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Pyramid Motor Company Used Car Lot
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Cars park in the Pyramid Motor Company used car lot at 721 University Avenue. The Standard Oil Company service station sign can be seen in the background at 701 University Avenue. Businesses across the street include Tiedeman Drug Store (702-704), Drapers Pure Oil service station (630-632), and Fitch-Lawrence Funeral Directors (626).
December 22, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Pyramid Motor Company Used Car Lot
December 22, 1949
Four cars park in the Pyramid Motor Company used car lot at 721 University Avenue. A company billboard is on the side of the Dictaphone Sales Agency building at 731 University Avenue.
Pyramid Motor Company
August 7, 1945
Interior view of the Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street. They were a Cadillac and Oldsmobile automobile dealer.
Car Showroom
March 27, 1955
Four new Cadillac automobiles in Pyramid Motor Company showroom, 434 W. Gilman Street.
Oldsmobile Automobiles
July 30, 1949
Four Oldsmobile convertible automobiles park in front of the Loraine Hotel, 119-125 West Washington Avenue. Photo taken for Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street.
Pyramid Motor Company
November 21, 1954
Four salesmen pose near an Oldsmobile car inside the showroom at the Pyramid Motor Company at 434 West Gilman Street.
Pyramid Motor Company Stockroom
May 2, 1947
Parts counter and stockroom at Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street.
