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1980
BORON - RAND MCNALLY. Boron was a logo used by Sohio.
This map is somewhat unusual in that the front and back
covers are identical. |
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1981
EXXON - GENERAL DRAFTING CO. This was the last year for
Tony the Tiger on the cover. No! Wait a minute, that was
the cereal. |
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1982
MOBIL - RAND MCNALLY. In the late 1970's, the oil
companies began to phase out free maps. This is one of
the few available from the 80's. Unfolded, it is 18 x 34
inches. |
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1983
PHILLIPS 66 - H. M. GOUSHA. Phillips hung on into the 80's
handing out Pennsylvania maps. Why is something of a
mystery since they didn't have that many stations in the
state. |
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1984
HESS - H. M. GOUSHA. Here is a very modest oil company,
the Hess name is on the back cover. The full name of the
company is Amarada Hess. This map has the code M-YL-616-J
and 1980 census data. From the code YL, it is apparently
a 1984 map. Hess must not have gotten the word that oil
companies were not issuing maps anymore. |
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1985
BORON - RAND MCNALLY. This map seems like it shouldn't
exist, but it does. It is undated, but the date code is
856605-19 and the road network appears consistent with a
mid-80's map. It has a price tag of 49 cents on it and
represents a transition period when the company stations
still provided road maps, but had started charging for
them. |
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1986
MOBIL - RAND MCNALLY. This map has the same
cover as the 1982 map except for that 'suggested retail
price' of $1.50 in the upper right corner. Next to Exxon,
Mobil issued maps the longest. |
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1987
EXXON - GENERAL DRAFTING. This is labeled a Travel Vision
map. Exxon was one of the few to issue maps from
the late 80's into the 90's, and this is an Eastern
States map. The northeast is on one side and the
southeast on the other. This is an example of a regional
map issued by many oil companies for the northeast,
central, southeast, midwest, west, and probably many
other names. |
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1988
EXXON - GENERAL DRAFTING. This cover of road signs and a
freeway first appeared in 1982 and was used until the mid
90's. |
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1989
EXXON - GENERAL DRAFTING CO. This map has the same cover
as the earlier Exxon maps but is undated. It is believed
to be the 1989 map. |