Socony-Vacuum Crude Oil wartime advertisement with red oil drum – Antique Print
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This historic image of Socony-Vacuum Crude Oil wartime advertisement with red oil drum brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Socony-Vacuum Crude Oil wartime advertisement with red oil drum
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The red oil drum at the center of this advertisement sets it apart from the many transport images on the board, and its wording points to the war years, when fuel supply was treated as essential to the national effort. Socony-Vacuum was formed in 1931 from the merger of the Standard Oil Company of New York and the Vacuum Oil Company, and by the 1940s its advertising often stressed how petroleum kept trucks, ships, and aircraft moving. Wartime ads like this one addressed a public that was rationing gasoline and watching the oil industry closely. Look at how the drum is drawn as a bold, simple symbol of supply.
| Original scan | 619 × 800 px |
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| Reference | 1443 |
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