APCO Oil Corporation

"Gary Stansbury demonstrates the fine service you'll receive at Dick's Apco Service, 1402 N. Cotner" - yearbook ad for an APCO gas station in Lincoln, Nebraska, circa 1972.

Newspaper advertorial telling about APCO's oil exploration efforts that appeared in The Arkansas City Daily Traveler in Kansas on September 16, 1969.

An APCO oil and gasoline products ad in an Iowan newspaper from 1959 -- from just before the APCO company was formally named "APCO Oil Corporation"!

An ad for Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation products, branded "APCO", that appeared in Guthrian newspaper of Guthrie Center, Iowa, in 1959. Anderson-Prichard Oil Co. had already begun using the easier "APCO" acronym as a brand name prior to the company being sold off in 1960.

There is currenly a former APCO service station FOR SALE in Toronto, Kansas, with the sign intact! It was later used as a bait shop and a live music event venue - we posted a pic of Taylor's Bait Shop previously. http://bit.ly/2xE45V0

Newspaper ad for Larry's APCO Service Station of Sedalia, Missouri, published in June of 1970. 📰 "Vacation Special" and coupon. 💲 "Command Performance Gasolines" was a tagline used by the company during the 70s.

Artistic mural depicting an old APCO gas station located on the side of McClung's Corner Cafe in Lawton, Oklahoma, next door to Ann's Country Kitchen. There were apparently "Cold Drinks Inside"! 🥤

Charley Crawford's APCO service station truck from Tulsa, Oklahoma, some time in the 1960s. Appears to be a classic Ford truck. 𝔸ℙℂ𝕆

Charley Crawford at his APCO ⛽ gas station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, August, 1962. Located at East Admiral and Lynn Lane. That car is a Pontiac Catalina.

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The very typical APCO gas station shown in the TV ad we posted yesterday, 1970.

APCO Oil Corporation ran a number of TV ads during the 1970s. This ad features a couple planning a roadtrip with the use of an APCO gas station roadmap, and then the ad shows how helpful APCO service stations could provide gas and oil during such trips. APCO provided a number of roadmaps, and its stations were iconic along the Route 66 corridor and throughout the midwest. https://youtu.be/f-aiLycOfAs

APCO Command Performance Gasoline Roadtrip Ad https://apcooil.org The APCO Oil Corporation ran a number of television ads through the midwest region. This ad features a couple apparently planning a roadt...

An APCO Charcoal Lighter fluid can and an APCO All Purpose Oil can. There are many vintage APCO product cans that were sold at gas stations throughout the midwest states and beyond. We have not yet cataloged every type!

APCO Ranch Style Station with canopy and enclosure for auto repairs or car washes. Source: APCO Corporation history book. Circa 1970.

A Healy Oil Company APCO hat, from the former APCO Oil Company service station in Healy, Kansas. 🧢 These days the Healy Oil Company is a Sinclair gas station.

Huldy's APCO gas station in the 1970s ⛽ located on southeast corner of East Franklin St. and South Second St., in Clinton, Missouri.

Arkansas City And APCO Join Hands - from an APCO ad that appeared in the Arkansas City Daily Traveler in September of 1960: http://bit.ly/2S3RRM8

Arkansas City and APCO Join Hands » APCO Oil Corporation This APCO ad appeared in the Arkansas City Daily Traveler in September of 1960: ARKANSAS CITY AND APCO JOIN HANDS IN SERVING THE MIDWEST More than 7.5 million barrels of crude oil poured into the APCO refinery during the last 12 months. Arkansas City workmen turned this into finished APCO Products.....

Check out the APCO Petroleum Products sign seen at the Tucumcari Trading Post along the old Route 66 in New Mexico!

Fire truck, shown in the newspaper after it was delivered to the APCO Oil refinery located in Arkansas City, Kansas, circa 1960s. 🚒 The APCO Oil Corporation crude oil refinery was very big business in Arkansas City back in the day, employing a significant number of people there.

Andrews Sand & Gravel Company in 1960 posts a newspaper ad thanking APCO company. APCO likely hired the Andrews company for materials and work developing an oil refinery.

𝔸ℙℂ𝕆 gas station sign, summer of 1974 in Alexandria, Minnesota. APCO sign photo by Magnus Greel.

A United States roadmap 🗺️ published by the APCO Oil Corporation, circa 1974. "Featuring APCO Country".

Dick's APCO Service Station ad from 1963.

Newspaper ad for Bunke's APCO Service Station in Winona, Minnesota, 1968. ⛽ The ad displays the iconic APCO Petroleum Products sign.

APCO service station cigarette lighter, c. 1970. These promotional products were sold by many gas stations during the period. The APCO Oil Corporation also sold various types of lighter fluids which would have been used in these.

Check out these pics of a tiny old APCO service station from Fostoria, Kansas, by Tom McLaughlin. http://bit.ly/2uNNNYe

APCO Station - Fostoria, KS » APCO Oil Corporation Photos of a tiny APCO Oil Corporation service station with the last version of the APCO logo in Fostoria, Kansas, by Tom McLaughlin.

Here is a former APCO gas station and later a bait shop, in Toronto, Kansas.

An old APCO gas station sign off the Tisdale in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Franklin Karal, owner-operator of Frank's APCO Service Station ⛽ in Fairfax, Iowa. The APCO gas station was operated by Mr. Karal from 1963 to 1981.

An APCO service station provides a backdrop to horses during a small-town parade! 1960s - 1970s.

A 1967 APCO newspaper ad from Bethany, Nebraska. "Barb Stansbury and Rich Stansbury feel that at Dick's Apco, 1700 North Cotner, their uncle will give his customers a warm and friendly atmosphere plus the best service for their money. So just gas up at Dick's Apco!" #1967

Vintage APCO Oil Company gas pump, circa 1965 to 1978.

The Hilltop Grocery and former APCO gas station - then versus now - located at 107 S. Highway 77 in Marietta, Oklahoma.

A flooded APCO gas station in Minnesota, 1978.

Newspaper ad promoting the grand opening of a new APCO service station in Kansas City, Missouri, 1963.

APCO Service Station Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photo by Edward Ruscha.

Amusing APCO TV Commercial - Pantyhose & Gas Tie-In » APCO Oil Corporation APCO Oil Corporation advertised through TV stations across the company’s territory during the 1970s. It is clear from a number of commercials that the company felt it could increase overall sales by appealing more directly to women. This APCO commerical is a case in point, touting “Here’s a tw...

Happy New Year! from APCO

APCO Oil Corporation common stock certificate, 1960.

APCO Gas Station Painting » APCO Oil Corporation An artistic depiction of a classic old APCO gas station from the 1950s, in Leavenworth, Kansas. Read more about the Wood Oil Company by Michael Young.