Fuel trade

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Contains folder with brochure for the Siegel Energy Corporation and a framed ration stamp form and gasoline purchase permit.

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The newspaper article spotlights the Siegel family and the Oil Company. Ben Siegel and his sons Arnold and Larry Siegel are featured. The article gives the history of the Siegel Oil Company, beginning in 1927.

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Ration stamps were used during World War II in the United States for many items, including gasoline. The object is a framed and mounted Gasoline Purchase Permit and Ration Stamp or Coupon Sheet. The Ration Stamp or Coupon Sheet has ration stamps on it and was sent to the Midway Gas and Oil Co. Ben Siegel worked for Midway Gas and Oil Company at the time. The Gasoline Purchase Permit was good for eight gallons of gasoline and was issued to M. Lortunatt.

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The series contains newspaper articles that pertain to the history of the Siegel Oil Company. Copies of issues of the West End Press in the 1930s contain advertisements for Silver Tire Company and Siegel Oil and an article discussing Larry Siegel's election to the Shalom Park Board of Trustees. Loose articles written by Larry Siegel are also included as is a framed article commemorating the 50th anniversary of Siegel Oil.

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This series contains photographs of the Siegel family and the Siegel Oil Company, including the damage done by the 1945 flood in Denver.

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Primarily contains photographs of the aftermath of the 1965 flood. There are also photographs of the Siegel Oil Company and family members and a photograph of the original adobe service station building.

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The scrapbook has newspaper articles and advertisements on the Chicago Hide, Fur, and Wool House, including advertisements for fur trapper jobs; Liberty Bonds, Safe Investment and Reliance Oil Companies; and articles about George D. Bercu. George Bercu founded the Chicago Hide, Fur, and Wool House in Douglas, Wyoming.

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Contains brochure of the Siegel Energy Corporation, including a time-line for the company.

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File folder contains two photographs of Siegel Oil Company from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s at 101 Walnut Street and a 2000 aerial photograph of the oil company.

Abstract Building and yard of Downing's with three people in front: from left to right are Carl Harrison, Ken Trujillo, and Sam Bloom. On left of the photographs is a truck with bags of feed and on the right of the photograph there are three Downing coal trucks with one loaded with coal. There are large stacks of logs in back of the building. Signs on and around the building include "Coal Feed and Ice," "Poultry Supplies," "Purina Chows, Checkerboard bags," "Horses Cows, Poultry, Hogs," and...