VINTAGE SIGN - GULF OIL 2
(1920-1932)
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- Made from 18 Gauge
Steel
- Features Baked Enamel
Finish for a Durable and Cost Efficient Finish
- Signs are Screen
Printed with Nazdar Enamel and Baked at 180 Degrees
- 6 - 1/8"
Mounting Holes for Ease of Mounting
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| Gulf
1 - The Gulf Refining Company of Texas was chartered
November 10, 1901, to refine and market oil from the great
Spindletop field discovered earlier that year. The
first Gulf refinery was built at Port Arthur. With
Spindletop production declining, the company was
reorganized in January 1907 as the Gulf Oil Corporation.
The company built a 400-mile pipeline from the new Glenn
Pool field in Oklahoma to its Port Arthur refinery.
Gulf's production more than doubled in two years, and over
the next twenty years its operations expanded into most of
the major oil fields in the United States and into Mexico
and Venezuela. By 1950, Gulf had 43,000 employees
and sold its products through more than 36,000 service
stations in the United States and nearly as many in other
countries. Gulf ran into trouble in the 1970s when
several key executives were involved in illegal political
contributions and the company struggled under their
successors. Beginning in August of 1983, Gulf was
the target of a takeover attempt by investor Thomas Boone
Pickens. Finally, on March 5, 1984, the Gulf board
voted to sell the company to Chevron for $13.2 billion.
Chevron still uses the Gulf name on stations in the
northeastern United States. This Gulf sign was
introduced in 1920. |
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