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Pic inside of the old Standard bulkplant yesterday, still haven't figured out why why why!They were worth beans back then thats why. These are coming down tomorrow, found one mint one up top hidden . This does not happen to me very often thats for sure.

nice find marc, when you get them out show us some more pics.

will do Tim, now that I can post pics the fun is on! Plan on touring the countryside to educate the kid on gas and oil history so I will post all the old stations I come across this weekend. She asked what I wanted for Father's Day and that is what I chose .

Cool..

Now that's a great kid!!

Good find & kid..

There were 6 total in this section of the building, 2 were like the one pictured, 2 were Standard Service (6x4) I think, and 2 were Standard Oil Company, all about the same size and condition besides the nice one I found yesterday. ALL have 9 holes where the 2x4 studs were attached. I will use my majic tomorrow to see how they are when cleaned up, also found a 30" iso-vis round dsp that is pretty rough along with a Atlas 5' vertical that looks like it was used as skateboard ramp, ugh!!! Oh well,I was still like a kid in a candy shop . Don't give up on those old bulk plants guys!!! They haven't all been gone through.....yet, and if someone doesnt at least try to look around these old places chances are it will get scrapped. This experience was emotional to me because it was like gramps was right along there with me as he was the maintenance super in that building for Standard Oil for 30 years. Heck...far as I know he did this to these signs lol. I have 2 other brothers and plan on giving them each 2,which 2 would you guys keep, the Standard Service,The Standard Oil Company, or the Standard Oil ones like the one pictured? I am leaning personally to 1 Standard Service and 1 Standard Oil like the one pictured but I am still on the fence. I am not totally fluent on the exact value on these and don't care as they will remain with this family until I am long gone but I have a feeling the Standard Oil ones with the red line on each side are the rarest ones?

Keep the BEST Condition ones.

Thanks DB, here is the skateramp! I won't ever give up on a old horse I guess. (Notice a little bit of bright red coming through :), keepin my fingers crossed as this looks like soot because it was hung face down from the ceiling in the city diesel shop)I will start in a corner of course

just to clarify the city diesel shop today was the Standard bulk plant back in the day

Here is the Iso that came home today.

Marc: I remember a couple of years back of an auction in Huron that had a fence made of the slender Standard Oil signs and has Iso-Vis too. Must have been 50 or so. Standard Oil must have been the large dealer in the area.

Huron was home to the division headquarters yes, gives me hope I will locate more over the years.

If I get out to 600 W Market street in Huron for work, I will give you a shout.

That would be cool,please do. I always have time for a gasser .

All I could get out of the old girl.

I almost got one of those Iso-vis 30" DSP signs today. Could you tell me if yours says A.D. 1992 on it on the very bottom or is that a sign of a repop?

Mine says ADV, 547 (55/41), I am the furthest thing from a sign expert but I am improving, just haven't improved enough to help you on this question,sorry. Someone on here will be able to answer that i'm sure. I would post pic and ask,that would be more accurate.

I did hear of that auction yes, after the fact of course.

i had one that had adv 1989 on it, and it was not a repo it must have been how they marked their signs. pretty sure they are from the 30s & 40s

Found this yesterday also, this item confirmed my devotion to collect Standard Oil items,what a greasy mess :), i have never seen one of these so any info would be great. 25lb. wooden grease tub that is stamped Standard Oil Company and also has a Standard torch stamped on it also but not very visible yet.

Thanx for that info. It's now filled away in my head for the next one I come across. I also saw a ebay auction that has a 1929 ad with that graphic so it's one that dates from the late 20s to sometime in the 30s.
Great finds your getting to! Congrats!!!!!

Thanks for the info Dave, it will fit in great with the era of stuff I am going for

Finally getting to the other Standard signs that I rescued from the local bulk plant grandpa worked at. Each one is notched in one corner but the gloss is very nice on each one. I'm happy with what I have netted from the place. Spring is coming so time to get out there and find some more!......and Yes!, the place was full of pigeons!

Looking good!

Well it warmed up enough to get these cleaned up. Problem is I am only planning on keeping one and letting someone else enjoy the other one. Now to figure out which one to keep? The Standard Oil Company sign has a few more extra holes than the Standard Oil one but the white border on the Standard Oil one grabs my eye a little more. Any input and opinions on which one looks better to ya'll please share. Each one also has a notch in different locations.

Keep'em both! Some day you will be glad.

I have seen more of the standard oil signs than the standard oil company signs, if I had to choose I would pick the standard oil company sign if I were only keeping one. but hey they are both nice! let me know which one comes up for sale.

The wood Standard grease buckets even survived a trip through the carwash!

Keep the Standard Oil. The white border makes it more eye appealing in MHO.

Keep both & add some 1" wide stripping tape [easy to remove] to SOC.

Thanks for the comments guys and DB, you may be on to something! Sure wish they made that sign like that originally.

I have decided to do some re-arranging and keep both signs as I can't seem to bring myself to let go of one. Glad I slept on the decision and thanks for all the comments and photoshop expertise! Have a great day everyone, off to set up for my daughters get together for her 18th birthday, man I'm feeling old .