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Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, and Climate Change
Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, and Climate Change
Miss Heating Comfort and the Whale Oil Company
The Whale Oil Company, which sponsored the Miss Heating Comfort contest, said it was looking to award the title to the girl "who makes temperatures rise when she enters a room."
Brooklyn Daily - Feb 10, 1961
Newsday - Oct 22, 1960
So did the Whale Oil Company actually sell whale oil? No, but apparently the name led a lot of people to assume that it did. I haven't been able to find out what became of the company, but I'm guessing that the name must have become an increasing liability with the rise of the "Save the Whales" movement in the late 1960s.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Nov 3, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Sun Nov 19, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Odd Names, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, and Climate Change, 1960s
Miss Idaho Petroleum
Joanne Hopkins had the honor of being named Miss Idaho Petroleum of 1951. As far as I can tell, 1951 was the only year in which this title was awarded.
Idaho Daily Statesman - Oct 14, 1951
Idaho Daily Statesman - Jan 8, 1952
Three other states awarded Miss Petroleum titles in 1951. The University of Southern California library has some photos of the four petroleum beauty queens together. From left to right, there's Miss Idaho Petroleum, Miss Montana Petroleum, Miss Wyoming Petroleum, and Miss Colorado Petroleum.
In this photo it looks like they're about to throw Miss Colorado Petroleum in the pool:
I hadn't realized that Idaho was a petroleum-producing state. Some google searching produced this list of all the petroleum states in order of how much they produce. Texas is the top, by a wide margin. Idaho is third from bottom. Maybe Idaho produced more in 1951. I don't know.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 17, 2023 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, and Climate Change, 1950s
Fire Chief Speaker Hat
No longer just $3.98.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 11, 2023 -
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Category: Toys, Firefighting, Arson, Wildfires, Infernos and Other Conflagrations, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, and Climate Change, 1960s
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