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This is an ad that Seuss illustrated for Standard Oil of New Jersey (Esso), which (aside from gasoline) also manufactured FLIT. Of note is the lower left, where there's a plug for a radio show sponsored by SONJ, which featured "Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel," an early venture by Groucho and Chico Marx into radio. The scripts (nearly all) survive, and one or two of the shows (unusual for 1933)
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Yup. When the original Standard Oil was broken up, it resulted in a lot of different "Standard" companies (many of which have since merged back), all of which had to be differentiated.
Standard of New Jersey = Esso
Standard of California = Chevron
Standard of Indiana = Amoco (American Oil Co.)
Standard of Ohio = Sohio
Standard of New York = Mobil
And so forth.
Standard of New Jersey = Esso
Standard of California = Chevron
Standard of Indiana = Amoco (American Oil Co.)
Standard of Ohio = Sohio
Standard of New York = Mobil
And so forth.
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