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Negative, Sheet FilmEntry/Object ID
2017.030.1310Description
This is a photo of a man at the pumps of the Flying "A" gas station at First and H street in Benicia.
Formation into Tidewater Associated Oil Company
Associated Oil Company commissioned a series of photographs to be taken to record the progress of construction on the Golden Gate Bridge and San-Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge projects.[1] The projects were of special interest to the Associated Oil Company because they provided Flying A Gasoline and Cyclol Motor Oil almost entirely for the project
Getty acquired control of the Mission Corporation in 1937.[2] The previous year, the Tide Water and Associated companies were dissolved to form the Tidewater Associated Oil Company.[7] Across the West Pacific service stations became "Associated Flying A" while stations in the East became "Tydol Flying A". Eventually, the Tydol and Associated brands faded and simply became "Flying A".Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection