{"product_id":"vintage-phillips-66-kansas-nebraska-collection-brings-route-life-treasures","title":"Vintage 1972 Phillips Route 66 Kansas Nebraska Map 🗺️ NOS Historic Americana!","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRemember Phillips 66 Road Maps of Kansas and Nebraska? 🗺️ Phillips 66 Kansas \u0026amp; Nebraska road map, 1972\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\" x 4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:315px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:177.78%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2yxyz3dQ1c8\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRemember riding shotgun with one of these spread across your lap, trying to find the next turn before the driver missed it? This is a 1972 Phillips 66 road map of Kansas and Nebraska, New Old Stock, 9\" x 4\" folded and about 30\" x 18\" open, in excellent shape with barely a crease out of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔍 What's on it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover is sky blue with \u003cstrong\u003eKansas \/ Nebraska\u003c\/strong\u003e at the top, a Phillips 66 attendant in his cap looking off into the distance beside the big orange-and-white Phillips 66 shield, and \u003cstrong\u003e\"At Phillips 66 it's performance that counts.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e The back panel, \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Performers,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e shows a sample Phillips 66 credit card made out to \u003cem\u003eJohn Q Public\u003c\/em\u003e, a gold can of \u003cstrong\u003eTrop-Artic All Season Motor Oil\u003c\/strong\u003e by a gas pump, and the pitch: the card costs nothing, works at thousands of Phillips 66 stations, and can even pay for your room and meals at Best Western Motels and Quality Inns. There's also a little red-white-and-blue map of the country with the line \u003cem\u003e\"A country that runs on oil can't afford to run short.\"\u003c\/em\u003e Inside, the full Rand McNally map of Kansas with the Phillips 66 shield, a legend, \u003cstrong\u003e\"Discover America... Best by Car,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e a table of state parks and lakes with their camping, fishing and boating, and a mileage log between towns like Dodge City, Emporia, Salina, Topeka and Wichita, with Nebraska on the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e⛽ Phillips 66, born on Route 66\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrothers \u003cstrong\u003eFrank and Lee Eldas \"L.E.\" Phillips\u003c\/strong\u003e incorporated the \u003cstrong\u003ePhillips Petroleum Company\u003c\/strong\u003e in Bartlesville, Oklahoma on \u003cstrong\u003eJune 13, 1917\u003c\/strong\u003e, with $3 million in assets, 27 employees and land all over Oklahoma and Kansas. After the huge Panhandle gas field turned up in Texas in 1918, and the Hugoton Field north of it in Kansas, Phillips went deep into natural gas, and by 1925 it was the nation's largest producer of natural gas liquids. The name has a great story, the way the company tells it: company men were road-testing a new gasoline on U.S. Highway 66 near Tulsa, somebody remarked that the car was going \"like 60,\" and the driver said, \"Sixty nothing, we're doing 66!\" They put 66 on the Route 66 highway shield, and there's your logo. The Phillips Petroleum Company Museum in Bartlesville tells it as three 66s at once: the gasoline's specific gravity was close to 66, the test car did 66 miles per hour, and the test ran on U.S. Route 66, so the naming committee voted unanimously for \"Phillips 66.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd this map has a real Kansas connection: Phillips opened its very first service station, at 805 E. Central Avenue in \u003cstrong\u003eWichita, Kansas\u003c\/strong\u003e, on \u003cstrong\u003eNovember 19, 1927\u003c\/strong\u003e. Route 66 itself cut across the southeast corner of Kansas, too. Phillips merged with Conoco in 2002 to become ConocoPhillips, and road maps like this one, free at the gas station counter, went the way of the full-service pump.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏡 Display\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreat framed open on a wall, tucked in the glove box of a classic car, or given to anybody from Kansas or Nebraska who remembers road trips before GPS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relatedBlock\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔎 More From The Vintage \u0026amp; Antique Gifts Archive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-1970s-phillips-route-66-illinois-map-nos-historic-americana-treasures\"\u003eVintage 1970s Phillips Route 66 Illinois Map 🗺️ NOS Historic Americana!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/1930s-lincoln-sunkist-orange-label-brings-history-life-treasures\"\u003eAntique 1930s Lincoln Sunkist Crate Label 🍊 Riverside, CA, Historic Americana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/rare-vintage-1950s-1960s-atlas-cola-label-detroit-mi-treasures\"\u003eVintage 1950s - 1960s Atlas Cola Label 🥤 Rare, Detroit, MI, Historic Americana!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46770741412072,"sku":"VAG-8986020839656","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/il_fullxfull.6407399103_nilf.jpg?v=1785441848","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/vintage-phillips-66-kansas-nebraska-collection-brings-route-life-treasures","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}