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#756970 Tue Nov 10 2020 06:52 PM
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I have been meaning to do more research with this group and have just been to busy. I am a former dealer from St. Charles, IL operating out of a 1928 independent gas station. The early brands of gas were Red Hat, Globe, and Aviation brands sold by the McCornack Oil company. You can see the building and some old 1928 archive photos I donated back in 1990 when I was forced out of business, nothing unique, it happened all over the country as the oil companies were now allowed to eliminate their dealer network and operated company stations.

I say that I have been too busy, that being the research of my station, my father's business, the neighbor's and so on. I have documented the various local dealers, the brands of gas and oil sold taking the history all the way back to the blacksmith shops and general stores with a gas pump out front. The manuscript is 492 pages with over 570 illustrations, now in the hands of the editors and formatting people.

Hope to have it ready for publication in early December and I am like an expectant father. Look up my gas station photos by doing a search for the St. Charles History Museum in St. Charles, IL and you will see my station in all of it's glory as the city museum.

I am looking forward to sharing my experiences and photos.

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welcome aboard .. ... cool

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Welcome to Oldgas. Best of luck with your publication!


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Greetings from Nebraska.

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This photo was taken in 1928 and I donated a few different views to the museum in 1990. This has been copywritten and may not be reproduced without written permission. I have had access to close-ups and working on pump identification. The two obvious are the Red Hat and Aviation brands, the third is not clear, but I hope to find help with the shape of the logo. I will start a new post with this question. Any tips on doing this?

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This is one of the 1928 photographs I donated in 1990 and has now been copyrighted by the museum since they relocated from city hall to my former station.

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