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Mobiloil "Gargoyle" Sign
Catalog #: 335,596,
Accession #: 1977.064
Currently on display
From the Smithsonian Collection
Mobiloil was registered by the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) at the U. S. patent office as a trademark in 1920. The company became the Mobil Oil Corporation in 1966. Although the mobil oil brand became marketed under the now-familiar pegasus, this sign's 'gargoyle' was also one of the ways that the company branded their product and tried to get people to buy their oil. |
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Physical Description |
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artifact. 2’ W x 5’8” H x 1/2”D ; circular sign; porcelain enamelled steel sign.
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Details |
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Credit: | Gift of John H. White, Jr. |
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Donor
John H. White, Jr.
Donor worked at National Museum of American History. He donated this object in 1976.
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