A Sinclair Station?
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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