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Mon May 28 2007 08:34 PM
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Good evening all. Just a few more pictures for viewing. Some writin' tools, and a coin holder, a mechanics beanie, and hat. [This message has been edited by Ken Bird (edited 05-28-2007).]
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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#103071
Mon May 28 2007 08:40 PM
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This pack of pics features a window scraper,a cool milk glass ash tray, it has the same writing on all three sides, and two different styles of drinking glasses and a coffee mug. [This message has been edited by Ken Bird (edited 05-28-2007).]
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Mon May 28 2007 08:45 PM
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In this cluster of pictures there are two styles of credit books, the second pic is the insides of each book and the last pic is a mileage chart. [This message has been edited by Ken Bird (edited 05-28-2007).]
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Tue May 29 2007 06:33 PM
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Good evening everyone. Well, being cotm is almost over, I thought I would let you folks know who was behind the scenes this month. Some of you will remember this post a few years ago under "my 15 minutes of fame" thread. This was an article the Saskatoon Star Phoenix did of me about two and a half years ago. Click on the thumbnail, then click on the picture again and it will enlarge to read it better. Enjoy. Ken. [This message has been edited by Ken Bird (edited 05-29-2007).]
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Wed May 30 2007 08:34 PM
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Good job Ken..........I enjoyed learning more about British American Oil. Was wondering if you ran across any connection between B/A and Socony. I have this small celluloid-backed hand mirror........ the only thing missing here is the word "British"........as you indicated, Peerless was a brand name B/A used for their motor oil. I got this from Europe and have always wondered about it. Any info you have would be appreciated. Richard [This message has been edited by pegasus (edited 05-30-2007).]
Richard Weir Corinth, Texas
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Wed May 30 2007 09:15 PM
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Hey Richard, Well, the only connection that I have found between B/A and SCONY is that Albert Ellsworth who founded B/A, worked for Standard Oil Co. out of Buffalo N.Y. for a few years before he started out on his own. Just a coincidense? I can't find anything else to connect the two, maybe someone else may know? Ken.
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Thu May 31 2007 05:48 PM
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Good evening everyone. I guess this is the last day for cotm, and I just wanted to say thanks for all the nice comments and for the pictures, stories and information that was directed my way. I had a blast doing it, I hope it wasn't too boring with the history or the pictures of my collection, other than a few pictures that members sent, I didn't have any thing else to show. I do believe that Wes is up next,starting tomorrow ,good luck Wes and have fun! Ken.
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Fri Jun 01 2007 05:31 PM
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Hi all. I was talking to Alex Colwell about the cotm, and he had mentioned a gentleman by the name of Doug Hand who had helped him with his web site and the history of British American Oil, a big "Thank You" goes out to these two people from me, because if it were not for these two men, I wouldn't have been able to do this. Ken.
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Ken,
Your knowledge of BA and associated companies in CDN was great. Can you give me some idea of history, value, rarity of these signs. They are from a few BC gas stations.
Thanks,
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