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1942 Hi-Speed Victory Club War Album Series
(UO33)
Hi-Speed Gasoline Stations, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Series Title: Hi-Speed Victory Club War Album Series
American Card Catalog №: UO33
Issued by: Hi-Speed Gasoline Stations
Country: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Number of lithographs: 50
Card Numbering: 1 to 50 (Card fronts only, backs are blank)
Card Dimensions: 160 × 216 mm
Circa: 1942
Album: Victory Club Album, Official Government Photographs
Checklist: Download
Hi-Speed Service Stations
Hi-Speed Gas Stations were owned by the Hickok Oil Company of Toledo, Ohio. They opened a large number service stations throughout Michigan and Ohio. For some strange reason, there were many more Hi-Speed Stations in Michigan than in Ohio, even though Toledo was almost on the Michigan border. Most likely, the real reason that there were less Hi-Speed Gas Stations in Ohio was there was much more competition from other oil companies in Ohio than in Michigan.
During the late 1920s, the Pure Oil Company purchased a slight majority in Hickok Oil Company stock. However, despite this, the Pure Oil Company had Hickok Oil Company continue to manage all of the Hi-Speed Stations. Hi-Speed Stations were famous for their Give-a-Ways. For example, during the Great Depression of the 1930s they gave away cheese. Their promotions included advertising of Hi-Speed products on the high wattage radio stations in Detroit, Michigan. They also sponsored the 6 O’clock News featuring Dick Osgood. They also sponsored the Radio School House which was broadcast from the stage of the Broadway Capital Theater located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. They also sponsored several other network radio programs.
One of the network shows that High-Speed sponsored was The Adventures of Jimmy Allen. Jimmy Allen played the part of a superior teenager not unlike like the Jack Armstrong radio show character which was quite popular with the kids of that era. Jimmy Allen starred in a couple of movies. Let’s just say that the movies were not “Oscar” material. Of course, during this era you needed to get your Membership Card from your local High-Speed Gasoline Station.
Hi-Speed Stations gave away Green Depression Glass during the 1930s, and when World War II began, they started the Victory Club. Kids were given a Victory Club Badge and a Hi-Speed Victory Club Album. Every week a new Official Photo was Presented to Victory Club Members by Hi-Speed Gas Stations. The photos included a series of 50 Land, Sea, and Air war-time equipment used by the United States Armed Forces. The photos included everything from airplanes, to tanks, to ships, to servicemen, and everything in between. The photos were then pasted or attached to the album pages via photo corner mounts.
Album Overview
This interesting set of 50 gasoline WWII lithographs was issued post Pearl Harbor, most likely during late 1942 by Hi-Speed Gasoline Stations. The oversize (160 × 216 mm) Official Photographs are printed in blue sepia shades on medium thickness white paper stock. These large blank-backed lithographs depict planes, ships, tanks, artillery, and troops in action. The lithographs were aimed at the young boy and girl collectors of World War II who were members of the Hi-Speed Victory Club. Forty-five of the lithographs are presented in a landscape (horizontal) format, while the remaining five lithographs are presented in a portrait (vertical) format. The combined image area and descriptive text is centered on the card with equal margins. The descriptive text located beneath the image area contains the following four basic elements: (1) The Hi-Speed Victory Club War Album Series logo which is located in the lower left-hand corner, (2) the Official Photo No. is located in the lower right-hand corner, (3) the card title and descriptive text are centered between the logo and the card number, and (4) the following advertising copy Presented to Victory Club Members by High-Speed Gas Stations is centered directly below the card title and descriptive text. A new lithograph was issued each week and made available to Hi-Speed Victory Club Members at the local Hi-Speed Gas Station. The attractive Victory Club Albums were also obtained directly from the Si-Speed Gas Stations. The lithographs are boldly numbered from 1 to 50. The American Card Catalog reference number for the series is UO33.
This set’s album has probably one of the most attractive album covers of any of the World War II card albums that we’ve ever seen. The front and back covers are dark brown faux leather. The front cover titled Victory Club Album / Official Government Photographs has a gold-embossed eagle grasping six arrows of war. The lettering is also gold embossed. The album contains black paper pages, secured with an attractive tasseled coiled binding chord. The backs of the lithographs are not adhesive so the collector had to either: (1) glue the lithographs directly to the blank pages (bad idea), or (2) use corner mounts (four per lithograph) to mount the lithographs on each page of the album. Option 2 was the more desirable method since it did not harm the lithographs.
Image-Guide
The following 1942 UO33 “Hi-Speed Victory Club War Album Series” 50-lithograph set by Hi-Speed Gas Stations Image-Guide shows computer enhanced images of the fronts and backs of the 50 lithographs in the set. Behind each thumbnail image is a 600-dpi computer enhanced lithograph image that you may access. In addition, directly beneath the Image Guide, in tabular form, are links to the original scans used for this series.
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Checklist
| 1942 “Hi-Speed Victory Club War Album Series” (UO33)
Hi-Speed Gas Stations, 50-lithographs, United States CHECKLIST | |||
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| № | x | Card Title | |
| 1 | United States Bomber B-24 | ||
| 2 | United States T-1 Land Battleship | ||
| 3 | United States Motor Torpedo Boat | ||
| 4 | United States Mobile 37mm Anti-Aircraft Gun | ||
| 5 | U.S.S. Saratoga, Aircraft Carrier | ||
| 6 | United States 50 Caliber Machine Gun | ||
| 7 | U.S.S. Submarine Perch-P5 | ||
| 8 | United States Bell P-39 “Aeracobra” (sic) Airplane | ||
| 9 | Pontoon Bridge Constructed by U.S. Army Engineers | ||
| 10 | U.S.S. Salt Lake City - Heavy Cruiser | ||
| 11 | United states B-17E Boeing Bomber | ||
| 12 | Deck of United States Battleship | ||
| 13 | U.S. Navy Dive Bombers | ||
| 14 | U.S.S. McDonough - Destroyer No. 351 | ||
| 15 | Wake Island Attack by U.S. Forces on February 24, 1942 | ||
| 16 | Eight Inch Railway Coastal Defense Gun | ||
| 17 | Official U.S. Navy Photograph of Wake Island Attack | ||
| 18 | Protecting a Convoy of Ships | ||
| 19 | Anti-Aircraft Guns of U.S. Coast Artillery | ||
| 20 | U.S. Paratroops in Transport Plane | ||
| 21 | Navy Gun Crews Guard American Merchantmen on the High Seas | ||
| 22 | American Blitz Troops | ||
| 23 | Formation of United States Destroyers | ||
| 24 | U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber | ||
| 25 | U.S.S. North Carolina | ||
| 26 | U.S. Medium Tanks | ||
| 27 | Mechanized Cavalry Regiment | ||
| 28 | Aerial Octopus | ||
| 29 | Mechanized Anti-Aircraft Guns on Desert Maneuvers | ||
| 30 | U.S. Parachutist | ||
| 31 | Airborne U.S. Infantry | ||
| 32 | Coast Artillery 14” Railway Gun in Action | ||
| 33 | Midshipmen from U.S. Naval Academy “Shooting the Sun” | ||
| 34 | War-Time Scene Aboard an Aircraft Carrier | ||
| 35 | Tank Destroyer | ||
| 36 | Loading Bombs | ||
| 37 | Battle of the Solomon Islands | ||
| 38 | U.S. Marines in Action | ||
| 39 | U.S. Cargo and Troop Carrying Transport | ||
| 40 | Training Crews for Submarines | ||
| 41 | Flying Tigers Curtiss Tomahawks | ||
| 42 | U.S. Troops in Caribbean Area | ||
| 43 | Multiple Pom-Pom 1.1 Machine Gun | ||
| 44 | Douglas A-20A Bomber | ||
| 45 | Marine Invasion Force | ||
| 46 | On Duty in Alaska | ||
| 47 | U.S.S. North Carolina | ||
| 48 | U.S. Troops in Iceland | ||
| 49 | Anti-Aircraft Crew on Aircraft Carrier | ||
| 50 | Squadron of Torpedo Boats | ||
| Album | Victory Club Album | ||
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