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- OBJECT TYPE
- SERVICE STATION
- DATE
- 1922–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0354.001
- MANUFACTURER
- P. & M.
- MODEL
- SUPERTEST
- LOCATION
- Orillia, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 243.0 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- 45.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Advertising
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- P&M
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Orillia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- BETWEEN 1922 WHEN THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED AND IN THE 1970S WHEN THE COMPANY WAS TAKEN OVER
- Canada
-
SUPERTEST IS THE TRADEMARK OF THE SUPERTEST PETROLEUM CORP. LTD. OF LONDON ONTARIO. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1922 BY JOHN GORDON THOMPSON WITH THE 1ST GAS STATION OPENING IN DEC. 17, 1925 IN LONDON. BRISTISH PETROLEUM BOUGHT 97.8% OF SUPERTEST IN 1971. TALISMAN ENERGY BOUGHT BP CANADA IN 1992 & THUS ACQUIRED SUPERTEST. - Function
-
ADVERTISING FOR SERVICE STATION - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAINTED ON SIGN: 'SUPERTEST'
- Missing
- NIL
- Finish
- ENAMEL PAINT - BLACK BORDER, WHITE BACKGROUND AND ORANGE LETTERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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P. & M., Sign, between 1922–1970, Artifact no. 1976.0354, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0354.001/
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