Phillips 66 Gasoline Sign
date: label: date made
content: 1956
notes: label: Description
content: Building Route 66 in the mid-1920s stirred public excitement. Motorists could anticipate an all-weather route from Chicago to Los Angeles and reduced dependence on passenger trains. One symbol of infatuation with the new highway is the Phillips 66 gasoline trade name. Introduced in 1927, the name was inspired by a test drive at 66 miles per hour on a stretch of Route 66 in Oklahoma. The Phillips 66 sign, unveiled in 1930, combined the trade name with the shape of a US highway route marker. The sign has continued in use with minor revisions. This example was made in 1956.
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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
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Phillips Petroleum Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0387.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0387
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0387.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sign
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: porcelain enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 76 cm x 75 cm x 2 mm; 29 29/32 in x 29 17/32 in x 3/32 in