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Automobile Crankshaft Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 08 20 1947
Description: Display of a 50-ton machine, developed by the Gisholt Machine Company, that will help speed up production of automobile crankshafts. W.A. Smlja, on the lef...
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Hudson Auto Co. "Motor School"

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Hudson Auto Co., 1134 E. Washington Avenue, holding a "motor school" to teach the use of Sun diagnostic equipment. Group of men in background, and front e...
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Box of Piston Rings

Date: 09 1946
Description: Box of Wausau Motor Parts Company piston rings, taken for Brock Engraving Company.
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Highway Trailer plant, Aerial View

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the Highway Trailer plant at Edgerton.
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Kayser Motor Inc. Stockroom

Date: 05 14 1946
Description: Slightly elevated interior view of the stockroom at Kayser Motor Inc., 701 East Washington Avenue, showing display tables and stocked shelves.
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Black Eagle Oil Company

Date: 10 17 1950
Description: Close-up view of the show window at the Black Eagle Oil Company, 1039 East Washington Avenue, depicting a display of winter-weight oil and automobile tires...
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Pyramid Motor Company Stockroom

Date: 05 02 1947
Description: Parts counter and stockroom at Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street.
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American Automobile Association

Date: 09 18 1950
Description: The American Automobile Association sponsored a campaign for safety at the fall opening of the schools with posters announcing "School's Open," displayed h...
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Used Car Super Market

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Exterior of the Madison Motors, Inc. Used Car Super Market, located at 1234 East Washington Avenue. Other businesses include the Clifford Motor Bilsie Dia...
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AAA Tour Cars

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the Americ...
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King's Korner Automobiles

Date: 03 05 1954
Description: An automobile parked in front of a Trachte building at King's Korner used car lot, 1102 East Washington Avenue. King's Korner is owned by King Motors Incor...
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B.F. Goodrich Store

Date: 08 02 1956
Description: Exterior view of the B.F. Goodrich Store at 801 East Washington Avenue. The store has recently moved to this location.
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Pyramid Motor Company

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: The "Parts and Accessories" counter at the Pyramid Motor Company, 434 W. Gilman Street. The design of the counter is of the Art Deco style.
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Advertising Photograph of Muffler

Date: 11 1949
Description: One of several photographs of mufflers manufactured by Nelson Muffler Company in Stoughton. In one of the photographs, a box is shown addressed to C.C. Her...
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Television Tower

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Television tower near industrial buildings and automobiles parked in a lot.
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Waters Motor Company Parts Department

Date: 04 27 1946
Description: Roy Riese, parts department manager, shown behind a service counter in the new parts department at Waters Motor Company, 802 East Washington Avenue.
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Meehan Motor Mart

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Exterior view of Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue, and the Jimmy Dodge Restaurant, 203 East Washington Avenue, and the H.F. Sharratt and Compa...
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B.F. Goodrich Co. Store

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Interior of the B.F. Goodrich Company store at 801 East Washington Avenue.
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A.H. "Art" Backus, Waters Motor Parts Counter

Date: 02 08 1945
Description: A.H. "Art" Backus recording inventory of parts and accessories at Waters Motor Company, 802 East Washington Avenue.
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Flatcars at Madison-Kipp Corporation

Date: 11 20 1945
Description: Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, beside the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks. Shown are three loaded flatcars on a si...

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