perfect on the building!!! I wish I had such a building for my items!

Man that is cool. Would hate to step on that thing

Oh its embossed cast iron a thin sheet of cast iron though.

Cast Iron is not Embossed

Here's a more recent pic of my globe shelf. Some ad glass and a few cans. Let's keep this thread going!!
Chad

Excellent looking displays, Chad! Thank you again, for sharing!

Bob, if you look at the ad at the bottom of page 6 in this thread you will see an attendant pressing a quart into a pouring can. Possibly a hole puncher similar to the one that is in Aaron's photo resides at the bottom of the pouring can. I have had a number of early Canadian quarts that were punched out this way. They would sure make a mess pouring if you had to do it freehand. Cheers, Don.

I was thinking of the same advertisement, Don... When I saw the "can opener"...

I hope you all are not getting bored with this thread? As it is time to go to "the Next Phase" of it....

Not bored at all! Next phase lets go .

Thanks to all that has posted this is fun to follow.

A little bit of ASSOCIATED OIL history:

"In 1901 on the West Coast, an enterprising pipe salesman by the name of W.S. Porter persuaded a group of San Joaquin Valley independent oil producers to form an operating group in hopes of selling them pipe for a line that would carry their crude oil from the Kern River fields of Bakersfield north to the San Francisco Bay. In October of that same year, the group incorporated as the Associated Oil Company with Porter as General Manager." (from Royal Petroleum Company of CA website)

In 1905 Standard Oil and Southern Pacific Railroad bought interests in Associated Oil Company of California... By 1909 Southern Pacific owned 51% of the shares and Associated Oil was on it's way to supplying oil not only to the West Coast but to China, Japan and the Western Pacific...

By 1912 Gasoline and Kerosene were in high demand on the West Coast and Associated built their first refining plant. In Jan of 1913, Associated Oil built their first refinery... The plant was called the Avon Refinery because it was located within the Avon section of Southern Pacific Railroad's track system. The site for the refinery was chosen for its proximity to the Southern Pacific Railroad Lines and the dependable deep-water port reached by the Southern Pacific Pipe Line.

Demand for gasoline "exploded" on the West Coast and Associated Oil decided to not only refine gasoline but to sell it in their own stations.... In approx 1918 Associated Oil opened their first gas station in the "Bay area"... By the early 1920s the Company had stations in California, Oregon, Northern Nevada and Washington State...

Here is an early Associated order booklet from the 20s...







A look inside, to see a list of the stations in the "New Company" and their gas station and plant locations:








(Tank farms at Linnton, OR... just North of Portland, are still operating... of course with major upgrades... I'm not sure which Oil Company(s) now operates the facilities)

Some early bulk trucks:

A few early Associated gas stations:

Thanks for sharing AL!

I have never seen a cycol item before! Thanks for sharing AL!!!!

An early Associated 35# grease can, (image from the 'net):

All I own is a few Associated Smalls, mostly pinbacks:

My oldest, from the early 20s:



An early 30s "Chicken Wing" plaque:

As I said, I do not own any Associated Oil signage... So I am hoping those that do, will share photos....

Here's a fairly uncommon Associated globe with the can.

Heading to the Missouri show tomorrow and we will post a bunch of Tydol globe photos when we get back next week.

Keep those pictures coming!

Lonnie & Aaron

Lonnie that is one sweet globe! Thank you for sharing...

I look forward to seeing some more of your fantastic Collection!!

Some advertising:

1929:





1931:



1933:

Bob,
How long has it been since you TRIMMED YOU WICK? [2nd picture up].


GREAT PICTURES, EVERYONE

And an image of a restored 1927 Associated Station in San Jose..
(hopefully it is still there):

a couple of more trinkets,
tydol/veedol hat badge got here today..

Great items, Randy! I wondered who won the Tydol/Veedol Service badge?....

Anyone else have any Associated Oil signs? I don't want to take images from the 'net... If Members have signs they will share....

Bob, you did a Heck of a Job on this Company of the Month. So far it's been a Great Thread!!!!

Lets see some more stuff Guys!!!!

a little more..

globes..

couple signs..

Great Stuff Randy!!! Thanks for Sharing your amazing collection with us!!!

As Jason said, great items Randy!!

As one who lives on the West Coast, I never seem to find Associated items I can afford... LOL

Thanks for sharing Randy!

The two Abbott's Associated Service newspaper ads are from the soon to be published West Jordan Historical Museum's book, The Illustrated Guide to Early West Jordan Utah Gas Station by Robert J. Dalley (AKA WJCurator/Utahbob)

One of my "pride and joy" paper items:

AWESOME ITEMS RANDY!!!! I knew you had some very cool pieces..txs again

Fantastic items Dennis!!!!

I really wanted that Associated "Flying Car" glider... I've only seen a few of them.... Maybe the next time one comes up, I will have some money in the budget? (but probably not)...

Your pinbacks are also "top notch"!!! I see a few that I need for my banner....

Thank you for sharing!

You have some amazing Associated stuff there Pumpingethyl, please excuse me while I go into the other room and cry!
WJ Curator

wow!! the big guns are coming out!!! outstanding items DENNIS,,YOU HAVE SOME SOOPER GREAT ITEMS..WHAT A VARIETY of associated items!!! especially love the curb sign and cans..plus what a selection of small`s!!!I`m sure Bob is drooling over the pinbacks!!!!



i love the flange CYCOL sign that Randy posted...i`m the one that`s drooling,,wish i lived on the west coast.....
txs alan

If you are ever in Truckee, California, check out the Flying A station. Unfortunatly it's a clothing store inside but really sharp outside!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/locosteve/5353209097/

PS - I went thru the 13 pages of this thread and didn't see it previously mentioned, sorry if it's already been noticed!

Beautiful ad glass, Paul!

As are the signs..

Thank you for sharing!!

..

Randy, that is sweet!

I need one of those pieces of glass on the wall in the garage... LOL

For those who have not read the COTM thread from 2004 on Tide Water. Here it is....

Since many of those who posted then, aren't around now. I don't feel it is right of me to use their images... But, it is a great read:

http://www.oldgas.com/shoptalk/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000512.html

The current location of the Company of the Month for Tidewater Oil from back in 2004 is in the Best Of Shop Talk archive:

http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=100528

The Best of Shop Talk is under construction. I put hours in on that when I'm not too busy on the normal issues on the live forum.

Thanks Jim, for the proper link!

I want to thank all those who have contributed so far! I hope the Membership will not get bored with me and/or the thread....

Next Week, I will start the 3rd phase of this COTM...

It will be Tide Water-Associated Oil... Hopefully those who have been kind enough, to share images will also share if they have any items from the merger period?

A few smalls:

Hope you don't mind a nice Girl, Bob - I'm not sure if this one has been shown in the thread before...
/Claes

Don't mind at all, Claes! I don't have much in the way of European Veedol/Tydol items... I, thank you very much for sharing...

The first three are cans from Europe that have made their way over the the US. The fourth one is a fairly uncommon quart with the TWO logo on the bottom right instead of the Pure Pennsylvania Oil Seal.

I saw this one on ebay germany 170977927496

John thanks for sharing the link to the "Skatergirl sign" it is one I am not familiar with...

Andy thanks for sharing the items, the Veedol can with the Formula Car is outstanding! What product was in the tall light brown can? It is a shape I don't believe I have seen before... I am lucky enough to own one of the banks, thank you for the image...

Now the "star-burst" can is a new one for me... I don't remember seeing such a can with the "TWO" logo on it, before...

OK I'LL ASK. What does the two logo stand for? Thanks in advance.

associated cleaning solvent sign..

Loyd, it is a fair question... But, you will kick yourself when I post it....

(T)ide (W)ater (O)il.... TWO.....

[quote=Bob Richards] Loyd, it is a fair question... But, you will kick yourself when I post it....

(T)ide (W)ater (O)il.... TWO..... [/quote


OK- I'll get the wife to give me a swift kick,she will enjoy that. Thanks-- no stupid questions right?

If one doesn't know the answer to a question... The asking for the answer, isn't stupid "in my book"... Acting as if I know the answer when I don't... that is stupid... (my opinion)

Bob,
To answer your question from above.

"What product was in the tall light brown can?"

It is a tall grease can. It is around 15" tall.

I received another Veedol mechanical pencil today... One I have been looking for, for a few years... It fits nicely into the next phase of this COTM thread, that will start on Monday....




As you can see; In the pencil on the right a Veedol oil can floats in a cylinder of oil... Whereas the pencil on the left (my "new" pencil) the can is much larger and it has the Tydol blimp "floating" in it's cylinder....

One side of the blimp:



The other side of the blimp:




On Monday the Tide Water-Associated Oil Company will be "featured"... I hope that those with items from this Company will share them....

I had forgotten that I have this Pilot's Logbook in my Collection:

Love the Blimp pen, Great job Bob on this tread and anyone who contributed to it.

Here are a few Tydol / Flying A globes from a Matthews Auction event a couple of years back. A few rare and uncommon globes in the bunch!

A few more Associated / Tydol related globes form Mattthews Auctions.

One last photo of a few Shoebox globes fron the Matthews Auction event.

Great post, thanks Bob and everyone who contributed!!

Thanks for sharing the images of the globes, Lonnie!!!! Man they are great!!

I ran across this newspaper ad from 1927 tonight:

Time for the next Phase in the Tide Water Oil Company, saga:

Starting in 1937 and finalized in 1938, Tide Water Oil of New York; now under the ownership of J.Paul Getty and his Mission Corporation. Merged with Getty's "newest" acquisition; The Associated Oil Company of San Francisco....

The name of the New Corporation with Headquarters in New York became: Tide Water-Associated Oil Company

Unfortunately, I am not completely sure of how far the two territory's encompassed in the 1930s and 40s... I know that the Tide Water Region included the North East and some jobbers in the Mid-Atlantic States.... The Associated Region included the West Coast and most if not all of the Rocky Mountain States. But, how far East and West did the two Regions influence? If anyone can fill me in on early stations in the Mid-West, Plains and South West I would love to add the info to my "folder"...

Thanks to Bob Dalley and his work on the Museum in West Jordan Utah, I have been able to fill in some of the gaps in my knowledge....

Tide Water-Associated's; first Veedol cans:

Here is my Erie I just finished. And some signs.


Keith Karlson

Excellent items, Keith!! Thanks for sharing them with the Membership!!

Love that Erie!!!!

Don't have a whole lot of Tydool, Veedol stuff and the one good sign I have is probably one of my roughest signs in my little collection. But the price was right.

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Flying replica of the Miss Veedol.... The first plane to fly non-stop across the Northern Pacific:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Veedol

1938- early 40s Tydol oil bottle:

wow!!! you pump is awesome Keith!!!! man do i love it..love the way you did it and the pump,plate..txs for posting..love your Veedol signs...GO VEEDOL!!!!!!!!

BIG AL

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variety of cans ::some imperial.

a few smalls..oil change tage in various forms....

i love the early paper items,here are some blotters,some of them i have posted earlier in this thread.
txs Alan

Thanks for sharing your fantastic items, AL!

I see a few items there that would look "better" at my house, IMO.... LOL

Time to leave the Anti-freeze cans to others, AL....

"Remember the Old Saying; "It is better to share!" ... (especially with me!!!!!) LOL

So start "sharing the love" there; Buddy!!!!!

A few road maps from Tide Water-Associated:



Image of Attendant's and ownership at an Associated Station:

Since I have been collecting Tidewater Associated Oil Co.,my biggest things I love are the early paper and photo`s..My 2 most favorite are this picture of a 20`s Veedol racer and Veedol girl on post card from Germany.... I included a rare tydol decal,some service reminders, cardboard sign and some truck photo`s.. I also included 2 mini billboard`s that i made from 2 original letterhead co paperwork,,I`M working on a 3rd one with a blimp,,a special txs to Don BLACK (a old gasser) who helped me get these done...
txs Alan

AL, that "flat track racer" photo is unreal!

Thanks for sharing more of your great items!

Great looking paper. Here is some more pictures of my collection. I try to collect stuff that is before the merger.

Keith Karlson

And a few more.

I am really enjoying looking at all that this company has out there.

KK

Keith, you have fantastic items!!!!!!!

I knew you had some nice items, but in no way did I imagine such an "Eye Candy Store" for the Tydol Collector...

Thank you for sharing!!!!

After seeing so many fantastic items from the Membership.

(Before, I forget; I want to thank you all again, for sharing!!!!)

My items are looking a "little shabby", IMO... But they are mine and I love them.... LOL

Some cans and smalls from the 40s:

VERY COOL SET UP, AND STUFF tydolglobe!!!!

that is one hell of a collection of Tydol/Veedol-
how long did that take to assemble?..

I agree!!!!!

Lots of Great stuff posted in this months COTM, thanks for sharing it with us Guys!!

And Bob you did a Hell of a Nice Job on this COTM, looking forward to the Next One. Keep up the Great Work Bob we all appreciate the effort put into these threads by the Hosts of them.

Ditto what Jason said Bob you did a wonderful job this month and its great that all the members here have stepped up and showed there collections with us.

Great job on the months work, Bob. After looking at all the awesome pieces and how many Tydol guys we have collecting this brand, I now realize why I am having such a hard time finding a single Tydol Ethyl lens to complete my glass wide body! Oh well, they say good things come to those who wait.......great collections everybody........Gary

My glass is pretty puny compared to what has already been shown: "Remember", you've been warned".. LOL

hey Keith..I think you`ve been holding out on us!!! outstanding collection..you have 2 rare signs I1d like to have plus the veedol radiator cover..i have never seen that one....awesome collection of some rare pieces....
txs Alan

a few cans and oil filter that you don`t see too often



few more cans:::10LB grease can in a paint can with wire handle..
5lb grease
1 gallon can from canada.
4 qt cardboard can
very rare 2-stroke cycle can from france..

imperial gallon flat cans from canada..

asst, of cans from France & Germany..these are some of my favorite cans in my collection..very hard to get over here..
txs Alan

some more cans and bottles...

Keep adding photos AL! Every time you do, I notice another item you have been "hiding" from me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

I received this photo is morning....

It is from 1938 and the Station was located "down the Highway" in Portland,OR...



(sorry about the image... My scanner doesn't like my "upgraded" operating system... So I had to take a photo of the photo)

I added another item to my Associated "paper"collection today off of Ebay... I believe it is from the early to mid 30s...

Also picked up this pinback that ties into the Associated photo and the "football", theme...

A few Tide Water-Associated Cans:

A few Tide Water-Associate smalls and paper items:

No one has any Tide Water-Associated items to share?

If you have an item and it has been displayed by someone else, who cares? It is yours and I know I would like to see it!

It seems that this thread is "losing steam"... So I will move on to the next phase....


In 1954 the Tide Water-Associated Oil Company came to an end. But the announcement didn't "reach" the public until the end of 1955... The "Associated Oil Company" name after 53 years; came to an end. At the same time, the Tydol brand name also came to an end...

This new Company was named "Tidewater Oil" and it's "slogan" really became it's identity...

"Flying A Service" or the shorter "Flying A" became the identity of the new Company; all over the United States...

some more cans

some more cans

here we have a few smalls;;ashtrays: fan belt: give away`s..
txs Alan

Thanks for sharing AL!!!

I didn't realize you had so many ashtrays!

6' DSP.

Bob, I believe that red Tidewater truck you posted was outside of my father-in-laws plant here in Vegas

Really? It would be fantastic, to learn a "history" behind the image... If I remember correctly, I bought a copy of the photo a few years ago... But, know nothing about it...

Jack, by chance can you supply any info for myself and the Membership, about the Driver and/or the Depot?

I know that AL, loves the image.

I don't know if it was posted before but I found those pictures back on my computer yesterday, I found those picture on many website and probably here a long time ago

some more

Love the outdoor setup Nucky!!! Nice early stuff!!!

some more, sorry if there are repost

and the pinups, take care, there are some reproductions from germany ( originals are easy to spot, the signs are flat and the reproduction have the edges rolled, the originals have a green back )



















and one of the reproduction, you can see easyly the sign is not flat but a bit embossed

"It seems that this thread is 'losing steam'... So I will move on to the next phase...."

Well, there are 27 pages...I'm about ready to sell all my Veedol/Tydol stuff.

If we try Seaside, Gilmore, Veltex, and Oilzum we'd probably get 3 pages altogether!!

hey nucky..awesome pictures you have shared with us!!!! someday I would like to have a original skatergirl..you don`t see them over here and I`1ve tried on Germany EBAY,BUT NOT YET....

txs alan


I agree with ya BOB!!!!

Bob, if you do decide to have a "garage sale" please let me and AL know... LOL

I still have a "few" items to post...

I thank you all who have posted!

John, the images you have just shared are fantastic!!!! Thank you very much!!!

somtimes it's good to see whats on the computer, I found some more pictures, I'll post them tonigh

for the skater girls, I saw this one on ebay germany : http://cgi.ebay.fr/ORIGINAL-VEEDOL-PIN-U...=item1c2fae93ba

this one one ebay france

http://cgi.ebay.fr/VEEDOL-Plaque-Tole-Li...=item4ac126793b

there will be some more tonight

John, collection looking good..
forgot to add this:

MAJOR EYE CANDY!

Tok 36B w/ a REAL CLOCK for telling time [note the hands & reset crank for a VR!].

some more

and finally the last sets of pictures I had on my computer, that's all I have in pictures for veedol, tydol or flying A

man that blue PENN VEEDOL is rare!!!! txs john for the awesome group of pictures.
Alan

Hat I wear to the swap meets

Sorry it's taken me so long to post in this topic. I'll post more tomorrow. Some cans, glass, orig. boxes, and on the old cycle helmet, a Flying "A" Motor Patrol from Spokane, Wa.

A floor mat, some more signs, and some ad glass on my bath counter top.

Paul, a couple of great looking hats! Thanks for sharing!

Don, I've not seen such a floor mat since 1966, thanks for the memory!

I always enjoy it when you show your "bathroom" ad glass... I forget that you have it and then you show it and I get jealous all over again!!! LOL

Thanks for sharing! It is great that all this "history" has been saved and is appreciated!

WOW!!! Nice stuff guys! Here's my TYDOL Bowser 565.

Thanks,
Rod

You have a great looking pump there, Rod! Thank you for sharing the image!

A few of the different Tidewater Company oil cans:

a better look at the flying "A" Service logo, signs and a few porcelain pumps.

A couple "anniversary" awards (lower one maybe for the wife?) graphic maps, and a neon.

A few 5 gal. cans, and the "Flying A" battery stand. I need to have some decals made up, or hand paint the lettering on. I've just not gotten to it.

Great looking battery stand, Don... Such a stand and a battery to place on it... has been a "wish" of mine.... LOL

tag that would have been on battery..

A few more of the Tidewater Oil cans:

I am posting for Jim (hancock-oil)

two tone globe body looks good..

I want to thank everyone again, who has contributed!!!!

I know that it can be disconcerting at times, to post an image because of some unscrupulous people on the 'Net.

I am seeing some items, that I've not seen before and others that I have not seen in some time!

So again, thank you all for sharing!!!!!

Matt Thanks for adding the pic's!!
And Thanks to Oldgasser frankpl for restoring my 117!!!

A couple "Flying A Service" Gas Stations:

This picture was taken about 1965.

Bob, do you know where the photo was taken? Possibly, in your part of the State?



These possibly, could be the decals on the pumps?...

Thanks to Oldgas, Ebay and some others... My little "Ad glass walls" in the garage and the house shows all; How much I "love" the Tide Water/Tidewater Oil Company's!!!!!!!!!!!!

A new one for me!

Some Tidewater smalls:

flying A window banner..

Well it looks as if this thread has pretty much run it's course...

So I will end it with Getty Flying A...

In 1962, Tidewater Oil decided that they needed money, immediately... As, such the Company decided to consolidate their East Coast Operations and put-out "feelers" to other Oil Company’s to see if there was any interest in their "Western Operations"?

In 1963 ESSO made a bid to acquire Tidewater's interests in the Western US... The U.S. Government balked at this and took Tidewater/Getty and ESSO to Court... By the beginning of 1965, ESSO and Getty(Getty had acquired all interest in Tidewater) lost in Federal Court and the agreement was set aside...

In 1966 Phillips 66 was able to get Federal approval for a take-over of all Tidewater Western Operations... And except for in one small area in the San Francisco Bay Area... The "Flying A" brand after over 66 years....Died without a wimper in the Western portion of the U.S.

In the Northeast; Tidewater/Getty Flying A Stations operated for a couple more years. By the end of 1969, the "Flying A" brand was gone from all advertising... And over 100 years of Oil History, was relegated to History Books and Collectors like us....

1966-'67: Flying A Service/Veedol Lube Guide



Getty Flying A Oil can





Getty Flying A household Oil tin (on right)

1967 Tidewater/Getty Flying A road map:




1969 Getty Flying A road map:

txs Alan

Thank you AL, for again sharing some of your extensive Collection...

You seem to have items from all the different phases of the Company(s)....

I want to thank everyone again who posted in this COTM...

Normally the saga would have been over in 1966 on the West Coast and 1970 on the East Coast.... But in 1975 in the Northern Bay Area; Royal Petroleum Company came into existence with Headquarters in Santa Rosa CA..

http://www.royalpetroleum.com/about_overview.aspx

Around 2006, the Flying A Service Gas Stations have come "full circle" and the brand is fulfilling the gasoline needs of those in the Northern Bay Area...

If in the North Bay area and you run across a Flying A Station.. I hope one will stop in and "re-live" a bit of "Gas Company History"....

http://www.royalpetroleum.com/retail-branding.aspx

Wow,

Thank you Bob (and Veedol Al and the rest) for taking the time to share your information and for taking the time to take and share all those pictures of your wonderful collections!

Nicole

That Fry is awesome

That fry pump is killer

Two days left post them if you got them. Thanks to Bob and all the oldgas members for keeping this thread alive. 32 pages and all positive that's what oldgas is all about. Friday we will start a new COTM and its Sinclair and I know there are some great Sinclair collections. Again thanks to all of you for stepping up.

This has been a fantastic thread!!!! Loved every page of it. Thanks to everyone for posting. Hope we can keep it going as the months pass.

I guess I can come up with a couple of items.... LOL

From 1918 (I love the early magazine ads):



1950's salesman's sample:

A few more items from my mess:

I picked up another tan Veedol Flying V can (Canadian 1 gal, far left):



Some other cans from Germany, Canada, France and Mexico:



My ad glass is "taking" over:

bought and sold this over the weekend

Matt and Bob thank you for the pump photos!

Maybe someday.... LOL

BOB,
THANKS FOR A JOB WELL DONE
db

latest addition to the COTM Jan/Feb Tydol, Veedol, Tide Water site:..

I wanted to wait a few weeks before adding to the Tide Water/Associated COTM....

I have been picking up some items from the 30s and 40s...



(The smallest pinback, I own... it is the size of a dime):



1937 Veedol Lube Guide:





From my "backyard"... (Ajlune is an unincorporated stop just west of Mossyrock... For those in WA...) A pair of ice tongs:

I won an item on Ebay tonight, I don't remember seeing before. Thanks to Mark(Gulfiend!) for contacting me and letting me know it was on Ebay!!!!!!

Tide Water-Associated and Federal Tires had a long profitable relationship... I had a couple of the coins, but as I said don't remember seeing this display....