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Recently I was in SoCal and visited with DB where he was kind enough to show me around SP including an outside tour of the Union Oil Company museum. I think they did not want the likes of us to grace their building! Actually the museum was closed for the day we were there despite DB's attempts to get it open for us.
DB's collection is well known to most but he also has a large collection of Union Oil ephemera and he was kind enough to give me three of the Red Line labels that are displayed.
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Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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Lube station from a photo and a dipstick/gas gauge I have...
Sell me your Gilmore Oil Co. stuff...
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Wish you had that work station today? And that lube gun rack is nice as well. Tx for the picture.
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Smallest can I have is the Union Oil of Canada.
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I also am lucky enough to have a Union Oil gas gauge stick... It is a little unusual though, for instead of being the normal wood gas gauge stick... It is made of cardboard and thankfully had never been used...  URL=https://imageshack.com/i/fv4tjrj]  [/URL]
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Single use only item! They were ahead of their time. I like the different levels for different tanks-company as well as round or square tanks.
Dick how small is your can BTW? Good things do come in small packages evidently!
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I also am lucky enough to have a Union Oil gas gauge stick...
It is a little unusual though, for instead of being the normal wood gas gauge stick... It is made of cardboard and thankfully had never been used... Nice! I have a couple cardboard Gilmore sticks, all the rest I have are wood. PM sent to you, Bob.
Sell me your Gilmore Oil Co. stuff...
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Don that Aristo can sure is darn nice. What do you think its age is? And in a completely unrelated vein-I see that your showcase is from Iowa City. That is one well travelled piece of furniture. Lovely university town is Iowa City. Fred I can't hide anything from you. The Aristo can is probably 1930s. Union Oil of Canada was bought out by British American in 1946. They did come back later as Union Oil of California. The Iowa showcase was bought long ago from minuteman's office when you could afford to buy out of there. Of course he was a lot younger then, lol. Cheers, Don.
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Thanks for sharing those images and stories ! That early Union Oil stuff is NICE !
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The Iowa showcase was bought long ago from minuteman's office when you could afford to buy out of there. Of course he was a lot younger then, lol. Cheers, Don. [/quote]
Yes mm's office is one fine display of O&G stuff!
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The Iowa showcase was bought long ago from minuteman's office when you could afford to buy out of there. Of course he was a lot younger then, lol. Cheers, Don. Yes mm's office is one fine display of O&G stuff! We need To see some pictures of this office!!!!
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***Wanted*** Always looking for Oilzum, Kunz, and Husky Cans, Signs and Smalls.
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