2jakes
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The Vacuum Oil Company trademarked the disturbing Pegasus logo in 1911 and by the 1930s was marketing Pegasus Motor Spirits and Mobiloil.
While I get that they were going for the classic gargoyle leaning over the side of a building, that one just looks like a thalidomide dinosaur who drank too much the night before.Before Vacuum Oil merged with Socony, Mobiloil was marketed under the brand name "Gargoyle Mobiloil."
The Gargoyle, which was even creepier if possible than the Flying Red Horse, remained part of the Mobiloil logo into the mid-1940s. Brrrrr.
Now this is really "disturbing"!
A motorist enjoying a smoke at a rural Shell gas station. 1949
I'm sure Lizzie has plenty of these stories...
I'm sure Lizzie has plenty of these stories, but when I pumped gas one summer, it was amazing how many customers thought nothing of smoking just like this guy standing next to his car being fueled up.
And let's not forget that, usually, the ground around the pumps has plenty of gas puddles and a general saturation of gasoline and there are oil-soaked rags around, etc. Basically, it's one big tinderbox, but again, despite everything I said to them, some just kept on smoking.
That aside, that is one heck of a cute car.
It is often enough that I see people smoking while pumping gas. I guess they figure that since nothing bad has come of it so far, it will not happen to them.I'm sure Lizzie has plenty of these stories, but when I pumped gas one summer, it was amazing how many customers thought nothing of smoking just like this guy standing next to his car being fueled up.
And let's not forget that, usually, the ground around the pumps has plenty of gas puddles and a general saturation of gasoline and there are oil-soaked rags around, etc. Basically, it's one big tinderbox, but again, despite everything I said to them, some just kept on smoking.
That aside, that is one heck of a cute car.
Nope, I don't see it."If you look closely, I think you'll see that this is a Gulf Station."
Sylva, North Carolina
Nope, I don't see it.
Hmmm...I think I see something, but not sure...I don't see "it" either.
But I do see the "Gulf " signs though!
Hmmm...I think I see something, but not sure...