Oil Company Issued Road Maps
Petroleum Maps Master Catalog
The Petroleum Maps Master Catalog (“PMMC”), a major project of the RMCA, is a comprehensive catalog of all known oil company issued road maps. Maps are organized by brand, location, and year, identifying the cartographer for each map. The PMMC is an ongoing project, with additional map titles added after discovery is confirmed.
American Oil Companies that Issued Road Maps
A comprehensive list of all American oil companies and the brands that they sold under, that are known to have issued road maps, setting forth the time span during which each issued road maps. This list was a predecessor to the Master Petroleum Map Catalog, which is also in Map Resources.
Canadian Oil Companies that Issued Road Maps
A list of all Canadian oil companies and the brands that they sold under, that are known to have issued road maps, specifying the time span during which each issued road maps. This list was a predecessor to the RMCA’s Master Petroleum Map Catalog (MPPC), which can also be found under Map Resources.
OPMA Maps
The Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association (OPMA) produced a series of generic Ohio road maps during the late 1920s that were overprinted with the names of its members and distributed by them. These maps are now highly collectable. Content includes a chart documenting all known versions of these maps, the years that they were issued, and who distributed them.
SIGMA Maps of 1967- 1971
List of all maps produced for the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA) and the issuers of each.
Chevron Scenic Covers Artwork
Original "roughs" of several Chevron Scenic Covers along side the actual map.
Frontier Oil Co Maps
In the gas & oil-collecting hobby certain brands become quite popular with collectors.
Hicksatomic Maps
In 1931, C. W. Hicks of Roberts, Illinois founded the Hicks Oil Company, which would later market HICKSATOMIC gasoline at service stations in northern and central Illinois.
Pure Maps
The Pure Oil Company as we know it began as the Ohio Cities Gas Company in 1914, which supplied natural gas in Ohio.
Oil Maps at 100
The second decade of the 21st century brings us to a turning point in collecting oil company road maps.
Chevron “Hy-Finn” Maps (article)
Standard Oil of California expanded its California Oil Co. subsidiary into the Northeast states by buying Monogram Oil in 1945.
Husky Oil Co. Maps (article)
The Husky brand has an interesting story and lots of great maps.
Leonard Oil Co. Maps (article)
Leonard Refineries of Alma, MI was founded in 1936 with the purchase of the newly completed Acme plant.