Mobiloil "Gargoyle" Sign
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Mobiloil was registered by the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony) at the U. S. patent office as a trademark in 1920. The company became the Mobil Oil Corporation in 1966. Although the Mobil oil brand became marketed under the now-familiar Pegasus, this sign's 'gargoyle' was also one of the ways that the company branded their product and tried to get people to buy their oil.
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John H. White, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.335596
label: catalog number
content: 335596
label: accession number
content: 1977.0640
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sign
label: Other Terms
content: Sign; Road
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68 in x 24 in x 1/2 in; 172.72 cm x 60.96 cm x 1.27 cm