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Coop Service Station
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A serviceman checks the oil of a car at the Madison Co-op Station. During the 1930s the cooperative movement in Wisconsin expanded its rural base to offer products and services to city dwellers such as housing and gasoline.
1939
Diemer, Melvin E.
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Madison Consumers Dairy Co-operative
1936
Exterior of the Madison Consumers Dairy Co-operative, probably located at 102 South Dickinson Street, with the milkmen posing next to their home delivery trucks--all Internationals.
Park Hotel Bus
1924
International Harvester-made bus of the Park Hotel, probably photographed near the railroad station where it was picking up passengers. This small jitney-type bus was typical of the buses manufactu...
Red Dot Potato Chip Plant
1939
Man working with machinery at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.
Red Dot Potato Chip Plant
1939
Exterior view of Red Dot Foods Inc. potato chip plant at 1435 East Washington Avenue.
Wisconsin River Bridge at Prairie du Sac
Construction of the new Wisconsin River Bridge at Prairie du Sac taken by Melvin Diemer for the Wisconsin Goods Roads Association. The old toll bridge is visible in the background.
