1948 CHAMPLIN PRESTO Road Map IOWA Rand McNally Hi - V - I Motor Oil United States
Item History & Price
Vintagefold-out 1948 Champlin road road map ofIowa, printed more than 70 years ago. The map opens to 20" x 27"and has greatdetail on old highway alignments, including U.S. Route 30, withcartography by Rand McNally.
On the reverse side there's a road map of thetranscontinental United States, a listof national parks, and an ad for Champlin's Hi-V-I Motor Oil, "on theground...or in the sky."
The map was published in 1948 by the Champlin Oil& Refining Company of Enid, Okl...ahoma to promote its PrestoGasoline.
It is dated by the code number in the lowermargin: 8-463603V-2. Population data is from the 1940 census.
Condition: The mapis in good, used condition, with a couple of stray marks and scatteredholes along two folds. Please see the scans and feel free to ask anyquestions.
The Champlin brand has since vanished from the Americanroadside. Thecompany's retail operations were sold to America Petrofina andrebranded as Fina in the early 1980s.
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On the reverse side there's a road map of thetranscontinental United States, a listof national parks, and an ad for Champlin's Hi-V-I Motor Oil, "on theground...or in the sky."
The map was published in 1948 by the Champlin Oil& Refining Company of Enid, Okl...ahoma to promote its PrestoGasoline.
It is dated by the code number in the lowermargin: 8-463603V-2. Population data is from the 1940 census.
Condition: The mapis in good, used condition, with a couple of stray marks and scatteredholes along two folds. Please see the scans and feel free to ask anyquestions.
The Champlin brand has since vanished from the Americanroadside. Thecompany's retail operations were sold to America Petrofina andrebranded as Fina in the early 1980s.
Buy with confidence! We are always happy to combineshipping on thepurchase of multiple items — just make sure to pay for everythingat one time, not individually.
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