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Mitchell's Greasing Palace

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: Robert Mitchell's Madison service station, 529 University Avenue. During the 1920s service stations evolved from curb-side shacks to more attractive buildi...
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Morey's Flying Billboard

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him....
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Six Philgas Corp. Employees

Date: 03 17 1945
Description: Portraits of six male Philgas Corporation employees, five wearing uniforms and one in a business suit.
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Three Men Displaying Phillips 66 Bank Cans

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: Roy Bergengren, Earl Rentfro and another man holding display of bank cans with Phillips 66 labels.
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Two Men Displaying Phillips 66 Bank Cans

Date: 05 09 1938
Description: Roy Bergengren and Earl Rentfro holding display of bank cans printed with Phillips 66 labels.
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Jury in Oil Price Conspiracy Anti-Trust Case

Date: 10 05 1937
Description: Group portrait of 14 men chosen for the jury in a federal petrolium industry trial. On trial were 22 oil companies, 46 individuals, and three publications ...
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Valvoline Service Station

Date: 08 22 1935
Description: Two attendants and several automobiles at the Valvoline gasoline station located at 999 South Park Street in Madison. This station is a good example of "th...
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Capitol Oil Corporation Exhibit

Date: 02 12 1934
Description: Two men stand with the Capitol Oil Corporation display at the Madison Auto Show. The exhibit features "Tiolene Motor Oil," "Bowes Seal Fast," "Purol-Pep g...
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Coop Service Station

Date: 1939
Description: A serviceman checks the oil of a car at the Madison Co-op Station. During the 1930s the cooperative movement in Wisconsin expanded its rural base to offer ...
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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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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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Oil Week

Date: 09 26 1954
Description: Two men stand in front of a map of Madison with a document for Oil Week.
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: William E. Brobst, center, master of ceremonies, at a farewell dinner for 20 members of the Pure Oil Co. Madison office who are leaving the company or are ...
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Group portrait of four of the twenty employees staying in Madison with the Pure Oil Co. They include, from left: Knowlton Levernick, H.C. Hoff, J.M. Beveri...
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Texaco Super Service

Date: 1938
Description: A Texaco Super Service filling station owned by H.F. Bartsch on the corner of Park and Midland Streets. A home is on the opposite side of Midland Street. T...
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Leyda's Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: Leyda's Service Station on the corner of Park Street and Olin Avenue. This service station was a member of the Wadham's Oil and Grease Company chain of Mil...
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Leyda's Service Station

Date: 06 1931
Description: Leyda's Service Station on the corner of Park Street and Olin Avenue. This service station was a member of the Wadham's Oil and Grease Company chain of Mil...
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Retirement Luncheon for Wisconsin Petroleum Association Executive

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: Kenneth King, center, was honored at a luncheon for his retirement as the executive secretary of the Wisconsin Petroleum Association. Past president Don Co...

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