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Buck Baker, along with two other racing drivers, pose outside their vehicles at an unknown race track. Baker was an American racing driver who won two Nascar championships and forty-six races between 1949 and 1976.

Chicago's mayor Richard J. Daley points out an exhibit to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip of England at the Chicago Trade Fair.

An advertisement from the Pure Oil Co., detailing a sweepstakes whereby individuals who registered at Pure Oil stations could not only win Tiger baseball home game tickets, but they could also qualify for a drawing for World Series tickets. The 1966…

An advertisement from the Pure Oil Co., touting the brain of their IBM 1401 computer. Purematic billing was designed to keep track of individual invoice purchases across the entire Pure Oil company.

Miss Firebird waves to the crowd at an unknown race location. Edwina (Winkie) Louise worked as Miss Firebird for Pure Oil Co. during the late 1960s.

Miss Firebird poses at the 1966 Pure Darlington Record Club. Edwina (Winkie) Louise worked as Miss Firebird for Pure Oil Co. during the late 1960s.

An advertisement from the Pure Oil Co., stating that their gasoline gallonage has increased by eighty-five percent in the past thirty-six months.

The Chas. W. Snider towboat was manufactured by Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, for the Pure Oil Co. in January, 1941.

Two girls wearing old fashioned uniforms attend to a customer's truck at the grand opening of the Pure Oil Atlanta Gateway Truckstop.

The Anker L. Christy towboat was manufactured by Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, for the Pure Oil S. S. Co. in July, 1941.

The police set up a roadblock demonstration for the press at the National Police Driving School in Carpentersville.

Portrait of Frank H. Allen, a marketing executive from Chicago.

"Young ladies playing in the sand on [the] beach" at Daytona Beach, Florida.

Five children are pictured playing on the side of a street. On verso: "When driving near a playground or school yard, be on the alert for children. Impulsive by nature, children often chase into busy streets to retrieve a loose ball.; Driving near…