Was visiting my brother today, who has a new photohistory book about Rockford (IL). One shot, misattributed to the 1920s, showed 4 calculating pumps (not savvy enough yet, but not a Veeder-Root style). 3 had various grades of Smith gasoline, according to the globes, but the fourth showed an Eason Ethyl globe. It had the old Smith logo decaled on. Unfortunately, the photo was "faded" in order to display a chapter heading. And I couldn't really borrow his new pride and joy to scan, as I'd have it for several weeks.
Could this have been a situation like Cliff Brice's relation with Eason? My brother thought that maybe Smith wasn't able to add Ethyl. I'd thought that it was added post-refining. Was Ethyl fluid only sold to the big boys?
My best guess was that the photo dated from the early to mid-30s.
Any ideas?
