Gas Station Magnets

Two figures enshrouded in shadows approach a car in a darkened gas station in the middle of nowhere

Happy Motoring!

The Gilmore Oil Company was an independent oil company in California which was founded by Arthur Fremont Gilmore after he struck oil on his dairy farm in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles in 1903. His son, Earl Bell Gilmore, took over the family business and expanded its distribution network which, at its peak, operated over three thousand gas stations on the West Coast. He promoted the company in a flamboyant style with much advertising, branding, and sponsorship. Gilmore Blu-Green Gasoline was one of Gilmore's primary fuel products, marketing as 'premium gasoline at a standard price.'

Abandoned gas station in Connecticut.

Funny vintage looking gas station sushi tshirt. This would make a funny gift idea for the gas station, sushi, or gas station sushi lover.

Vintage Commercial

An illustration of a typical mid century US road scene.

“Put a tiger in your tank” was a slogan created in 1959 by Emery Smith, a young Chicago copywriter who had been given the task to produce a newspaper ad to boost sales of Esso Extra gasoline. The tiger wasn’t Smith’s invention, as he first appeared as a mascot for Esso in Norway at the turn of the century. The end of WWII and the resumption of petrol advertising is when the tiger made his US debut. The message was that Esso fuel was so powerful that it was the equivalent of having a roaring beast powering engines. From glass globe pump heads and gas cap tiger tails, to stuffed animals and bumper stickers, the campaign was a hit, both in the U.S. and abroad.

EZ Serve Gasoline was a chain of franchised service stations throughout Southern California that provided products and services of the EZ Serve Oil Company. While they were only around for about 25 years, they are forever remembered as the place where Navin R. Johnson got a job (and place to live) in the 1979 movie, The Jerk. The EZ Serve station was located in Pasadena and owned by Harry Hartounian who gave Navin an apartment in the back. Navin was soon to be thrilled to find that he is listed in the local phone book under his new address, though not long after, a gun-wielding lunatic randomly flips through the phone book and picks "Johnson, Navin R." as his next random victim.

Unofficial logo reproduction for a chain of gas stations in the Fresno, California area.

Big Ed's Gas Farm

A small service station located on a city corner. Washington, D.C. 1925.

Jellyfish Station

1950s gas station illustration within the shell logo.

Gastown Gas Station

Illustration of Gas Station vintage

An old time antique country gas station brings back memories of another time. The vintage Fargo truck and rusted gas pumps complete the picture.

1950s gas station illustration within a green texaco logo.

Bruin Pennsylvania Petroleum Products was founded in the early 1920s in Bruin, Pennsylvania. Doing business as 'Butler County Oil Refining Company,' Bruin produced Bruinoil brand motor oils and Bruin brand gasoline, referring to them as "The Bear of Them All." Located between the railroad line and what is now Route 268, the Bruin refinery was a massive facility that employed many Pennsylvanians during its run. And like most early petroleum manufacturing facilities, the location was eventually designated as the number 3 toxic waste site (The Bruin Lagoon) on the EPA's SuperFund list.

1950s gas station illustration within a red and white texaco logo.

Finding Gas right now is hit or miss. Gas stations throughout the country continue to see long lines of cars an drivers try to fill up their gas tanks, following fears of a gas shortage due to the temoporary shutdown of the colonial pipeline system.

Finding Gas right now is hit or miss. Gas stations throughout the country continue to see long lines of cars an drivers try to fill up their gas tanks, following fears of a gas shortage due to the temoporary shutdown of the colonial pipeline system.

Finding Gas right now is hit or miss. Gas stations throughout the country continue to see long lines of cars an drivers try to fill up their gas tanks, following fears of a gas shortage due to the temoporary shutdown of the colonial pipeline system.

Two Stiffs Selling Gas Motel in Lovelock, Nevada. Started in the 1930s the "2 Stiffs" at one time offered not only gas but food and lodging at their "Air Cooled De Luxe Auto Court".

Gas station vintage

1950s gas station illustration within a red texaco logo.

Extraordinary photo fitting for everyone who loves retro styles. It can also be given as a Birthday or Christmas gift to your best friend, relative, boyfriend or girlfriend who also loves retro styles.

Finding Gas right now is hit or miss. Gas stations throughout the country continue to see long lines of cars an drivers try to fill up their gas tanks, following fears of a gas shortage due to the temoporary shutdown of the colonial pipeline system.

Finding Gas right now is hit or miss. Gas stations throughout the country continue to see long lines of cars an drivers try to fill up their gas tanks, following fears of a gas shortage due to the temoporary shutdown of the colonial pipeline system.

Finding Gas right now is hit or miss. Gas stations throughout the country continue to see long lines of cars an drivers try to fill up their gas tanks, following fears of a gas shortage due to the temoporary shutdown of the colonial pipeline system.

American gas station classic

Abandoned Chevron Gas Station in the Nevada desert.

During September 1919, Harry Sinclair restructured Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation, Sinclair Gulf Corporation, and 26 other related entities into Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation. In 1932, this new entity was renamed Consolidated Oil Corporation. In 1943, it was renamed Sinclair Oil Corporation. Near the beginning of the Great Depression, Sinclair sold the remaining interest in its pipeline subsidiary to Standard Oil Company (Indiana) for US$72.5 million (Standard Oil had purchased a 50% interest in the pipeline subsidiary in 1921). With these funds, including an additional US$33.5 million from an additional common stock issue, Sinclair retired several promissory notes and prepared to weather the Depression.

Harry Sinclair had his eye on a rival, Prairie Oil and Gas – a Rockefeller interest as big as Sinclair Consolidated. Sinclair held a half interest in the Ajax pipeline, which was jeopardizing the entire Prairie system by siphoning off most of their pipeline traffic. But in 1930, Sinclair sold its half to Standard Oil Company, along with its 50 percent interest in the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company, for $72.5 million cash.

76 is a chain of gas stations located within the United States. The 76 brand is owned by Phillips 66.