| Pictures for October 2011 |
Legacy Lighters |
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Gulf Oil Company Zippo Lighter 1935. Kendall Oil and Gulf were the first oil companies to advertise using Zippo lighters. This Zippo dated to before 1936 when the hinges were put on the inside. George G. Blaisdell, then co-owner of the Blaisdell Oil Co., formed Zippo in 1932. In 1933 Zippo started selling wind proof lighters for $1.95. |
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Chevron Standard of Kentucky Zippo Lighter |
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Mohawk Zippo Lighter |
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Skelly 1964 Zippo Lighter |
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Kewanee Ol Company 1974 Zippo |
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Texaco 1946-49 |
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Chevron Zippo 1961 |
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Pure Oil Company Zippo |
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Tenneco Zippo |
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Wilshire Oil Company of California |
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Pittsburg & Midway Coal Zippo1965 |
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Atlas Energy, Inc. was acquired by Chevron Corp. on Thursday, February 17, 2011. |
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Atlas Energy, Incorporation |
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Union Oil of California Zippo 1958 |
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Gulf Zippo 1953 |
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Caltex Aviation |
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Caltex Cygnus Table Lighter |
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Union Oil of California Scripto Vu-Lighter |
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Texaco Zippo |
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Texaco Lighter |
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Union Oil of California 76 leather covered in Hand burnished calfskin of English Morocco 1952. |
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Pure Oil Company Lighter. |
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Texaco Vu Lighter |
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Texaco Vu Lighter |
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Gulf Research 1957 |
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Union Oil Zippo. |
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Getty Western Pacific Oil Company 1969 Zippo Lighter |
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Kewanee Cuban Oil Company 1954 |
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Texaco 1941 Zippo |
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Getty 1956 Gibbs Oil Company |