Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Can |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1960.023 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.023.001 |
Description |
Square yellow Imperial Oil arctic cup grease can. On the front of the can in black lettering it says "No. 3, Twenty-five net pounds, ARCTIC CUP GREASE, Made in Canada, The Imperial Oil Company, Limited." On the back of the can in black lettering is the Imperial Oil logo. There is a circular silver lid on the top of the can that twists off. |
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 is 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-27.5 W-22.5 L-22.5 cm |
Search Terms |
Oil Container Imperial Oil Ltd. Grease Petroliana |