To add to what has already been posted the Gill Glass Co of Philadelphia, PA made the ripple body globes. There was also a brown color (with root beer lenses) in addition to the colors previuosly listed. Among many of the colors there were various degrees of color intensity resulting many different shades. As stated it appears that most of the companies to use ripple bodies were located in the midwest. Hudson oil of Kansas City, Ben Franklin Refining of Ardmore, OK, Sovereign Services located in many midwestern states, Dixie Distributors of Ann Arbor, MI, Old Dutch Refining of Muskegon, MI, J D Street (Zephyr) of Maryland Heights, MO,and Bay Petroleum of Denver, CO were others that used ripple bodies. Ripple bodies were also used for other than gasoline advertising purposes with green bodies found many times with ice cream lenses. As to why these bodies were mainly used in the the midwest who knows? These bodies were used by companies from coast to coast but the midwest seems to be the primary user. On possible answer could be the sheer number of petroleum companies in business in that part of the country during the period that the bodies were in production. Hope this sheds some light on your question.
