Preview
Creation Date
1942
Brand
Mobil
Style/Period
American
Culture
American
Materials/Techniques
clippings (information artifacts), magazines (periodicals)
Measurements
14 x 10.5 in.
Inscription
[Top center:] "SALUTE TO "BIG RED" / FROM ANOTHER FAMOUS RED HORSE!; [Top right:] CONGRATULATIONS, MAN O'WAR/ As One Great Performer to / Another... the Flying Red Horse / Wishes You the Very Best / on Your 25th Birthday!; [Bottom left:] Mobilgas / Socony- Vacuum / GIVE YOUR CAR A FRESH START /AT THE SIGN OF FRIENDLY SERVICE; [Bottom right:] SALUTE HIM not only for his 20 victo- / ries in 21 races -- not only for his win- nings of $249,465 -- but for the thorough- / bred power of Man o' War ... ready to / be turned on whenever and wherever it / counter most. / Flying Horsepower like that in Mobil-/ gas has propelled millions of car billions / of miles. Mobilgas, like Man o' War is / literally America's favorite. / "Big Red" is 25 this years ; the Red Horse / team of Mobilgas and Mobiloil are mere / colts. But in a year when stretching the / life of every car is national duty, you'll find / their thoroughbred teamwork as vital on / the home front as it is on the battle line. / Mobilgas and Mobiloil are enlisted "men / o' war" themselves! / SOCONY-VACUUM OIL COMPANY, INC. / and Affiliates : Magnolia Petroleum Co., / General Petroleum Corporation of California.
Source
Life Magazine
Keywords
Man O' War