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D32131-1
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- 1948-02-26 (Creation)
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Jard Petroleum Company, Serve-Ur Self Station, Mr. Al Taylor, Standard Oil Company. Jard, the new self-service station, was coined in a combination of the first letters of the first names of the four owners; Jack Snyder, Andy Morrill, Rosy Wagner, and Dick Dexter. Customers could ask for assistance in adding oil to their automobiles. Many men and women were seen pumping gasoline and adding oil to their automobiles, however. R.E. Dexter, president, R.A. Wagner, vice president, A.E. Morrill, secretary, and J.E. Snyder, treasurer. (T.Times, 2/27/1948, p.7) TPL-1511
Jard Petroleum Co. (Tacoma); Standard Oil Co. of California (Tacoma); Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gasoline--Tacoma; Gasoline pumps--Tacoma; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950;