2017年3月2日 · Two decades before The Cat ever donned a hat, Theodor Seuss Geisel was an oil industry ad man who was also the architect of a wacky navy, named for himself – a sort of …

2017年3月1日 · On March second, fans of Dr. Seuss will celebrate his 113th birthday. Today, Waterway Guide celebrates the “navy” he created for an ancestor of Exxon Mobil that altered …

2023年3月1日 · Esso marketers and salesmen even put on short plays created by Seuss. In one of Seuss’ “Little Dramas of the Deep,” “The demon sludge fish is the villain… an enlightening …

2004年3月2日 · ‘The Seuss Navy met... .' And, then, they would have to explain it, by talking about Esso Marine. "At the time war was declared, in 1941, we had the biggest navy in the …

2025年1月13日 · In 1936, Geisel designed Standard Oil’s Essomarine booth for the National Motorboat Show — and created the phenomenally successful “Seuss Navy.” Young and old …

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In this connection, he presided over a celebrated publicity stunt of the thirties—the Seuss Navy. The idea was spawned at the 1936 Motor Boat Show, and enrollment in the Navy was at first ...

2016年10月12日 · Designing everything from highball glasses to certificates to ashtrays, Dr. Suess created the popular Suess Navy. In this lot are two original works of art created by the …

2016年2月28日 · For several years he built up his own fleet, the “Seuss Navy,” as a promotion for Standard Oil’s Essomarine products. He awarded honorary admirals’ commissions in the …

Tonight we learn all about how Dr. Seuss went from PR man for an oil company to children's book author."Rediscovering Dr. Seuss' Navy" published in Waterway ...