Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bottle |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1985.004 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1985.004.002 |
Date |
1985 |
Description |
One litre black rectangular plastic bottle of motor oil with an angled spout on one side of the top. Label on the front: Esso Uniflo Engine Oil 5W30. Label on back: Esso Uniflo with description, bar code, Imperial Oil Limited, Toronto, Ontario. Made in Canada, and cautions. Embossed on one side are the increments of the volume in milliliters and fluid ounces. |
Provenance |
In 1880, sixteen southwestern Ontario refiners form The Imperial Oil Company in London, Ontario, to find, produce and distribute petroleum products in Canada. In 1883 Imperial operations move to Petrolia, Ontario after lightning strikes the London refinery. In need of expansion capital, majority interest of Imperial sold to the Standard Oil group in the United States in 1898. ExxonMobil, a descendent of Standard Oil, still owns 69.6 percent of our shares. In 1899 Imperial takes over Standard's Canadian assets and moves its head office and operations to Sarnia, Ontario. The name Esso is derived from the S and O from Standard Oil. |
Dimensions |
H-23 W-6 L-10 cm |
Search Terms |
Motor oil Esso Imperial Oil Bottle Jug |