Sterling Oil was incorporated as a distinct Pennsylvania corporation in 1923. The firm had a chain of gas stations in Western Pennsylvania, Western New York and Eastern Ohio.
Of West Virginia, a separate business entity owned by the Ohio Valley Refining Co. Operated a chain of gas stations in West Virginia. At the end of the First World War, the partners in the Eastern Refining Company marketed the refining production of three refineries: the Emlenton Refinery, the old Independent Refinery in Oil City and the new Ohio Valley Refinery built in St.Marys, West Virginia by the Ohio Valley Refining Co. The partners owned both the Quaker State and Sterling Oil brands.
Eastern Refining had become a formidable regional confederation of individual marketing interests with a national brand. Samuel Messer managed Eastern Refining. In 1923, the Eastern Refining Co. Was liquidated and reorganized as a new corporation, Quaker State Oil Refining Co. The Quaker State Oil Refining Co.
Maintained its administrative offices on the fifth floor of the Chambers Building in Oil City. The item "Vintage Rare 5 Gal Sterling Motor Oil Co Can Gas Quaker State 1930's Graphics" is in sale since Wednesday, October 28, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Advertising\Gas & Oil\Merchandise & Memorabilia\Cans & Buckets". The seller is "cyclewarehouse" and is located in Butler, Pennsylvania. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia.