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#290164 Sat Dec 10 2011 06:09 PM
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Found this pump today. ive never seen rocket gasoline before today. decal is pretty rough, but its pretty old and has been in the nw rain. the owner said hes not ready to sell it yet, but soon. were they a west coast company?

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Very cool decal!! smile


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I have a feeling you'll be seeing more rocket decals shortly.

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Yes there will be magnants and decals and globes.


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Phil Miller was selling Original Decals from this company 2-3 yrs ago at Roy Reed's Gas Bash & @ Bakersfield later the same year.
I don't know of any being Repo'd @ this time.

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A year or so ago I did a bit of research on "Rocket" as there are pumps and signs that appear in a couple photos I have of Gilmore stations, but didn't come up with much on them. In my notes, I have them being an independent gasoline company that sold a High Octane brand, an Ethyl and a Rocket 80, 90 and 100 grade gas. There may have been several companies that went by the name Rocket...??? Below is their sign that appears in the Gilmore pic...


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Sell me your Gilmore Oil Co. stuff...
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Here's two ads from Google's newspaper archives...

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iCU...r-oil&hl=en

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dpo...oline&hl=en

Ancestry.com newspaper search...

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.d...gADKMQAEtug-61-

Berg's Rocket station, unknown location...

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Sell me your Gilmore Oil Co. stuff...
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Man I really like those decals and ads. I think I'll start a new quest for some of this stuff!

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Here are the Ads





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There was a Rocket brand between Lake Geneva and Milwaukee that I've been curious about for many years. Red, yellow, and blue signage on a diamond similar to those used by DX. Pumps were painted a bright blue if I remember correctly, and I believe they went out of business in the mid-to-late '60s.

Definitely not the Rocket from the ads, however.

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Here's an older post I remembered - found it by "search" :-)

http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=129719&page=1

Cheers,
Claes

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Claes, that thread link was actually posted here by Serialist already - found it by "looking at previous posts" :-)


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here's one I posted a year or so ago.


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here's another



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My Rocket globe but a different company I believe.

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Pic of an original globe from a local collector. Rare!! West coast Rocket though.



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Looks good, Vern! I need to come up for a garage tour. Tim


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Whoa! Nice globe. Thanks

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& a M&S 65 Pump.
[I need a Base for one]

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Lots of nice stuff in that shot.

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THERE WAS A ROCKET GAS STATION IN WAUWATOSA, WI
(SUBURB OF MILWAUKEE) IN THE LATE 60's . THIS BOTTLE
WAS PURCHASED THERE BY MY GRANDFATHER. IT IS A
PAINTED-ON-GLASS LABEL WITH NO ADDRESS. .......
and YES it does look like it should have maple syrup in it.

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That's a Cool Bottle!!!!


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ACTUALLY.... That's a COOL VERY SCARCE bottle!


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MMMMM maple syrup. I think I'll have some waffles today.

Oh yeah, that's a great looking bottle !



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That very cool bottle has to be from the company Maps for the memories mentioned. Anyone have any history on the company?


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2 rocket decals: 1 dated '64 other '69..

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Thank you for posting the bottle, Mike! I'd love to learn more about it.

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I found this photo in the Wisconsin State Historical Society website, at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullimage.asp?id=45135
Looks like the Madison Rocket Oil bulk plant was at 204 South Paterson Street in 1946. I found a 1946 Wisconsin State Journal article from 1946 later this afternoon that is a bit too small print to copy and post. Will try to transcribe.

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