Eldorado Gasoline

Eldorado Gasoline Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Category
Advertising
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Eldorado Gasoline back Advertising Busy Beaver Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Text on Button Here's a Pal for You ELDORADO GASOLINE
Image Description

Red and white illustration of a person in a hat with black text on a white background
Curl Text PARISIAN NOV. CO.
Back Style
Unlocking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/2 inch
The Manufacturer
Parisian Novelty Co.
Additional Information

The El Dorado Refining Company, also known as "El Reco," existed in El Dorado, Kansas, from 1917-1958. It was later bought out and is now known as HollyFrontier El Dorado Refining LLC. Oil fields in El Dorado were discovered in 1914, and as the need for crude oil increased, El Reco was one of 29 refineries built. It is now only one of three refineries that exist in the area and is holding its own as one of the biggest in the Great Plains.
Sources

Junge, A. (2010). Petroleum Refining: A 125 Year Kansas Legacy. Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Retrieved from: http://www.kdheks.gov/remedial/articles/refining_history.pdf
Catalog ID AD0576