Who remembers Sinclair? The gas station with the friendly dinosaur on the sign? These stations were gone before my time, or at least they didn't exist in Florida. We had a tiger in our tank, or maybe a Shell, but mostly the big orange Union 76. This ad is from the back of Music From Schubert Alley (Custom High Fidelity LP DSS-2250, 1960), a various artists promotional LP that is the soundtrack from a 1959 TV special on NBC. It's hosted by Andy Williams (his first, but not last, hour-long TV special), and features Alfred Drake, Lisa Kirk, Ray Walston, Doretta Morrow, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, all singing show tunes.
Well Ernie I recognize this name, but from where? Probably from one of those OTR shows.
ReplyDeleteI have come across sponsors names I have never heard of, whether as a sponsor or in a joke or whatever. Yes, they seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur.
Oops, they are still selling gas I see...
But there still is also the Sinclair paint company.
I think I saw some Sinclair stations out west just this past Christmas. Didn't stop and get any pictures with the dinosaurs though. Probably should have.
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