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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A view down Park Street at Olin Avenue. On the corner of Olin is Moore's Super Service Mobil Station and McCranner Drugs. |
| Date: | 08 16 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of 14 volunteers at the Dane County Gas Ration Board to assist with wartime gas rationing, alternate view. |
| Date: | 08 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Damaged pump house after an oil tank explosion at Timlin Lumber Company, 2702 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Man loading coal from an overhead bin into an International K-6 dump truck owned by South Chicago Coal and Dock Company. The slogan "coal stoker heat is be... |
| Date: | 07 29 1949 |
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| Description: | Struck and Irwin Fuel Company booth, at East Side Business Men's Association Fall Festival, in a tent at Olbrich Park, includes charcoal and outdoor charco... |
| Date: | 10 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Rocket Oil Company fuel storage tanks at the bulk plant at 204 South Paterson Street. In the foreground is a man on a modern Rocket Oil company truck fill... |
| Date: | 10 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Man (probably R.O. Champeau, owner and operator of the Rocket Oil Company, 204 South Paterson Street), writing up an order for a customer who is seated to ... |
| Date: | 03 21 1947 |
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| Description: | Brandes Heating Co., 2046 Winnebago Avenue. Detail of furnace showing internal parts. |
| Date: | 01 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Hearing at the Dane County Court House attended by city officials and fuel dealers concerning temporary fuel oil shortages. Pictured clockwise around the t... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | An International truck outfitted with a fuel oil tank parked in a lot beneath trees. There is a man working in back of the truck, and buildings are in the ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Photographic copy of a World War II poster reading: "Another Shot at Hitler; A drop of oil may save a pound of metal", with an illustration of two hands ho... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Front three-quarter view of an International KB-7 truck used to deliver coal by Evanston Fuel and Material Company. The truck is parked in front of railroa... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Left side view of an International Model KB-10 truck owned by Consumers Company and outfitted with a fuel oil tank. The text on the truck reads: "Better Fu... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Man in a shed releases coal from a chute into the back of an International KB-11-F truck owned by the Coal Service Corporation. Another man is in the drive... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man sits behind the wheel of an International KB-11 tanker truck parked alongside a gravel road near a fence. The truck was owned by Butane Wholesale Gas... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | An interior view of Pointon Appliance, 132 Fourth Avenue, showing a variety of Maytag washers, kitchen ranges, and water heaters. There are signs for Shell... |
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