Oldgas.com Home  

Click here for Petro Porcelain Sign auction listings


Home | Help | Events | Auctions | Parts | Pictures | Links | Contact
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
#710934 Tue Jun 05 2018 07:12 PM
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,488
Likes: 2
Veteran Member
OP Offline
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,488
Likes: 2
Can anybody tell me the History of hancock/yale oil company?

20180605_183036.jpg

Always looking for grizzly gasoline stuff, or any Montana gas and oil stuff.
Please use For Sale forums to sell

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.
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 19,337
Likes: 983
Veteran Member
Offline
Veteran Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 19,337
Likes: 983
not affiliated with Hancock Oil Company of California .. ... cool


RANDY
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 19,337
Likes: 983
Veteran Member
Offline
Veteran Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 19,337
Likes: 983
Yale Oil Co. was out of South Dakota, with refineries in Wyoming and Montana. Central office in Billings.
Distributed Hancock oil and grease, sold Litening gas
Yale Oil started a new refinery in Billings in 1930
in 1944. Carter Oil, a national concern, purchased the Yale Refinery in Billings .. ... cool

Last edited by advertologist; Wed Jun 06 2018 02:37 AM.

RANDY
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 498
Likes: 14
Petro Enthusiast
Offline
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 498
Likes: 14
John and Luke Hancock started the Pure Oil of Minneapolis in the early 1900's. They sold out to The Pure Oil Company of Ohio in 1920. Luke Hancock continued to work for Pure Oil, and John Hancock started the Hancock Oil Company in Minneapolis. John Hancock died in 1929, at which time the Minneapolis Hancock Oil stations were sold to Phillips. I should research this area a bit more to get definitive information, but in the late 1920's, Yale Oil was incorporated in either South Dakota as Randy mentioned (or Montana, i'm not sure which), which i'm guessing had something to do with 1) Luke Hancock eventually leaving Pure, and 2) John Hancock passing. I believe Luke Hancock had some ownership in Yale, so I think he left Pure to work for Yale around this time, You'll see cans for the Hancock Oil company and Yale Oil which look identical. I think it's because prior to the Phillips sale, Hancock Oil and Yale Oil essentially had the same owners, and were just using the same cans with different company names.

I have more information at home. If anyone wants more details, i'd be happy to provide them.

Litening - Clason.jpg
Last edited by mapper; Wed Jun 06 2018 07:57 AM.

Alan
Collecting MN and Minneapolis gas and oil related items
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 498
Likes: 14
Petro Enthusiast
Offline
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 498
Likes: 14
A couple of more pics: note the JH on the can, which is the same as the bucket on the top pic. JH for John Hancock, which would tell me that its from the late 1920's.

Hancock_5lb_50nobids.JPG Hancock_5lb_50nobids2.JPG

Alan
Collecting MN and Minneapolis gas and oil related items
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 19,337
Likes: 983
Veteran Member
Offline
Veteran Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 19,337
Likes: 983
I've seen a few of these 1lb. grease cans but don't recall seeing the Montana version, all have been from Twin Cities (MInnesota)
the Montana version must be pretty rare or so the seller thinks so. .. ... cool

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1930s-OLD-...City-Billing-MONTANA-rare-1/392059598785

IMG_3120[1].JPG 1hancqtcn.jpg
Last edited by advertologist; Wed Jun 06 2018 02:14 PM.

RANDY
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,488
Likes: 2
Veteran Member
OP Offline
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,488
Likes: 2
Thank you all for the help and info.


Always looking for grizzly gasoline stuff, or any Montana gas and oil stuff.

Moderated by  Oldgas, Ryan Underthun 

Link Copied to Clipboard

Click here for Gas Pump auction listings

Copyright © 2023 Primarily Petroliana Interactive, All Rights Reserved

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5