Texaco advertisement: The Avenue of Palms, motor oil – Vintage Print
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This rare historic image captures Texaco advertisement: The Avenue of Palms, motor oil in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Texaco advertisement: The Avenue of Palms, motor oil
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Few roadside advertisements of the early automobile era carried a title as evocative as *The Avenue of Palms*, used here to promote Texaco motor oil. The Texas Company, founded in 1902 in Beaumont, Texas, grew into one of the largest oil marketers in the country and relied heavily on printed and painted advertising to tie its name to the open road. Pairing a palm-lined boulevard with a lubricant reflects a common tactic of the period, which linked ordinary automotive products to the promise of distant travel and leisure.
| Original scan | 554 × 800 px |
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| Reference | 508 |
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