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Dusk on 6th Street

Date: 2006
Description: Scene of 6th Street at dusk. WKBT-TV's satellite dishes visible on right.
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Darlington Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in 1931 by the Iowa Oil Company, Darlington's Service Station at 404 Main Street was said to give the "impression of a temple or a college chapel, an...
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Independence Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This service station located at 23923 Burrows Road (formally State Highway 93) was built in 1931, by Leo Breska. It now houses an auto-repair business, own...
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Fond du Lac Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in the mid-1930s by Clark Oil Company, this station was located along the city's gasoline alley with other gas stations, auto dealerships, and servic...
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Jefferson Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 109 North Center Avenue, this service station was built by Sylvester "Sal" Spangler.
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Madison — Edwards Super Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Edwards Super Service Station officially opened for business on August 16, 1930. The large complex, at 202 East Washington Avenue, represented an effort to...
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Madison — Parman's Super Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built by Clayton "Clayt" Parman in 1941, the service station at 3502 Monroe Street looks almost identical to when it opened more than sixty-five years ago.
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Muskego Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In the early 1920s, Prussian immigrant John Bosch constructed a simple, rectangular brick service garage with a canted corner at a prime location: the inte...
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Stoughton Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The station at 480 East Main Street was built around 1939-1940. Despite having a string of owners, the building has experienced very little change in appea...
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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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Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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University Square Mall

Date: 08 2008
Description: Elevated view of University Square shopping mall between West Johnson Street and University Avenue. (Demolished June 2006). Photograph taken from Witte Hal...
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Kwik Trip

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior of Kwik Trip gas station on Cass Street.
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Woman Pumping Gas

Date: 09 2008
Description: A blond-haired woman in a dress pumps gas.
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Homeless Man

Date: 2003
Description: A homeless man holding a cardboard sign that reads "HOMELESS HUNGRY ANY Thing HELPS GOD BLESS" on Rose Street intersection.
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Chameleon Club

Date: 2005
Description: Exterior view of the "Chameleon Club" and "Moonlight Dance Studio."
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Parking Lot

Date: 2008
Description: A man is standing against a pole in parking lot near a building.
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Bush-Cheney '04 sign

Date: 2004
Description: View from across street of a man holding Bush-Cheney '04 sign along intersection. A man next to him holds an illegible sign.
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Eye of the Tiger

Date: 2007
Description: Exterior view of "Eye of the Tiger Custom Tattoo."
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Jule's Coffee Shop

Date: 2009
Description: Customers around outside seating at Jule's Coffee shop on Pearl Street.

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