The Pegasus, stretching 40-feet long, 30-feet high and bathed in red light at night, served as a beacon and a message to all who approached they had reached Dallas. The symbol of a city was born.

Magnolia was folded into Mobil in 1959, and Mobil adopted the red Pegasus logo. Even today, the city of Dallas has an agreement with Exxon Mobil to continue to use the image as a symbol for the ...

A 1934 red neon Pegasus, a familiar emblem of Mobil Oil, has been lit up once again in Dallas, restoring a symbol of a city known for its close association with the oil business that had been ...

Jeremy McKane had never thought much about Pegasus, Dallas’ flying red horse, until art connoisseur June Mattingly sat him down in early 2011 and told him a story.

The Pegasus neon sign glow brightly again in downtown Dallas outside the Omni Dallas Hotel. Jake Dean The neon symbol of Mobil Oil has been placed on an oil derrick outside the Omni Dallas Hotel ...

Pegasus flies high in the Dallas sky. SECTIONS SEARCH. ... Magnolia service stations were folded into the Mobil Oil Corporation in 1959. The city eventually took ownership of the building.

In 1959, Mobil Oil acquired Socony-Vacuum and adopted the pegasus, giving the symbol national notoriety and solidifying its connection to Dallas. It would remain as Mobil Oil’s logo for almost ...

A Pegasus sign that was perched atop a downtown Dallas building for 65 years has been restored and will once again be on display. Latest U.S.