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It looks like a ten year old kid put this together: ebay auction 130468262620 http://cgi.ebay.com/Texaco-Employee-Soap...=item1e6083b2dcnuff said.
Alan Collecting MN and Minneapolis gas and oil related items
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AND IT HAS A BID ON IT!!!! WOW
collecting standard oil items Tim Flannery
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Alan, I think you are mistaken. I think it is the "real deal".
When I worked at the Flying A station, we used bar soap with similar packaging. ("employee soap", I presume it was made by Borax as it had pumice in it)
The station owner always reminded us not to put it in the restrooms as the customers shouldn't have to use such a "rough" soap. (mid'60s, we still had bar soap in the restrooms)
I had forgotten about it until I saw the auction.
Plus for me, I've purchased items from this seller in the past and he tries to ensure everything is correct.
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THE OLDER TEXACO LOGO ON THE END COULD TELL YOU THAT IT'S VERY OLD AND NOT IN GREAT SHAPE. STILL IT'S LEGIBLE AND COOL LOOKING FOR $8.
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There can't be many around..1st I've seen
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My first thought was a fantasy piece, like the Scottie dog pins on the "old cardboard and the bags of marbles. This item...I am not sure. Wish Black T Doug would weigh in on this.
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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Then again.....the Scotties and those logos were in the 30s. this looks like it is wrapped in plastic. I don't hink they had plastic. Or is it some other kind of material that it is wrapped in???
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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The colors and fonts look amateurish to me, and the entire package doesn't seem professional enough for an outfit like Texaco. The piece looks like it was printed on an old inkjet printer. Hence my post.
Alan Collecting MN and Minneapolis gas and oil related items
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TEXACO DID MAKE AUTO SOAP IN THE EARLY TEENS, BUT THEY SURE DIDN'T MAKE THAT $H!T. : )
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Looking for photos, etc from 60s era Shell-A-Rama gas station and Pal's Diner, Rt. 17 Mahwah, NJ & US or state highway signs, shields, route markers
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Bet that buyer will be happy when they get it LOL
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I gotta go with Bob on this one. Logo and Scottie dogs would date this to roughly 1933 - 1936. Package looks like it may have gotten wet at one time, and the soap is probably nothing short of "Granny's Lye Soap" or Borax. Alan, I think you are mistaken. I think it is the "real deal".
When I worked at the Flying A station, we used bar soap with similar packaging. ("employee soap", I presume it was made by Borax as it had pumice in it)
The station owner always reminded us not to put it in the restrooms as the customers shouldn't have to use such a "rough" soap. (mid'60s, we still had bar soap in the restrooms)
I had forgotten about it until I saw the auction.
Plus for me, I've purchased items from this seller in the past and he tries to ensure everything is correct.
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The soap is now over $25, so there does seem to be some interest in it.
5-1/2 hrs to go over $42.00
Last edited by Bob Richards; Wed Dec 29 2010 11:19 PM. Reason: Update
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Final price: $52.51 with 18 bids spread among 5 different bidders.
Anyone have any soap? LOL
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GOT SOAP? LOL!
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Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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I've got a case of those bars if anyone else is interested......$50 a bar plus shipping.........lol
Cities service, Vickers, Gas and Auto neons, next exit/ ahead signs and now I'm getting into globes....
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There is another one on ebay now.
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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It's not mine....I don't have any
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130470682054 Why would it be marked "employee" soap? Maybe they had "customer" soap too? NOT
Dennis Leith / Always looking for unusual Gilmore Oil Company items and Automobilia Displays
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Dennis, I explained why soap was marked "Employee". Or atleast why Flying A marked some of their soap "Employee".
I of course can't speak for any Oil Company, but the 2 gas stations/Oil Companies I worked for (Flying A and Chevron) had certain items marked for "Employee" use. (again in the mid 60's)
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Fonts are completely wrong for the age of this. The plastic wrap that it is in wouldn't have been done in the 30's. I find it hard to beleive that texaco would put that much effort in design into an employee bar of soap. Someone is pulling a fast one.
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I believe the winner of this auction is a member of oldgas. I would be curious to hear his thoughts once it arrives at his door and he sees it in person.
Dennis Leith / Always looking for unusual Gilmore Oil Company items and Automobilia Displays
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Seller says Cellophane. But looks like Plastic. Cellophane would be correct, but that old would be cracking by now.
Some one may have wrapped it in Plastic wrap to protect it, and it could have lifted the ink.
If you Google this item you will find they have been selling at auctions for quite a few years, all across the country. Not a real common item, it takes some digging. Most do not have the plastic wrap. Just a wax type paper.
One of those items I would surely want to hold in my hand before buying.
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