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Shot with HP pstc3100 at 2007-11-09

This sign is on old station that has several other brands in Ohio

Here is more Pure stuff.

Pure dinner plate and Pure Tiolene oil bottle. Both items will be on ebay sometime.

Ooh, Ooh, Ooh! I've been trying to get a Pure china item for awhile! Nice.

Here's another hunk of history:

1948—Pure has its best year for profits.
Pure approaches NASCAR to supply fuel in exchange for promotion considerations.
1949—Pure sells its stations in eastern Penn-sylvania to Gulf.
Pure purchases majority interest in Goldkamp Co. of Dayton, operator of ~40 service stations.
1950—Pure’s new R&D labs open in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Here's a picture of the R&D lab building, courtesy of the Crystal Lake Public Library. This was on a placemat titled "Lost Crystal Lake," sponsored by the CL Historic Preservation Commission, CL Historical Society, and Downtown Crystal Lake/Main Street.

Here's another Pure-Restaurant-Motel combo, with a few Coke "buttons" tossed in.
This was the Garden Motor Court on U.S. 60, west of Ashland, KY.

MY ONLY PURE CAN

1952—Pure acquires the remainder of Hickok, which is operated by the Pure Oil Products Company. Pure Oil Products abandons the “Hi-Speed” trademark, marketing under Pure’s brand names. Hickok merges with Pure Oil Products Co. of Ohio, wholly owned subsidiary of Pure: Hickok’s preeminence in the truck stop industry makes Pure a leader in the field.



Front & back of one of my non-paper Pure items (actually, my only non-paper Pure item).

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May as well continue in the truck stop vein.
Diesel fuel pump plates.
These are Matthews Auction photos, courtesy of Bob.

I have 4 Pure globes. The Detonox is from a Pure purchase in the early 20's.



This sign is just after the Union merger, in the mid 60's

still alive and well,glenview il.

now some kind of doctors office another in highland park il.inside looks just like it did in 1928 when it was built,with some added electric and stuff

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Glad you posted the Glenview station. I've been going nuts trying to remember where that was.
Will post more pix once I get my formerly favorite computer up & running.

Stations to follow, I hope. In the meanwhile, here are more maps.





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These are from 1955 and 1961.





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Here's a few signs.
First is probably a Hi-Speed sign.



These three are 15" curved porcelain signs.

These are 15" flat porcelain.

Another 15" flat porcelain.





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Great job on the COTM, Judy!! Thanks for the hard work.

Here are some pumps and signs from the Simpler Times Museum in PA.




Have a Pure Day

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