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globe question #394768 Sat Feb 16 2013 05:40 PM
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 119 Kansas S skinfxr OP Petro Enthusiast
OP skinfxr Petro Enthusiast S Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 119 Kansas	I am a sign guy and know very little about globes. This globe is one piece glass and I think the royal standard is etched in the glass. Was this a Standard Oil globe? And when would this globe have been used? Any help is greatly appreciated--Russell

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Re: globe question skinfxr #394822 Sat Feb 16 2013 08:57 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 22,780 Likes: 7 Santa Paula, Calif Dick Bennett Veteran Member
Dick Bennett Veteran Member Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 22,780 Likes: 7 Santa Paula, Calif	IMO, NOT part of STANDARD OIL CORP Reproduction/Fantasy Cans http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p2/oldegaspump/AllCansMASTERTHUMBNAIL_zps4bfdbbc7.jpg Rnd Can Re-lids

Re: globe question Dick Bennett #394892 Sun Feb 17 2013 08:49 AM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,251 Likes: 88 Big Sky Country minuteman Veteran Member
minuteman Veteran Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,251 Likes: 88 Big Sky Country	More than likely just a small company that branded their regular gasoline "Royal Standard"..... nothing to do with Standard Oil as Dick says.. probably in the 1910-1925 era most companies named their different types of gasoline.. Wanted early tin litho signage. petro, farm, auto, etc.

Re: globe question minuteman #394937 Sun Feb 17 2013 11:00 AM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 505 Likes: 7 LaGrange, Ohio S scottpcm Petro Enthusiast
scottpcm Petro Enthusiast S Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 505 Likes: 7 LaGrange, Ohio	The base gives it away as some foreign globe though I've never seen it though. Not from here in the states though. Scott B.

Re: globe question scottpcm #395356 Mon Feb 18 2013 06:05 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 149 Glentham, Lincolnshire england gaspumpgary Petro Enthusiast
gaspumpgary Petro Enthusiast Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 149 Glentham, Lincolnshire england	Scott's correct, it's foreign, well not to me! That's a British globe for Kerosene, you need to send it back home to me! Gary

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