Pictures for October 2011

Legacy Lighters

Gulf Oil Company Zippo Lighter 1935

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.

Chevron Standard of Kentuck Zippo

Chevron Standard of Kentucky Zippo Lighter

Mohawk Zippo Lighter

 Mohawk Zippo Lighter

Skelly 1964 Zippo Lighter

Skelly 1964 Zippo Lighter

Kewanee Ol Company 1974 Zippo

Kewanee Ol Company 1974 Zippo

Texaco 1946-49

Texaco 1946-49

Chevron Zippo 1961

Chevron Zippo 1961

Pure Oil Company Zippo

Pure Oil Company Zippo

Tenneco Zippo

Tenneco Zippo

Wilshire Oil Company

Wilshire Oil Company of California

Pittsburg & Midway CoalZippo1965 Zippo

Pittsburg & Midway Coal Zippo1965  

Atlas Energy Company

Atlas Energy, Inc. was acquired by Chevron Corp. on Thursday, February 17, 2011.

Atlas Energy

Atlas Energy, Incorporation

Union Oil of California Zippo

Union Oil of California Zippo 1958

Gulf Zippo 1953

Gulf Zippo 1953

Caltex Aviation

Caltex Aviation

Caltex CYGNUS TABLE LIGHTER

Caltex Cygnus Table Lighter

Union Oil of California Scripto Vu-Lighter

Union Oil of California Scripto Vu-Lighter

Texaco Zippo

Texaco Zippo

Texaco Lighter

Texaco Lighter

Union Oil of California 76 1952

Union Oil of California 76 leather covered in Hand burnished calfskin of English Morocco 1952.

Pure Oil Lighter

Pure Oil Company Lighter.

Texaco Vu Lighter

Texaco Vu Lighter

Chevron Lighter

Texaco Vu Lighter

Gulf Research 1957

Gulf Research 1957

Union Oil Zippo

Union Oil Zippo.

Getty Western Pacific Oil Company 1969 Zippo Lighter

Getty Western Pacific Oil Company 1969 Zippo Lighter

Kewanee Oil Company Cuban 1954

Kewanee Cuban Oil Company  1954

Texaco 1946

Texaco 1941 Zippo

Getty 1956 Gibbs Oil Company

Getty 1956 Gibbs Oil Company