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Brand Names - Phillips 66 (Best on Black)

52 Weeks of Pix 2013

Week 33 of 52

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Phillips Petroleum Company uses the Phillips 66 logo. Started in Bartlesville, OK, the orange and black version of the emblem was used from 1930 to 1959.

 

Corporate lore says the top executives were looking for a name for their new gasoline blend when it was realized they were on US Route 66 doing 66 miles per hour. As a result, the Name Phillips 66 was born.

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Uploaded on August 14, 2013
Taken on August 14, 2013