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In the years just following World War II, Standard Oil of California purchased a small New Jersey-based refiner/marketer, operating it as the California Oil Company and using the same Calso brand as it used in the West (see below). Standard of California's east coast operations were rebranded to the Chevron name in the late Fifties.
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During the Thirties, Standard Oil of California expanded east from its western marketing region into using subsidiary California Company and Calso brand name for the company's entry into the Rocky Mountain region. After World War II, the Chevron name was adopted for the company's operations in the West outside its Standard marketing region.
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The Canfield Oil Company was an Ohio-based firm known primarily for its lubricants. The company began gasoline marketing in the years after World War I. This 1936 map commemorates Canfield's 50th year of operation.
This undated Canfield map was probably issued in the early Forties. In 1945, Standard Oil Company of Ohio (Sohio) purchased Canfield and eventually replaced the Canfield brand name at the company's 200 or so retail locations in the northern Ohio area.
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The Carter Oil Co. of Tulsa, Oklahoma had been a long-time production subsidiary of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. After acquiring two northwest regional brands (Grizzly and Litening) during the Forties, Jersey Standard selected the Carter name to replace the old brands. In 1950, the Denver-based Oval-E operations were rebranded as Carter. This map dates from 1951.
This Carter map was issued in 1958. The Carter brand was replaced by the Enco brand in 1961.
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The Cenex brand was adopted by the St. Paul, Minnesota-based Farmers Union Central Exchange following a merger between that company and Midland Cooperatives, also of St. Paul, during the Seventies.
Cenex is one of a few companies still issuing branded road maps. This map was issued in 1998. Like all recent Cenex map issues, this map has cartography by Rand McNally and shows all Cenex convenience store and gas station locations.
Champion was an Oregon-based independent. This map was issued in 1965.
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Champlain was a Montreal-based regional marketing company acquired by Imperial Oil (Esso) during the Sixties.
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Champlin Oil and Refining was founded in Enid, Oklahoma in 1920 and at its peak marketed in 15 midwestern states. Retail operations were sold to America Petrofina and rebranded as Fina in the early Eighties.
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This 1964 map was issued by the Chevron east coast subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of California.
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This attractive map was issued by the western Chevron operations of Standard Oil of California in 1959.
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This 1972 map was issued for Chevron's southern operations in the former Standard Oil Company of Kentucky (Kyso) territory.
This 1975 map was issued in former Standard Oil Company of Kentucky (Kyso) territory near the end of Chevron's map program.
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This 1936 Cities Service map is typical of the all-green maps issued by the company during the Thirties. Note the marking for Cities Service affiliate Iowa Oil Company at the bottom of the map. For several years, Cities Service maps distributed by this affiliate bore special Iowa Oil identification.
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This colorful map design was used by Cities Service following World War II. Note that this 1946 issue is specially marked for Iowa Oil Company, a long-time affiliate of Cities Service.
This unique map of New Jersey's Garden State Parkway turnpike was issued in 1955. Several different issues of this specialty Cities Service map were issued, but Cities Service is not known to have issued maps of other individual toll highways in its marketing territory.
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Clark's began in 1932 as a single station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and gradually expanded to offer its discounted premium gas at a number of locations in Wisconsin. After World War II, Clark's enlarged its operations to a number of midwestern states.
In 1954, Clark's changed its name to Clark as the Milwaukee-based company continued its expansion throughout the midwest. Clark remains in operation with stations in 12 states.
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