| The pictures show two views of this ©1942 Coca Cola Premium Our America Oil Booklet with (20) Colorful Cards. Shown is the cover and two sample pages with (5) of the (20) cards that are inside. All (20) cards are here. The booklet and the picture cards are dated copyright MCMXLII (1942). They are each lightly pasted at the top in their appropriate places in he booklet. The booklet is titled ''OUR AMERICA - Oil - A Modern Necessity''. There are other booklets to the set that pertain to different industries such as: Motion Pictures, Transportation, Coal, Electric, Steel, Glass, Cotton, and Lumber. These booklets and cards were a premium from The Coca-Cola Company and were approved by leading educators. They were distributed by The Coca-Cola Bottling Company during World War II to educate children. On the first page is a place for a childs name, Teacher, Grade, and Year. These are all blank in this booklet. There is a graphic on the back with two old Coca Cola bottles. The colorful pictures are like trading cards. There are (20) for each industry set. Each picture card has a colorful image on the front. On the back is a number, title, information, and a Coca-Cola marking. This particular set shows many uses of oil and related petroleum products. The titles on the cards or stickers are as follows: #1. Torches of Oil - 3000 B.C.
#2. 1860 - Loading Oil
#3. Fitting A Casing Shoe
#4. An Oil Field
#5. An Oil Refinery
#6. The First Oil Containers
#7. An Oil Pipe Line
#8. A Tank Truck At A Station
#9. Tank Cars
#10. Oil Tankers At Sea
#11. Using Natural Gas
#12. A Service Station
#13. Plastics From Petroleum
#14. An Exhibit Of Petroleum Products
#15. Surfacing A Street
#16. Nebuchadnezzar's Wall
#17. Destroying Mosquitoes
#18. Testing Oil
#19. A Place of Magic
#20. Becoming Oil Experts The booklet measures about 7-7/8'' x 10-3/4'' and each picture card or sticker measures 3'' x 4''. The booklet and all the picture cards appear to be in near mint assembled condition as pictured. We found this booklet to have an old musty paper smell from many years of storage and you may want to air it out. |
