'Know Your Own State' courtesy of Standard Oil

By SAMMY WAY
Posted 6/2/19

Reflections remembers an innovative program introduced by Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey to the growing number of vacationers and those taking weekend trips during the 1920s.

This encouragement to "hit the road" was an ingenious advertising ploy …

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