Category:Esso
Esso started as John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil in Ohio, the company that made him the world’s richest man. However, breaches of competition laws in the US forced the company’s dissolution due to an unfair monopoly, and the company was divided into 33 new companies in 1911.
One of these companies, Standard Oil (New Jersey), took the unusual decision to phoneticise their company name’s abbreviation for some products in 1934, and the resulting name, Esso, was adopted as the company’s proper name in 1951.
Since 1973, Esso in America was renamed Exxon since many states contested their legally contentious decision to use a name functionally identical to that of the defunct Standard Oil. Esso had previously gone by Encon and Humble in those states. Encon was considered as the new international name, but as the name happened to sound like a Japanese phrase for a stalled car it was not used internationally.
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Pages in category ‘Esso’
The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
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Media in category ‘Esso’
The following 24 files are in this category, out of 24 total.
- Articulated Petrol Tanker, Wells Brimtoy 712 (BPO 1955-10).jpg 1,724 × 1,364; 634 KB
- Esso Class B Tank Wagon, Series2 Airfix kit 02656 (AirfixRS 1976).jpg 1,474 × 1,476; 896 KB
- Esso Fuel Oil Tank Wagon, Hornby Dublo 4680 (DubloCat 1963).jpg 728 × 692; 92 KB
- ESSO Lorry, Lego 251 (LegoCat ~1960).jpg 689 × 476; 44 KB
- Esso Petrol Pumps and Sign, Lego Set 231 (Lego ~1964).jpg 702 × 488; 53 KB
- ESSO Petrol Pumps, Lego Set 231 (LegoCat ~1960).jpg 689 × 476; 59 KB
- Esso Pumps and Forecourt Sign, Matchbox Accessory Pack 1 (MBCat 1959).jpg 2,922 × 2,011; 1,022 KB
- Esso Tank Wagon, Hornby Dublo 4676 (DubloCat 1963).jpg 828 × 686; 95 KB
- ESSO Tanker, Lego 250 (LegoCat ~1960).jpg 689 × 476; 51 KB
- ESSO Trailer, Lego 252 (LegoCat ~1960).jpg 689 × 476; 36 KB
- Kesselwagen - Petrol Wagon, Standard-ESSO, Märklin 1674-St (MarklinCat 1939).jpg 1,266 × 1,024; 617 KB
- Petrol Pump Station, ESSO Dinky Toys 781 (DinkyCat 1957-08).jpg 2,270 × 3,000; 482 KB
- Petrol Pump Station, ESSO, Dinky Toys 781 (DinkyCat 1956-06).jpg 1,262 × 1,640; 310 KB
- Petrol Pump, Standard, Märklin 2620 B (MarklinCat 1936).jpg 1,234 × 1,179; 653 KB
- Petrol Tank Wagon 'ESSO', Hornby Dublo D1 (HBoT 1939).jpg 1,143 × 979; 189 KB
- Petrol Truck Body, for Car Construction Set, Märklin 1106T (MarklinCat 1936).jpg 2,417 × 2,233; 2.3 MB
- Showroom and Service Station, Matchbox Accessory Pack (MBCat 1959).jpg 3,000 × 1,083; 1,023 KB
- Tank Wagon ESSO D1 Hornby Dublo 4676 (HDBoT 1959).jpg 944 × 963; 177 KB
- Tanker, Esso, Dinky Toys 442 (DinkyCat 1956-06).jpg 1,419 × 711; 143 KB
- Trojan 15-cwt Van, Esso, Dinky Toys 450 (DinkyCat 1956-06).jpg 1,118 × 860; 133 KB
- Trojan 15cwt Van 'Esso', Dinky Toys 31a (MM 1951-05).jpg 412 × 295; 19 KB