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Waterford-Phillips Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 100 South Jefferson Street, started out as a Phillips 66 service station, built in 1935. It is currently Uncle Harry's Frozen Custard.
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West Allis Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in 1927, this small Wadhams station, located at 1647 South Seventy-sixth Street, is one of a handful of the company's signature pagoda stations still...
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Ashland Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When the East End Co-op Service Station opened in 1940 at the corner of Sixth Avenue and East Front Street, the owners announced, "Our new, modern equipmen...
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Heafford Junction Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When Phil Kilinski built this unique Dutch Mill gas station six miles north of Tomahawk in the mid 1940s, he created a whimsical attraction that successful...
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Kennan Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Rudy Kuchlenz built this clapboard-sided building at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 8 and County Highway J in the village of Kennan, in 1927.
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Town of Maple Valley Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in the 1920s by Fred Long, the station located at 9932 County Trunk Highway M served farmers from the surrounding area and housed a small general sto...
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Milltown Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built sometime in the mid-1930s, this unique station, located at 118 Highway 35, visually illustrates its ongoing changes and success over time as it respo...
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Westfiled Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 627 Main Street, Theo Bertin built this small house-and-canopy station hoping to transform travelers driving north along old Highway 51 into cus...
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Wisconsin Rapids — Airport Bar-B-Q

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 329 Front Street, this structure hosted its grand-opening celebration in 1931. The special was not discounted gasoline or oil but chicken and ba...
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Gas Pumps in Grass

Date: 2008
Description: Robert Broetzman's tribute to the history of gasoline.
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Keup Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The 6th generation of Keups now live on this farm. The property was purchased by David Keup in 1867. It was passed on to Martin, Herman, William, and now G...
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Gebhard Gable Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Steve Gephard, and his dog, Roundhead, have lived at W2228 Cty Trk Y since 1989. His parents had a meat market in Allenton for many years.
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Staiduhar Barn — South View

Date: 2004
Description: This is the Staiduhar barn from the south. Bill Staiduhar is a retired Harley Davidson employee.
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Gogert Barn

Date: 2004
Description: This old barn is at N7662 Madison Road. Brian and Joyce Gogert and their sons, Adam and David, have lived on the property for 20 years.
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Gogert Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: The Gogert barn is on its last legs.
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Boeck Farm — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: This is the Boeck Farm from down the road a bit.
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Geiger Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Allen Geiger purchased the barn & small acreage in 1988. The address is N8658 Hwy 175.
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Schoebel Barn

Date: 2004
Description: The Ken and LaVerne Schoebel farm is at W280 West Bend Road. The Schoebels purchased the property from Fred Steger on April 1, 1961 and moved onto the plac...
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Benter Barn

Date: 2004
Description: This barn is at 1776 Hocheim Road. Lois Benter and her cat C.D. posed for this picture. She acquired C.D. on Christmas Day - hence C.D.
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Klotz Barn

Date: 2004
Description: Lawrence, a WWII Army Air Corps Veteran, and his wife Dorothy, have been married for 61 years.

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