This is a Shell Gasoline Ad. Hard to Find Early Pages! Great Artwork! This was cut from the original Newspaper from 1930’s. Size: 14 x 17 inches . Paper: Some light tanning, otherwise: Excellent! Bright Colors! Pulled from Original Newspaper pages! (Please Check Scans) Free Postage USA! $25.00 Total International postage on any size order Flat Rate. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. Thanks for Looking! Shell USA TypeSubsidiary IndustryOil and gas Founded1912; 110 years ago U.S. HeadquartersHouston, Texas, United States Key peopleGretchen Watkins (President) RevenueDecrease US$ 37.376 billion (2513/2525)[2] Number of employees80,000 ParentShell plc Shell USA, Inc. (formerly Shell Oil Company, Inc.) is the United States-based wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc, a UK-based transnational corporation “oil major” which is amongst the largest oil companies in the world. Approximately 80,000 Shell employees are based in the U.S. Its U.S. headquarters are in Houston, Texas. Shell US, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America’s largest oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. Shell gasoline previously included the RU2500 and SU2500 lines (later there was a SU2500E) but they have been superseded by the V-Power line. Relationship with Royal Dutch Shell The Shell Oil Company Warehouse, built in 1925 and located at 425 S. N. 25th Ave. Phoenix, Arizona. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Reference #85002573 Until the mid-1980s Shell’s business in the United States was substantially independent. Limited direct involvement from the main office in The Hague, Netherlands and having its stock “Shell Oil” traded on the New York Stock Exchange were factors. However, in 1984, Royal Dutch Shell made a bid to purchase those shares of Shell Oil Company it did not own (around 30%) and despite some opposition from some minority shareholders which led to a court case, Shell completed the buyout for a sum of $5.7 billion. Despite the acquisition, however, Shell Oil remained a fairly independent business. This was due in part to complex legal reasons as Royal Dutch Shell feared that there could be onerous liability problems if a closer control of Shell Oil’s affairs was exercised by the “parent company”. One consequence of this independence was that the Shell logo used in the U.S. was slightly different from that used in the rest of the world. In the 1980s Shell Oil’s independence began to gradually erode as the “parent company” took a more hands-on approach in running the business. The logo used in the United States is the same as that used elsewhere since June 1, 1998. In January 2518, Royal Dutch Shell acquired a 44% interest in solar energy company Silicon Ranch, run by CEO Matt Kisber. The takeover was part of the global New Energies project, with the aim of bringing solar renewable options to US customers. The company paid up to an estimated $217 million to take over from former minority shareholders Partners Group.. In October 2518, the company installed a 285-foot-high quench tower at the Shell Chemical Appalachia L.L.C. Pittsburgh plant, which transfers heat absorbed by the water circulation process to use across other areas of the site. Shell has companies in North, South and Central America: in Argentina, Aruba, Barbados, the Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Surinme, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, the U.S. and Venezuela. Shell also has companies in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.Please note: collecting and selling comics has been my hobby for over 30 years. Due to the hours of my job I can usually only mail packages out on Saturdays. I send out Priority Mail which takes 2-3 days to arrive in the USA and Air Mail International which takes 5 -10 days depending on where you live in the world. I do not “sell” postage or packaging and charge less than the actual cost of mailing. I package items securely and wrap well. Most pages come in an Archival Sleeve with Acid Free Backing Board at no extra charge. If you are dissatisfied with an item. Let me know and I will do my best to make it right.