"Flying A" with wings Gasoline Logo Heavy Steel Sign New 24" x 10"

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"Flying A" Gasoline Logo Heavy Steel Painted Sign New 24" x 10"
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For that garage or den or recreation Room.
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In 1937, Getty purchased control of the Mission Corporation and merged Tidewater with his Associated Oil enterprise. With the creation of the Tidewater-Associated Oil Company, service stations in the West became Associated Flying A stations while marketing in the East was via Tydol Flying A stations. Over time, the Tydol and Associated designations faded and became simply Flying A. J. Paul Getty managed this gigantic petroleum distribution network through a system of company consignees located in small towns throughout the nation.
By 1946, the Avon Refinery had over 1700 employees. The labor-intensive tasks preformed to produce lube oil and grease contributed greatly to this number. By 1951, the Avon Refinery was producing a wide variety of petroleum products with 700 specialty products available including 165 different grades of lubricating oils, 90 different grades of grease, a multitude of solvents, transformer oils, lube oils, and even an odorless paint thinner. The Port Costa wharf shipped the majority of Avon's residual fuel oil products. Blending and pumping fuel oil to Port Costa was a single operation. The tankage at the terminal was ideally situated above the Bay so that loading vessels could be done by gravity at the vessel's maximum receiving rate. From 1951 to 1966, the Avon Refinery and Flying A network was in its heyday producing at the highest capacity with the greatest number of refined products.
In 1966, the Phillips Petroleum Company purchased Tidewater Oil Company's West Coast assets. Almost from the beginning of Phillips Petroleum's entry into the West Coast market, it had been subject to a government anti-trust action. Finally, the anti-trust activity forced Phillips Petroleum to divest its West Coast distribution systems. While sale of the retail service stations and refining assets was relatively straightforward, divesting the commercial fuel distribution system proved more problematic. Phillips finally made arrangements with a number of local consignees to take over the company's commercial accounts. By that process, several independent distribution companies, or jobberships, were formed. North of the Golden Gate Bridge in Sonoma and Marin Counties, three consignees joined forces to create the Royal Petroleum Company in 1975. Since the Flying A logo was no longer in use at the time, the three former Flying A consignees registered the trademark for Royal Petroleum's use.
Since its inception, the Royal Petroleum Company has remained in the family of the original founders. We take pride in our Northern California roots and heritage.
Royal Petroleum is committed to supporting our community and our customers...the agricultural, construction, and commercial communities that make Sonoma and Marin Counties a great place to live.
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