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An automobile parked in front of the West Side Fountain operated by John P. Stein and Joseph Scalissi with Borden's Ice Cream, Dr. Pepper, Pepsi and Royal Crown signs, on Middleton Road (2900 block of University Avenue), just before the entry to the Post Farm. Farther out is Lester Dingledine's Mobile Service Station. On the other side of the road there was a tourist cabin business run by Walter and Bertha Sullivan and James Fush's Texaco Service Station. Photograph taken for Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Company.
September 11, 1945
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Texaco Service Station
August 3, 1929
Texaco Super Service Station on Middleton Road in the 2900 block of University Avenue.
Roadside Milk Bar
September 11, 1945
Interior of Roadside Milk Bar with soda fountain, service island, and booths. The business was located on Middleton Road (University Avenue), just before the entry to the Post Farm.
K-D Texaco Service Station
August 1, 1929
K-D Texaco Super Service Station, 521 E. Washington Avenue at S. Blair Street. The business was owned by Carl A. Kessenich and Ernest J. Dupuis.
Kober's Root Beer and Ice Cream Bar
September 11, 1945
Kober's Root Beer and Ice Cream Bar, 2237 Sherman Avenue, with menu displayed on exterior and Coca-Cola, Borden's Ice Cream and Hires Root Beer signs.
Texaco Service Station
June 17, 1930
New Texaco Service Station at night, at 2846 Atwood Avenue. Owner Joseph M. Setzer.
Borden Dairy Float with Beulah
May 12, 1954
Station wagon pulling a float for Borden's Dairy on a trailer at the Governor's luncheon for the Dairy Foods Festival held at the Edgewater Hotel. The float is for "Beulah the Cow," who was the car...
