Crown Central Petroleum Advertising Collection
name: label: Donor
content: Crown Central Petroleum Corporation
label: Names
content: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
label: Author
content: Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising
label: Topic
content: Advertising history -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Credit
label: Topic
content: Credit cards
label: Topic
content: Gasoline
label: Topic
content: Marketing
label: Topic
content: Marketing -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Petroleum industry and trade
label: Topic
content: Service stations
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Crown Central Petroleum. 2016
creator: label: Donor
content: Crown Central Petroleum Corporation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Crown Central Petroleum Advertising Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The oil company Crown Central Petroleum developed its Governor's Highway Safety Program in the late 1940s.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.66 Cubic feet (1 box, 1 map folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1949 - 1996
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1398
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Design drawings
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Point-of-purchase displays
label: Type
content: Posters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Design drawings -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Point-of-purchase displays -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of advertising materials for Crown Central's credit card and credit check programs, for gifts (cameras, kitchenware) offered by its service station to repeat customers; a set of posters and a design drawing for them, exhorting drivers to drive safely, featuring images of governors of states, President Dwight Eisenhower, FBI Director J.Edgar Hoover, and others; and a 1955 letter to Eisenhower requesting that he appear on one of the posters.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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