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1969 Come to Chevron Island Advertisement
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This vintage advertisement—likely from the 1960s—promotes Chevron’s aviation oils using a tropical, fantasy-island theme. The illustration features a smiling woman in stylized Polynesian-inspired attire, posed in front of palm trees and a brightly colored sky. Above her, a small propeller aircraft flies past a Chevron Dealer sign. The headline reads “Come to Chevron Island!” followed by the tagline “the natives are friendly… the oil the greatest.” The ad uses tropes common in mid-20th-century marketing, blending exoticized imagery with product claims about RPM Aviation Oil’s performance in flight tests. The bottom section includes Chevron and Standard Oil of California branding, framed as an appeal to pilots and aircraft owners.
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