The Label

The Sooner Queen — And the Oklahoma Oilmen Who Built the State Around Her

The Sooner Queen — And the Oklahoma Oilmen Who ...

Bert Salyer built 35 gas stations across Oklahoma in 1934 and put a cowgirl on an oil can. He wasn't alone — Wirt Franklin, E.W. Marland, and Bill Skelly were...

The Sooner Queen — And the Oklahoma Oilmen Who ...

Bert Salyer built 35 gas stations across Oklahoma in 1934 and put a cowgirl on an oil can. He wasn't alone — Wirt Franklin, E.W. Marland, and Bill Skelly were...

Before Anyone Had a Phone to Film the Fireworks Vintage postcards, America's 250th, and the label art that connected then to now.

Before Anyone Had a Phone to Film the Fireworks...

Nobody filmed the fireworks in 1907. They painted them. They pressed them into chromolithographic plates, ran them through printing presses in Germany, and mailed them across the country on two-cent...

Before Anyone Had a Phone to Film the Fireworks...

Nobody filmed the fireworks in 1907. They painted them. They pressed them into chromolithographic plates, ran them through printing presses in Germany, and mailed them across the country on two-cent...

What Is Petroliana? A Beginner's Guide to Collecting Vintage Artifacts

What Is Petroliana? A Beginner's Guide to Colle...

Petroliana is the collective term for vintage oil and gas industry collectibles — the signs, pump globes, oil cans, maps, and promotional items produced by America's petroleum companies during their...

What Is Petroliana? A Beginner's Guide to Colle...

Petroliana is the collective term for vintage oil and gas industry collectibles — the signs, pump globes, oil cans, maps, and promotional items produced by America's petroleum companies during their...