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Standard Oil Company; Kunsting, Frank : Collection of Five Original Billheads - Standard Oil Company, Sacramento, California, 1900

Collection of five original billheads from Standard Oil Company. Each billhead is printed in black ink on light beige paper and has handwriting in black ink. Two have typed text in purple ink. Each billhead is datelined [month, day], 1900 in Sacramento, California. The dates are July 18 and 25, August 13 (two billheads), and September 21. Each measures 8 1/4" x 4 3/4." Billheads are very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, a few tiny closed tears on front-left edge, and a paper stubbed tipped in at right edge on back. Very Good copies. A collection of five original billheads from Standard Oil Company of Sacramento, California to Frank Kunsting of Franklin, California. Kunsting bought no more than two line items per billhead. Among the items purchased are "S. Gasoline," "Iron Barrel of S. Gasoline," and "Star Oil." The printed header on each reads, "Bought of Standard Oil Company; Petroleum and Its Products." Standard Oil Company was an American oil production, refining, transportation, and marketing company. It was founded in 1863 by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler and incorporated in 1870. While Standard Oil became one of the most profitable oil businesses in the world at the time, it was not without controversy. Standard Oil was a monopoly and used questionable business tactics to suppress competition. Following the passage of antitrust legislation, Standard Oil was eventually dissolved in 1911 when the United States Supreme Court ruled that it was an illegal monopoly. Standard Oil was subsequently broken into forty-three companies including BP, Chevron, and ExxonMobil.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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