Pamphlet, Advertising

Name/Title

Pamphlet, Advertising

Entry/Object ID

2015.099.0012

Scope and Content

One of a series of eleven pamphlets published by The Associated Oil Company and addressed to Mr.E. B McNear. Each piece is a 9"x24" folded stock with a full page photograph plus a facing page of explanatory verbage. Ten of which involve the building of the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco Bay Bridge Both bridges commenced contruction in 1933. The eleventh pamphlet is similiar but involves the Tacoma Narrows Bridge project. The Associated Oil Company supplied the motor oils and lubricants used by the construction equipment. "Aeriel Circus" Describes the dramatic construction of the San Francisco Bay Bridge Photo of three suspended arches of the Bay Bridge construction.

Collection

Benicia Arsenal Collection