Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation

03/22/2020

Anderson-Prichard Oil Co. "APCO"-branded road map for Colorado, Nevada, and Utah region, circa 1958. 🗺️

03/19/2020

An ad for Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation products, branded "APCO", that appeared in Guthrian newspaper of Guthrie Center, Iowa, in 1959. Anderson-Prichard Oil Co. had already begun using the easier "APCO" acronym as a brand name prior to the company being sold off in 1960.

03/17/2020

Newspaper ad proclaims the "Grand Opening" of Meaders Service Station in Ada, Oklahoma, in 1955 - proudly selling APCO gasoline from Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation! 🆓 Prizes included giveaways of a Westinghouse Electric Cooker, a Scheffield DeLuxe Carving Set & a Picnic Icer.

03/12/2020

An Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation HO gauge model train tank car 🚂 sporting the APCO Petroleum Products logo appeared in an old Thomas Industries model train hobbyist catalog published out of Plano, Texas. Thomas Industries was founded in 1962 after original model train designer Jim Thomas died, and created these cars until 1964 when a fire wiped out their dies and blueprints.

03/01/2020

Anderson-Prichard Oil Company, back when it was wildcatting in the Lubbock, Texas area, 1950.

02/12/2020

A vintage bill for the Prichard & Brosseau Gas station 🧾― "Distributors of Anderson Prichard Motor Fuels", Oklahoma City, mailed March 2, 1937. Prichard & Brosseau eventually became the flagship Anderson-Prichard Oil Co. gas station.

02/10/2020

Ramsey Tower, former headquarters building for Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation, under construction in 1931. The office tower was Oklahoma City's first skyscraper, and later became known as "APCO Tower", using the acronym of the Anderson-Prichard Oil company name.

02/07/2020

An Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation gas station, circa 1940. ⛽ This is Roy Turner’s Gas Station that was located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

02/04/2020

In 1924, L. H. Pritchard and J. Steven Anderson opened the West Texas Refinery Company just west of Colorado City, Texas, to process Mitchell County Oil. When the two oil industry pioneers started up this project in Texas, their work formed the roots of what soon came to be an iconic brand of gasoli...

02/03/2020

Flashback to yesteryear: the Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation exhibited at the The Chicago Auto Show back in 1950! The company touted their "APCOSEAL" and "APCO-COTE" undercoating products for automobiles.

The Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation exhibit booth from the Chicago Auto Show expo, February 18-27, 1950, featuring APCOSEAL and APCO-COTE products.

01/30/2020

New blog post: An Anderson-Prichard Ad from 1940 - "Hello Neighbor" http://bit.ly/316YSzG

This ad appeared in the Daily Oklahoman in 1940: HELLO NEIGHBOR WE’RE PROUD TO BRING YOU THE NEW, HIGHER ANTI-KNOCK ANDERSON-PRICHARD CHALLENGE GASOLINE Over in the big Anderson-Prichard at Cyril they’ve been doing things for you–and your car. Today you have the result of months of painstaking...