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More Texaco e-bay purchases. Pict#1 is a Texas Amalgamated Oil Co. 1.00$ share,this being 3 shares, dated 1920 . Capitalization being 1,000,000.00$. My soft brain cant even imagine what that translates to in 2012$!! Goes to show how billionares were made overnight! Pict#2-4 are my latest "localized for you" tin pump topper sign. Actually, these came in two styles, double sided & single sided. The single sided sign was set back-to-back (at a slight angle) with a red & white Texaco tin sign (same dimentions) that had a pict. of the "Fire Chief" hat, that also said "Refined for your area".
Texaco OilLike Gulf Oil, Texaco was founded in 1901 after a major oil strike at Spind…
Tin SignsWhen tin advertising signs first appeared in the U.S. around the beginning …