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I've only visited there a handful of times, but my experience in different parts of Canada is that in Quebec, French is the primary language, which makes driving fun (all traffic signs were in French only). IIRC, the signs in Ontario were in English.

I want to say all traffic signs were in metric (distances and speed limits), in both provinces.

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four.cycle said:
^ Bardahl had one of the coolest neon signs ever. Local company up in Ballard, but the sign was on a building down on 4th Avenue - visible from the freeway when you were near the old Rainier brewery. Miss Bardahl was the fastest thing ever on Lake Washington. (neon sign is partially visible in background in one of the photos.)
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That is a great website. Nice to see someone looking after the history.

Not unlike the Canadian petrolium brand, Supertest, same thing, Miss Supertest, speedboat. I believe Bob Hayward was killed during a race many years ago, but I'd have to look it up.

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Outlawmws said:
Not too surprising as Pennsylvania was one of the earliest states for oil production.
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^ This.
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The earliest well in the US!
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While this is true, Titusville - and all the other rock oil wells drilled into the Oil Creek plane, were on the other side of the state. Oil was originally refined there, too, but woefully slow. It had to be transported elsewhere to meet demand. At first, that was Pittsburgh and Cleveland, due to their proximity, but even though those cities were on a river and a lake, getting the finished product out still took too long. Soon Philadelphia emerged as the center for petroleum production because of its location as a major seaport and railroad hub. Oil refineries, storage tanks, and pipelines started popping up everywhere along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Philly became the home of dozens of oil companies, including the giants, such as Standard, Atlantic, and Sun.

The Renuzit can is interesting in that the brand name is probably more well-known for the aerosol-based air freshener spray that has dominated the air freshener market since the 1970's. But its history is also tied to the oil refining and production history in Philly. The spot cleaning fluid was originally produced by the Radbill Oil Co. of Philadelphia. When all the other smalls were being gobbled up or put out of business by the likes of Rockefeller etc, Radbill pivoted to home products in 1932 and eventually changed their name to Renuzit. It didn't save them from monopolization, as they were soon bought by Bristol-Myers, which later merged with Squibb, which was later bought by S.C. Johnson, which became so big, the FTC broke it up and prevented it from buying any more air freshener companies.

Hoppe's is also actually related to oil. Frank A. Hoppe, a Philly native, was a chemist with one of the oil-based paint and varnish companies that were established in Philly because of the petroleum industry. He was also a soldier in the National Guard and a crack shot. (During the Spanish-American War, he was on guard duty at the smokeless powder works of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.) One can only imagine how many times he had to clean his M1903 Springfield. Crushing and measuring the Ordnance Dept powders. Mixing it with ammonia. Letting it sit. Letting it sit in the barrel. With a name like “Nitro Power Solvent No. 9,” one can just imagine that there was a No. 1 through No. 8 before it was perfected and TM'ed in 1907! :)
 
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Quite sure I've NEVER seen a Pearl, but that logo immediately reminds me of Narragansett...

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Probably just the script, colors, underline effect, etc.

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Beerhippie said:
I haven't seen Pearl Lager since I lived in Texas in the early '80s!
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I love their old beer cans, and have visited the old brewery at the amazing Hotel Emma, but, truth be told, it was pretty bad beer in the 80’s. Much prefer Shiner or even Lone Star. 🍻
 
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I love their old beer cans, and have visited the old brewery at the amazing Hotel Emma, but, truth be told, it was pretty bad beer in the 80’s. Much prefer Shiner or even Lone Star. 🍻
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Yep!

Nothing beats chugging an ice-cold Lone Star Longneck under a luke-warm shower after a day of working hard in 125F temperatures--unless it's TWO ice-cold Longnecks in the shower!

Shiner Bock (another name I haven't heard in forty years) was also a favorite. Pearl was cheap. Salud!
 
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Here are mine. I have several of the Union 76 Cans that someone sent me about 4 or 5 years ago. Just showed one for the picture though. Pennzoil can is from an estate sale. I have the spout around here somewhere. I was at an estate sale today that had old cans but high prices. Might go back tomorrow and get them since it’s 50% off.


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Also ordered a vintage anti seize can off of eBay. I didn’t see a single anti seize can in this thread and I was kind of surprised since it lasts most people years but now I found one. It should be here by Wednesday it says. It’s Permatex trademarked 1968. It’s also practically full too. I had been looking for a vintage anti seize can for a while and still looking for more if anyone has any.
 
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Private Lugnutz said:
Both brands now contract-brewed by others (Miller, and Genesee, respectively).
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Narragansett had gone out of business and was later resurrected by a senior executive from Nantucket Nectars. Getting Genesee to take on production of the lager was the quickest way to get cash flow. They've since built a small production site for micro brews, but Genesee still makes the lager.

Personally, I think it tastes disgusting, but that's because I hate lagers as a whole.

It's popular around here because of the Rhode Island heritage. Sad that they haven't figured out a way to bring production of all of ot back to RI.

Mike
 
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