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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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Madison — Edwards Super Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Edwards Super Service Station officially opened for business on August 16, 1930. The large complex, at 202 East Washington Avenue, represented an effort to...
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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 — Severson's Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 2089 Atwood Avenue, a former service station was successfully transformed into a diner — Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Madison-Shell Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The Shell Oil Company built this service station at 950 South Park Street in 1963. This large single-story service station featured the operator's office a...
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Stoughton Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The station at 480 East Main Street was built around 1939-1940. Despite having a string of owners, the building has experienced very little change in appea...
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Grand Opening Gas Sale Advertisement

Date: 2008
Description: Advertisement for the Parman Brothers Super Service Station grand opening featuring their dad and the station he built.
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Parman Brothers

Date: 2008
Description: Keith and Clayton Parman.
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Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Clark Station

Date: 2008
Description: Clark Station located at 1129 South Park Street.
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Countertop at Monty's Blue Plate Diner

Date: 2008
Description: Food not gas is now the fuel of choice at Monty's Blue Plate Diner in Madison. This former station once again serves as the lively neighborhood meeting pla...
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Hematite Fan

Date: 11 12 2013
Description: A hematite fan, approximately six inches in length, from the mineral collection of Ferdinand Hotz at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. This speci...
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Hematite Fan

Date: 11 12 2013
Description: A hematite fan, approximately six inches in length, from the mineral collection of Ferdinand Hotz at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. This speci...
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Azurite Malachite Nodule

Date: 11 12 2013
Description: A cut and polished azurite malachite nodule from the mineral collection of Ferdinand Hotz at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. Azurite and malach...
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Emerald in Matrix

Date: 11 12 2013
Description: A specimen of emerald in matrix from the mineral collection of Ferdinand Hotz at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum.
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Dogtooth Calcite

Date: 11 12 2013
Description: A dogtooth calcite specimen from the mineral collection of Ferdinand Hotz at the University of Wisconsin Geology Museum. The specimen is approximately thre...
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Construction

Date: 09 2013
Description: A skid steer loader is in the foreground at a demolition site, with a construction worker standing on the left surveying the site. Another construction wor...
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Farmstead

Date: 10 2013
Description: View across farmyard towards a silo standing in a corner made by two barn buildings. The barn is made of wood on a stone foundation, and is showing signs o...
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End of an Era

Date: 12 2013
Description: Across the street from Knickerbocker Plaza a wire fence separates a deserted automobile garage from the street. A sign posted on the fence by McGann Constr...
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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: Front entrance to the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained Transportation Services an...

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