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Calif – Fresno Oil Company Sign

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Calif – Fresno Oil Company Sign
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This item SOLD at 2018 Aug 25 @ 13:10UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Calif – Fresno Oil Company wood sign. The 112" long 11.5" wide, 1" thick. Original wood board, hand-painted sign with mounting holes throughout. Trimmed in later years at far left end. Black border forest green paint background red letters with silver outlines. Look up history company. (Daniel Manassellian sign collection of Fresno).

In 1891, August Ruschhaupt moved from Los Angeles to Fresno where he began to construct a soap factory and tallow works. In approximately 1898, it became apparent to him that, with all the agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley and the one-cylinder irrigation pumps that were burning engine distillate, there was a need for a refiner of petroleum products. The Ruschhaupt brothers, August and Karl got together in 1901 and formed California-Fresno Oil Company. They hauled crude oil from the Coalinga area to Fresno with mule-drawn tank wagons. This wagon is what California-Fresno Oil Company now proudly displays as its distinctive logo. The oil business progressed nicely in the early 1900’s, with the production of engine distillate for the irrigation pumps, residual fuel, and fuel oil to heat the homes in the Fresno and surrounding counties. In approximately 1917, they had a fire in the refinery and it burned down. At that point, due to new technological advances, it would be quite expensive to rebuild the refinery to modern standards. Therefore, they decided to continue in the distribution of gasoline and petroleum products and not rebuild the refinery.

Date: City: Frsno State: California HWAC# 77826