Standard Oil Co Torch Light: Original Vintage Truck Stop Highway Sign – SOT498

Standard Oil Co Torch Light: Original Vintage Truck Stop Highway Sign

Size Of Torch On Stand: Dimensions: 23" x 52"

This Is The ONLY Standard Oil Co Torch Light With Genuine Milk Glass Flame Top!

Own a rare piece of American History From 1910. This rare piece of vintage and classic Americana is from a highway sign for one of Standard Oil's early truck stop filling stations.

Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world. Its controversial history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly.

About John D. Rockefeller.

John D. Rockefeller was a founder, chairman and major shareholder. With the dissolution of the Standard Oil trust into 33 smaller companies, Rockefeller became the richest man in the world. Standard Oil (Indiana) was formed in 1889 by John D. Rockefeller as part of the Standard Oil trust. In 1910, with the rise in popularity of the automobile, Indiana Standard decided to specialize in providing gasoline to consumers. In 1911, the year it became independent from the Standard Oil trust, the company sold 88% of the gasoline and kerosene sold in the Midwest.

In 1912 it opened its first gas service station in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Red Crown Regular and White Crown Premium (later Gold Crown Super Premium) gasolines were marketed by parent company, Standard Oil (Indiana), in its prime marketing area in the Midwest.

Read More At: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil