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Temple Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: View of Temple Theatre Stage from front of house.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Backstage graffiti at the Independent Opera House naming participants in plays performed in 1936 and 1937.
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Grand Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Restored exterior of Grand Opera House from across street.
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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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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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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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Madison — Parman's Super Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built by Clayton "Clayt" Parman in 1941, the service station at 3502 Monroe Street looks almost identical to when it opened more than sixty-five years ago.
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Madison — Clark Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 1129 South Park Street, this station was built in 1964 by Clark Oil Company at an estimated cost of less than twelve thousand dollars.
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Janesville — Standard Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Standard Oil Company constructed this brick super-service station in 1930 at 101 North Franklin Street. Its Spanish Colonial-style details include decorati...
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Janesville — Sinclair Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in 1925 by A.J. O'Donnell at the cost of five hundred dollars, the filling station located at 720 Center Avenue was designed to resemble a house — al...
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Cochrane Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 402 South Main Street, Henry E. Kochenderfer's service station, which opened in 1933, proudly dispensed Phillips 66 gasoline from three pumps o...
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Darlington Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built in 1931 by the Iowa Oil Company, Darlington's Service Station at 404 Main Street was said to give the "impression of a temple or a college chapel, an...
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: View of stage and main floor of Independence Opera House from rear.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: View of Independence Opera House, city hall, clock tower and public library building from across the street.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: View of Independence Opera House auditorium and stage from balcony.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Independence City Hall and Opera House clock tower illuminated at dusk, including flagpole.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of replicated stencil work and molding in Independence Opera House auditorium.
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Independence Opera House

Date: 2009
Description: View of Independence Opera House Auditorium and from stage.
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Independence Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This service station located at 23923 Burrows Road (formally State Highway 93) was built in 1931, by Leo Breska. It now houses an auto-repair business, own...
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Mineral Point Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Manufactured by the Milwaukee Corrugating Company, Josiah Paynter's filling station at 110 South Chestnut Street was the first in Mineral Point.

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