The Original 1929 Gulf Building Bronze Plaque
The cast-bronze name tablet that hung at the main entrance of Houston’s Gulf Building from 1929, made by A.J. Bayer Co. of Los Angeles, and how it came to The Shop South Collection.
Author: Dan de Oliveira
Dan de Oliveira is the founder of The Shop South in Delray Beach, Florida. He has collected and traded vintage gas and oil pieces for more than ten years, buying from and selling to over 150 collectors, with a particular interest in Gulf Oil. He writes about the history of the pieces that come through the shop and how to tell an original from a reproduction.