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Sun Jan 17 2010 07:41 PM
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Has anyone ever heard of Martin Oil Products. I found a pic of this globe & dont know if it is a legit globe or not.
Wanted Owens Motor Oil & Mobiloil Gargoyle. Brad Ralston & my website is www.petrobarn.com
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Brad, I saw that pump on CL the other day, I'd say it's legit. I have a couple of Martin 2 gal. cans, and I remember there being a Martin gas station in my home town when I was a kid, I used to run and jump on the air hose and make the bell ring. My dad would take me there, it was a local hang out for his buddies The old building was only torn down in the last 12 years or so. Sure wish I'd have been into this stuff back then and gone through the place before it got bulldozed down. Tony
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Martin was based in Alsip IL. "Martin Oil Service, Alsip, Ill.: Martin Oil Service was a division of Martin Oil Company (family-owned) that expanded coast to coast in the late 1950's. J. D. Street (Zephyr), eventually purchased the originally Martin Oil Company operation. However, Martin Oil Service continued to operate separately until being sold to Marathon’s Emro Marketing in 1993." Quote source: http://www.marathonpetroleum.com/content/documents/mpc/about/MarathonMarketingHistory.pdf
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We had a Martin station in Dubuque, Iowa in the early 1960's. I may be mistaken (a bit), but I seem to recall that their big street sign had the exact same design and wording as the Martin globe in question. Best, John in Wisconsin
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