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DX Service Station on Sherman Avenue

Date: 05 06 1959
Description: Exterior view of Ripp's DX service station, 2101 North Sherman Avenue in Madison. To the right of the station is a house at 1710 Winchester.
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DX Service Station at 2101 N. Sherman Ave.

Date: 06 24 1959
Description: View of a Mid Century-style service station with two service bays and a sales room. Three gas pumps and the trunk of a car are visible and trees stand in ...
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Service Station Attendent with Fotoscope

Date: 02 25 1960
Description: Harold Keller holds a Fotoscope which indicates when engine oil needs changing.
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Doring Lincoln Mercury Auto Dealership

Date: 03 1961
Description: Exterior view from street of the Francis F. Doring Lincoln Mercury auto dealership, 1501 Monroe Street. The business sells Goodyear tires.
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Dick's Service Center

Date: 1973
Description: View to the southwest from Broom Street toward Dick's Service Center, a Mobil gas station and garage. A large sign on the building behind the gas station i...
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Koch Motors

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Johnson Street towards Koch Motors, historically the L.A.A.W. Stables. Signs on the bottom of the garage door (on the right) read: "Sound ...
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Shell Gas Station

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Shell Gas and Service Station. The four service doors are open, showing men working on cars. A sign above the gas pump...
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Riley's and Shell Gas Station

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street, near the corner of West Gorham Street, towards Riley's Wine and Liquor Shop on the left, and a partial view of the Shell Gas Stat...
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Police Cadet Walks Beat with Veteran Patrolman

Date: 07 17 1957
Description: Madison recruit policeman Franklin Oswald (left) learns how to operate on the beat by walking with veteran patrolman Eugene Buchanan (right) on Post 33, th...
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Fitchburg Traffic on Highway 14

Date: 08 30 1958
Description: Telephoto shot of Labor Day Sunday traffic in Fitchburg on a two lane highway 14 near Clayton Road. Nineteen cars are north bound. Four cars are south bou...
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Gas Blast Demolishes the Kellor's Store and Garage near Oregon

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: A gas explosion demolished the Kellor's store and garage near Oregon. The blast was thought to be caused by a leak in the underground gasoline storage tank...
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Restaurant Remodeling Project

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Brewer poses next to artificial palm trees that are part of a remodeling project of the Red Rooster restaurant on East Washington avenue, whic...

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