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Brand: Chevron.
Item: Original 1968 "Come to Chevron Island in Phoenix" folding street map issued in the United States for Chevron Dealers Standard Stations by Standard Oil Company of California.
Folded cover features a red and white gradient background with a silhouetted hula dancer and palm tree standing atop three gasoline pumps, bold "Come to Chevron Island in Phoenix" title, and Chevron shield logo above the "Chevron Dealers Standard Stations" imprint.
Reverse cover repeats the Chevron Island illustration with promotional copy inviting motorists to "Enjoy the benefits of a Chevron National Credit Card" and to ask for their card at Chevron Dealers and Standard Stations, along with the Chevron emblem.
Unfolded interior presents a detailed multi-color street map of Phoenix and adjacent areas printed in blue and red, showing freeways and interchanges, principal through routes, secondary thoroughfares, and highway numbers for Interstate, United States, and state routes.
Map coverage includes central Phoenix, Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Paradise Valley, South Mountain Park, and surrounding neighborhoods with labeled streets, rail lines, parks, schools, and other local landmarks.
A legend panel titled "Street Map of Phoenix" notes that the sheet was prepared for Standard Oil Company of California by The H. M. Gousha Company, with symbols explaining freeway entrances and exits, one-way streets, schools, and other map features.
Lower panels contain an extensive "Index to streets Phoenix and adjacent areas" keyed to grid coordinates, accompanied by an inset downtown Phoenix street plan centered on Union Station and nearby city blocks.
Additional Chevron-branded map insets, including RPM and Chevron shield logos, appear at selected locations across the sheet, underscoring the gas and oil advertising theme.
A printed population line reads "Population of Phoenix 439,170," marking this as a period Phoenix street map and Chevron service-station ephemera piece.
