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| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road of overhead lighting equipment of the T.M.E.R. and L. Company, which, at the time had a proposal to be replaced by more modern lighting. Th... |
| Date: | 11 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Frank Conner, manager of the Fiore Coal and Oil Co., Filling Station, 601 West Washington Avenue, following a robbery. He is standing in front of an empty ... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Furrier manufacturing building. Nearby is a gas station promoting "Standard Oil Products". A Coca-Cola sign is near the entrance to the sta... |
| Date: | 12 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Night view of Shell Gas Station at 1200 East Washington Avenue, operated by Harold W. Risberg. There is a holiday display inside the station behind plate g... |
| Date: | 12 27 1948 |
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| Description: | Night view of display window of gas station featuring a cardboard easel-back display of Santa Claus, and an artificial fireplace among other decorations, a... |
| Date: | 04 01 1957 |
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| Description: | The State Historical Society of Wisconsin's Historymobile at the Clark Service Station, 2631 University Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Tschudy (Jake and Irene),... |
| Date: | 1990 |
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| Description: | The historic Harmony Town Hall at Old World Wisconsin transformed for use as a 1930s gasoline station for the made-for-TV movie, "Dillinger." In the foregr... |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi, seen wearing sunglasses in the middle of a crowd, leads a demonstration against discrimination. |
| Date: | 01 20 1989 |
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| Description: | Centennial Tire Company, located in a historic gas station on USH 10. |
| Date: | 01 20 1989 |
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| Description: | A Skelly station located on USH 10 consisting of a historic gas station and a two-bay service building. Gasoline cost 96 cents per gallon for regular. |
| Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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| Description: | The Shell filling station, 341 State Street, as workers are starting to tear it down. The station, built in 1924 and at one time judged the second most bea... |
| Date: | 04 01 1925 |
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| Description: | Three men posing around a McCormick-Deering tractor in front of a Mobiloil station on a road. The tractor appears to be a 10-20. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A gas station attendant puts on his coat outside the White Grocery and Filling Station in Madison. A sign near the pumps reads, "Please Give Me Ten Seconds... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Triangle filling station on Highway 12, which sold gasoline, ice, and other items. A man stands in front by the gas pump, and a map of... |
| Date: | 10 07 1949 |
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| Description: | Three men are standing by a Dane County Police Ford station wagon during the Kayser Safety Parade in the 700 block of East Washington Avenue. Businesses in... |
| Date: | 10 07 1925 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the T.C. Power Motor Company parked along the side of the road near the sidewalk outside the company office. There is a gaso... |
| Date: | 11 20 1925 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the George H. Cross Company is parked in front of a filling station. In the background is a man standing near railroad track... |
| Date: | 05 10 1926 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the Saginaw Oil Company parked in front of a Texaco filling station. |
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| Description: | View down a main street with storefronts, showing large power lines stretching into the distance, and a hill in the background. There are cars parked in fr... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| 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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