Standard Oil Company

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1886
Active 1959

History notes:

The Standard Oil Company was established by John D. Rockefeller in 1868 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first Standard Oil Company in Minnesota was established in 1886.

From the guide to the Service station stock plan, 1953, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts Division [naa])

Standard Oil Company and Trust was an "American company and corporate trust that from 1870 to 1911 was the industrial empire of John D. Rockefeller and associates, controlling almost all oil production, processing, marketing, and transportation in the United States." -- "Standard Oil Company and Trust." Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9069396 (Retrieved January 28, 2010)

Texaco Inc, "original name (1901--59) Texas Fuel Company former U.S.-based oil and petrochemical corporation. Founded in 1901, by the late 20th century it was one of the world's largest petroleum companies in terms of sales. The name Texaco was adopted in 1959. Although the company originally conducted its business ventures wholly within Texas, it expanded to all states of the United States and eventually established operations in many parts of the world, including Latin America, Indonesia, and the Middle East. It was primarily engaged in the production, refining, marketing, and shipping of petroleum and natural gas. Texaco was acquired by Chevron in 2001 and became part of ChevronTexaco Corporation." "Texaco Inc." Encyclopaedia Britannica. http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9071877 (Retrieved January 28, 2010)

From the description of Standard Oil scrapbook of stations in northeast and northwest Georgia, circa 1940s and 1961. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 516485831

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Subjects:

  • Food portions
  • Petroleum industry and trade
  • Pipelines
  • Price fixing
  • Railroad
  • Rationing
  • Service stations
  • Service stations
  • Service stations
  • Sugar
  • Transportation
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Service stations
  • Service stations

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Places:

  • Georgia (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Toccoa (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Commerce (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Gainesville (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Jefferson (as recorded)
  • Louisiana--Baton Rouge (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Rome (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Dalton (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Rockmart (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Hiawassee (as recorded)
  • Georgia--Calhoun (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • Minnesota--Austin (as recorded)

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