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gaspumpman Active Member Posts: 693 |
posted 04-05-2005 02:50 PM
  
We will start with a little history of Richfield. I will try and spread it out over the whole month and add a little each day. If you have any pictures please feel free to add them at any time. I will also be posting pictures of a local Richfield collection. 1905: Richfield Oil Corporation founded 1911: Standard Oil Trust dissolved under Sherman Antitrust Act, and Atlantic is spun off as independent company 1916: Sinclair Oil Corporation, founded by Harry F. Sinclair 1931: Richfield goes into receivership and Sinclair merges with Rio Grande Oil and Prairie Pipeline and Prairie Oil and Gas Companies 1936: Richfield Oil Corporation emerges from receivership 1952: Atlantic begins offshore Gulf Coast production 1963: Atlantic purchased the Hondo Oil & Gas Company 1966: Richfield Oil Corporation merges with Atlantic Refining Company, creating Atlantic Richfield Company [ARCO] 1968: ARCO partners with Exxon for Alaskan North Slope production 1969: ARCO acquires Sinclair Oil Corporation 1972: ARCO headquarters moves from New York City to Los Angeles 1977: ARCO acquires the Anaconda Company 1985: ARCO divests East Coast marketing and refining operations 1988: Tricentrol acquired by ARCO 1988: ARCO completes merger with Houston based Union Texas Petroleum Holding Inc 1989: ARCO forms anew publicly held company, Lyondell Petrochemical 1993: ARCO’s U.S. oil and gas business restructured and divided into four business units—ARCO Permian, ARCO Western Energy, ARCO Long Beach, Inc., and Vastar Resources, Inc. 1994: Vastar Resources Inc. initiates a public offering of 17 million shares of its common stock 1996: ARCO signs Production Sharing Contract with Sonatrach, the Algerian state oil company, to undertake major Enhanced Oil Recovery project in Algeria’s second largest oil field, Rhourde El Baguel 1997: ARCO and Russia’s largest oil company, LUKOIL, sign joint venture agreement to invest in oil and gas projects in Russia and other countries 1998: ARCO subsidiary (Western Midway Co.) and a unit of Mobil Corporation reaches agreement to exchange oil and gas properties in California's San Joaquin Valley and the Gulf of Mexico; The California properties owned by Western Midway go to Mobil, while Mobil oil and gas properties in the Gulf go to Western Midway. Upon completion of the exchange, Western Midway will be sold to Vastar Resources Inc. (82.2% owned by ARCO) 1998: ARCO sells majority interest in ARCO Chemical Company and divests its coal assets in the U.S. IP: Logged |
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troach Active Member Posts: 1351 |
posted 04-05-2005 03:33 PM
Richfield one of my favorite companies. Here is an early sign from my collection. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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troach Active Member Posts: 1351 |
posted 04-05-2005 03:34 PM
This is an early grease can  And an early sign. Ted   ------------------ IP: Logged |
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gaspumpman Active Member Posts: 693 |
posted 04-05-2005 04:39 PM
Great signs Ted thanks for your support. IP: Logged |
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djhubba Moderator Posts: 3905 |
posted 04-05-2005 04:54 PM
Here is a Gilbarco pump I did to Richfield  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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the poor mans museum Active Member Posts: 1650 |
posted 04-05-2005 05:11 PM
Mark Mendenhall is an avid Richfield collector, quite naturally because he literally grew up in a Richfield station owned by Jack Mendenhall. As a result he has been avidly collecting relics for Richfield and building a "shrine" to his collection in their museum. Here is his display case that they call a "Tribute to Ebay" since that is where much of it came from. This is Bill Olivera's Richfield station circa 1948. Jack Mendenahll would evetually take over the business in the early fifties and operate it at this location until he bought his own property at the other end of the highway where he could own the land and the business. And some truck and tanker photos from the Richfield specifications manual circa 1951. As this thread progresses I will post some more of the specification pages for Richfield stations in the 1950's. IP: Logged |
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THE AMERICAN GARAGE Active Member Posts: 5342 |
posted 04-05-2005 08:31 PM
LET'S NOT FORGET GENE BUNCE'S COOL RESTO'D TANKER TRUCK: DOC @ THE AMERICAN GARAGE IP: Logged |
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troach Active Member Posts: 1351 |
posted 04-06-2005 08:53 AM
We could all use a nice neon bird on top our station.  A couple more signs.   This is a lube guide from my collection. Ted  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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the poor mans museum Active Member Posts: 1650 |
posted 04-06-2005 09:21 AM
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the poor mans museum Active Member Posts: 1650 |
posted 04-06-2005 09:23 AM
Don't know where Ted got that photo of the neon eagle but it doesn't do that sign justice so here it is again. IP: Logged |
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gaspumpman Active Member Posts: 693 |
posted 04-06-2005 06:16 PM
On the Richfield Gasoline commercial, the gasoline that came from the cream and blue colored Richfield pumps was powerful stuff. The reason why it was powerful was a super gasoline component known as “Zyline.” This component had one of the highest anti-knock ratings known to modern science (of that time). This was good news for the driver, because the car wasn’t knocking, sputtering, and belching when it encountered a moment where power and/or speed was necessary. Instead of sounding like junkyard material, the car breezed along the highway without a single belch. Instead of adding Zyline to only Richfield Ethyl, Zyline was also added to Richfield Hi-Octane, the regular gasoline. In other words, if the driver filled up with Richfield gasoline, no matter which grade, he/she felt the “Zyline Zip” in his/her car [This message has been edited by gaspumpman (edited 04-06-2005).] IP: Logged |
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Cessna195 Active Member Posts: 43 |
posted 04-07-2005 10:25 AM
A Richfield weather vane and oil can rack.   John ------------------ IP: Logged |
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gaspumpman Active Member Posts: 693 |
posted 04-08-2005 03:56 PM
Thanks for posting the pictures guys. Keep up the good work. I Have an appointment to go over to a real NICE Richfield collection the first of the week. Some great history and pictures to follow. IP: Logged |
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quartcans Active Member Posts: 2492 |
posted 04-08-2005 05:50 PM
Here is a Richfield sign I photographed in an antique mall in Missouri. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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ranchpump Active Member Posts: 52 |
posted 04-14-2005 01:50 PM
Richfield in Hollywood. This station was on Vine Street between Sunset and Hollywood Blvd. 1928 IP: Logged |
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