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| Date: | 01 17 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and "Oak" Motor Oi... |
| Date: | 08 07 1928 |
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| Description: | Robert Mitchell's Madison service station, 529 University Avenue. During the 1920s service stations evolved from curb-side shacks to more attractive buildi... |
| Date: | 08 09 1929 |
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| Description: | Two men filling oil canisters from the rear of an International Mobiloil truck. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International heavy-duty coal truck owned by Pocahontas Coal Company decorated. Placard on truck reads: "International motor truck. All steel shapes, plate... |
| Date: | 04 17 1928 |
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| Description: | Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him.... |
| Date: | 07 13 1929 |
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| Description: | View down street towards 23 trucks and cars in a parade celebrating the completion of the take over of the Capitol Oil Company by Texaco, located at 919 Ea... |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | Back lot of the Capitol Oil Company, 919 E. Main Street. |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | A railroad tanker car is sitting on tracks next to fuel storage tanks at the Capitol Oil Company, 919 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | View towards the Capitol Oil Company building, located at 919 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | International Model SF-46 2 ton motor truck equipped with 500 gallon oil tank and power take-off pump. The truck was owned by the Polar Wave heating oil co... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | International SF-36 petroleum truck owned by Roxana Petroleum Company. The truck is carrying Shell kerosene and is parked outside an International motor tr... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Man sitting behind the wheel of an International Model S truck with an oil tank mounted on the back. The truck belonged to the Texhoma Oil and Refinery Com... |
| Date: | 01 16 1927 |
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| Description: | View across State Street toward cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Rustic, log cabin gas station in Chippewa Falls with a traveler's vehicle being filled with gasoline. It is not clear if the young woman in overalls is a p... |
| Date: | 02 1927 |
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| Description: | Cameron Street Scene, primarily documenting the Boortz Garage and Sales Room and its curbside gas pumps. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Men view McCormick farm machinery displays at the International Petroleum Exposition. The displays include a white McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of oil wells. Each of the 196 wells are numbered, and refer to a key identifying the well by the company that owns it. |
| Date: | 09 04 1925 |
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| Description: | Three men in International Harvester oil trucks are lined up in front of a Cities Service Oil Co. building. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A man is driving an International Model G-61 truck with a bed full of coal for the Clyde Barber Coal Company. Bicycles are leaning against a stone building... |
| Date: | 04 19 1921 |
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| Description: | Two men sit in an International Model G-61 truck on a dirt road. The truck was operated by L.P. Torensen's Standard Oil Company, located at 1305 Maple Stre... |
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