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| Description: | In 1934, Cook and Brown Lime and Coal built a super-service station with Art Deco stylings at 420 Division Street, which was previously occupied by a small... |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Description: | According to the Minocqua Times, work on this yellow-glazed brick station, which stands at 329 Front Street, began in late 1931. |
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| Description: | This Art Moderne service station located at 202 North Cascade Street was built in 1947. With its dramatically curved facade, it undoubtedly grabbed the att... |
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| Description: | Gus Savera built his service garage along Highway 77 in the mid-1940s. It was constructed out of cinder blocks and featured bright blue trim. |
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| Description: | Since the 1930s, the busy corner on Michigan Street has been the site of a succession of gas stations that have continually evolved to reflect changes in t... |
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| Description: | This service station, located at 301 South Bridge Street, was built in Manawa during the late 1930s as new, more efficient station designs were constructed... |
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| Description: | Herman Hanson built this small rectangular brick station before the spring of 1928. Motorists would have known from the bright red tile roof that this litt... |
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| Description: | Welcoming future customers to their new station, Carl Miller and Joe Walloch held a grand-opening in August 1940. The special: seven gallons of Pennant gas... |
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| Description: | Close-up of Coca-Cola sign, hanging above the front door of the now Tully Realty Office. |
| Date: | 03 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Flooding along University Avenue at Shorewood Boulevard. Businesses in the photograph include Frenchy's Restaurant, 3302 University Avenue, and the Walter ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Gasoline Alley Garage. Presumably the inspiration for Frank O. King's cartoon Gasoline Alley. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Exterior view toward the store. There are two gas pumps in front, and trees and a lake in the background. Caption reads: "Log cabin store at Pine Grove Res... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | J.P. Whalen of the Continental Baking Company loads an International truck marked: "Hostess Cake" with boxes outside the Hilltop Market service station. |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | A gasoline station decorated with flags and pennants. Billboards are along the back fence. |
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