Massive TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY porcelain sign 28' long TYDOL VEEDOL FLYING A

Description

TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY
porcelain sign
Measures 28' long x 28" tall
(2-14' sections)
Originally mounted on a Depot in VENTURA CALIFORNIA.
True colors! Very good condition. Some chips to the porcelain at the mounting holes and flex points. This is all clearly shown in the photographs.
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From the WEB:
Tide Water was founded in
New York City
in 1887. The company entered the
gasoline
market and by 1920 was selling gasoline, oil and other products on the
East Coast of the United States
under its "Tydol" brand.
In 1926, control of Tide Water Oil sold out to a new holding company, Tide Water Associated Oil Company, which also acquired a controlling interest in California’s Associated Oil Company. Soon thereafter,
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
took control of the company.
With the merger and creation of "Tidewater Associated Oil Company",
Flying A
became the primary brand name for the company, though the Tydol and Associated names were also retained in their respective marketing areas.
Tydol gasoline station, circa 1945
During the 1950s, the Associated and Tydol brands gradually fell into disuse, and were dropped entirely in 1956.
BP
acquired the Veedol brand when it bought
Burmah-Castrol
in 2000. In February 2011, BP announced that it would to sell the Veedol brand, which was subsequently acquired by Tide Water India, part of the
Andrew Yule
group Indian company.
[1]
In 1966,
Phillips Petroleum Company
(now
ConocoPhillips
) purchased Tidewater's western refining, distribution and retailing network. Phillips immediately rebranded all Flying A stations in the region to
Phillips 66
.
On the East Coast that year, Getty merged his numerous oil interests into
Getty Oil Company
, and Tidewater Oil was dropped as a corporate brand.