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Osceola Service Station

Date: 2008
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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Pence Service Station

Date: 2008
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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Sturgeon Bay Service Station

Date: 2008
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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Berlin Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Edward and Walter Biegick started with a tire-repair shop in 1918 and went on to operate a service station and large automobile dealership in downtown Berl...
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Manawa Service Station

Date: 2008
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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Waupaca Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Gray Czeskleba ran a hardware store at 206 West Fulton Street in Waupaca before turning exclusively to gasoline and oil distribution in 1925.
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Westfiled Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 627 Main Street, Theo Bertin built this small house-and-canopy station hoping to transform travelers driving north along old Highway 51 into cus...
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Wild Rose Service Station

Date: 2008
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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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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Wisconsin Rapids — Sinclair Service Station

Date: 2008
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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Stoddard Service Station Detail (Coca-Cola)

Date: 2008
Description: Close-up of Coca-Cola sign, hanging above the front door of the now Tully Realty Office.
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Fond du Lac Service Station Detail (Art Deco)

Date: 2008
Description: The simple, abstract, geometric ornament was easily and inexpensively cast in concrete block faces.
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Kewaunee Service Station Detail (Mobil Horse)

Date: 2008
Description: A red and winged horse weather vane sits atop the Mobil station.
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Genoa City Service Station Detail (Rooftop)

Date: 2008
Description: Built in the early 1920s, the station, with its tower, low rooflines, and decorative half-timbering, complemented the designs of the other resort buildings...
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Oshkosh Service Station Detail (Blue and Cream Tile)

Date: 2008
Description: Constructed of a cream-colored brick, the vertical lines were embellished with blue glazed brick, likely meant to match the color of the Dixie Oil and Gaso...
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Clark Station

Date: 2008
Description: Clark Station located at 1129 South Park Street.
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Gas Pumps in Grass

Date: 2008
Description: Robert Broetzman's tribute to the history of gasoline.
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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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Historical Society Leaders

Date: 2000
Description: Group portrait of the Historical Society's Board of Curators and management team.
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Copeland Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Copeland Opera House from across street.

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