Tel-Gas Corporation sales album
Creation: 1965-1966Abstract
The Tel-Gas Corporation manufactured, sold, and leased remote-control self-service gasoline station pumps and other allied equipment. Herbert W. Timms (1929-2014) was an oil industry specialist and inventor. One of his inventions was gas pumps that could be activated by an attendant inside a convenience store and automatically reset. This item is an album containing a sales sample promotional catalog and photographs dating from 1965 to 1966.
Dates
- Creation: 1965-1966
Creator
- Tel-Gas Corporation (Organization)
Extent
1 volume(s)
Physical Description
1 album : containing 2 catalogs. 11 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. 4 press releases. 1 price list. 1 equipment uses. 1 letter. 1 sales chart. Removed from the original binder for preservation purposes. Binder not retained. Rehoused in archival album box.
Historical Note
The Tel-Gas Corporation manufactured, sold, and leased remote-control self-service gasoline station pumps and other allied equipment. The firm was founded by Herbert W. Timms (1929-2014), an oil industry specialist and inventor. In 1964, Timms invented pumps that could be activated by an attendant inside a convenience store and automatically reset. This technological innovation changed labor costs for service and gas stations and changed the architecture and amenities at gas stations. In 1973, the Tel-Gas pay-at-the-pump, with credit card system was introduced.
Scope and Contents
This item is an album containing a sales sample promotional catalog and photographs. It includes a Tokheim catalog for an automated system for gas stations that promoted self-service gasoline. The photographic prints depict gas stations using self-serve pumps. There is a Tel-Gas pamphlet, four press releases about services and equipment, a price list, and a letter from Herbert W. Timms to a gas station owner considering installing Tel-Gas self-service pumps.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for reseach.
Language of Materials
English
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Tel-Gas Corporation sales album
- Author:
- Laurie Sather
- Date:
- 2022
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
