Well thank you Poor Man. I appreciate the compliment. Especially from a man of your caliber. So lets go with your suggestion, and talk a little about some of the early service stations.
"In 1931, Standard Oil Company of California, after many pioneering years in the service station business, transferred the responsibility to concentrate on and further perfect the retail marketing of its automobile petroleum products to a new corporation... Standard Stations, Inc."
So started the January, 1941 issue of STANDARD CHEVRON, a monthly publication for Socal employees. An issue that celebrated their ten years of customer service.
Now, would also be a good time to thank the good people at Chevron, who have been invited to this forum, for their assistance in providing me the information to produce this. I thank both John Harper, historian and Linda Burton, from the archive office, for their gracious support. Thank You.
Lets take a look at a few early Chevron Stations. We see a shed type building, with the canopy extending out only to the pump block. A sign, reading "Standard Oil Company" adorns the building. Drive slowly, please, as the gravel drive is easily disturbed, and the smooth affect is produced with tedious raking and pulling. Our attendant is scrubbing the white fabric hose of one of the two pumps at the station. Our attendant also spends his 60 hour work week by "bricking" the station floor, and dusting & cleaning the stock & equipment. Lucky for him, that at this time, he only has limited facilities for battery & lubrication service, and only a small stock of non-petroleum products.
As this continues, I will post some of the yearly milestones reached by the Standard Stations.
By the way Curt, we had a clock just like that at the Chevron Station that I worked at while I was in High School. What else do you have for us?
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