Vintage Gas Station Road Maps – Lot of 5, 1950s–1960s – Pure Oil Minnesota – Standard Oil Kentucky & Tennessee – Union 76 Portland City Map – Phillips 66 Minneapolis–St. Paul, Two Editions

Five more fold-out maps from the full-service era, when the attendant checked your oil, washed your windshield, and handed you a free map with a smile. This lot pairs two Phillips 66 Minneapolis–St. Paul street maps from different years with a Pure Oil Minnesota travel guide, a Standard Oil Kentucky–Tennessee map, and a stylish Union 76 Portland city map with midnight-blue skyline artwork. The backs are pure petroliana too — period credit-card pitches with sample "John Doe" cards, and Union Oil's cartoon panels promising clean windshields, clean rest rooms, and properly serviced tires. Great graphics, great slogans, great glovebox history.

Details
Type: Folding service-station road maps and city street maps (oil company issues)
Quantity: 5 maps

1. Pure Oil — Map and Travel Guide of Minnesota and North Central U.S.; big blue "PURE" sawtooth sign cover with "Traveling? We will help you" panel and "clean rest rooms" badge; back promotes PURE Firebird Gasolines, "Travel farther — and better with PURE Firebird"
2. Standard Oil Company — Kentucky / Tennessee; smiling attendant and customer cover art under the Standard torch-and-oval sign; back is a Standard Oil credit card advertisement with sample card and the coast-to-coast honoured signs (Standard, Amoco, Utah Oil Refining — Utoco)
3. Union Oil Company — Portland City Map; deep-blue night skyline cover with the orange "76" ball and Minute Man Service strip; back carries the "Why You'll Like Union Oil Minute Man Service" cartoon panels
4. Phillips 66 — Minneapolis / St. Paul Street and Vicinity Maps; black cover with the red Phillips 66 shield and station pylon, "Go first-class ... go Phillips 66!"; back is a Phillips 66 credit card advertisement with sample "Mr. John Q. Public" International Credit Card
5. Phillips 66 — Minneapolis / St. Paul and Vicinity; dark cover with full-colour Phillips 66 station illustration, "Quality products, friendly service"; back has "Friendly / Helpful / Courteous" dealer cartoons with light period handwriting
   Age/Era: 1950s–1960s (full-service / credit-card era styling; no years printed on the covers)
   Materials: Printed paper, folded
   Completeness: Lot as found and pictured — all maps unfold to their full sheets
   Functionality: Collectible maps and petroliana ephemera; readable and displayable
   Included: 5 x vintage oil-company road maps as listed above

Condition
Good glovebox condition, sold as pictured. All five maps are complete, readable, and unfold fully, with bright, unfaded covers — the Pure and Union 76 covers are especially sharp. Expect normal fold wear, softened corners, mild toning, a pencil price note on the Portland map's cover edge, and light handwriting on the back of one Phillips 66 map. No map is torn through.

Pickup and Shipping Information
Local pickup in Saskatoon is available by arrangement, and cash is accepted at pickup.
Shipping is available throughout Canada and the United States, calculated at checkout by the total weight of your order (Canada from $5, US from $18 — full rate chart in the shipping policy). Oversized items may be quoted separately.
For shipped orders within Canada, payment is by Interac e-Transfer or PayPal. For US orders, payment is by PayPal. US buyers are responsible for any duties, tariffs, taxes, brokerage and import charges.

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