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Filling Station Robbery
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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 cash register.
November 4, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Filling Station Robbery
November 4, 1948
John Vasas, Milwaukee, arrested after he robbed the Fiore Coal and Oil Company Filling Station, 601 West Washington Avenue. He is standing in the hallway of the county jail.
Shell Filling Station
June 15, 1948
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 beautiful gasoline station in the United Stat...
Madison Fire Station Number 8
November 17, 1948
The nearly completed Madison fire station number 8, 409 North Street. There is a man on the roof holding a rope.
Anton J. Fiore
March 21, 1944
Anton J. Fiore, president of Fiore Coal and Oil Company.
Shell Filling Station
June 15, 1949
The Shell filling station, 341 State Street as workers are starting to tear it down. The station, built in 1924 and at one time adjudged the second most beautiful gasoline station in the United Sta...
WHA Radio Station
January 1948
Robert Wickhen, recording engineer, is cutting a recording at WHA Radio Station.
