Gulf Oil by Richard Edes Harrison. Texas, Oklahoma & Venezuela 1937 old map

Gulf Oil by Richard Edes Harrison. Texas, Oklahoma & Venezuela 1937 old map

Product SKU: P-7-019842

Price €114.00

'Gulf Oil' by Richard Edes Harrison (October 1937). Vintage colour map, 35.0 x 56.5cm, 13.75 x 22.25 inches; Please note that this is a folding map.

CAPTION PRINTED BELOW PICTURE: 'Gulf Oil'

This 1930s map, designed by groundbreaking cartographer Richard Edes Harrison for Fortune, illustrates Gulf Oil’s extensive operating footprint. Gulf was one the original "Seven Sisters" Supermajor oil companies which dominated the global oil industry until the 1970s, and was one of the 10 largest U.S. manufacturing businesses between the 1940s and 1970s. The map traces Gulf’s expansion from its origins at the Lucas Gusher at Spindletop, Texas, to its network of oil fields, refineries, terminals, and pipelines from Texas and Oklahoma up through the southern United States to Pittsburgh and New York. An inset of coastal Venezuela highlights Gulf’s South American concessions, and those of its competitors. In the United States, competitor pipelines are also mapped, providing a snapshot of the oil extraction and supply infrastructure of the United States at the time of publication.

DATE PRINTED: October 1937    

IMAGE SIZE: Approx 35.0 x 56.5cm, 13.75 x 22.25 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.

TYPE: Vintage colour map

CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Pinholes along centrefold. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. We offer a no questions asked return policy.

AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy.

VERSO: There is text and/or images printed on the reverse side

FOLDING: This is a folding print.

ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Richard Edes Harrison

PROVENANCE: Fortune Magazine October 1937 Volume XVI. Number 4

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