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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Farmers and Merchants Union Bank, designed by Louis H. Sullivan. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The Burke Depot during the move to the Droster store location. Built in 1884, it had been located on the Northeast corner of Burke and Felland Road. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | The 400 Cass Street gas station was first constructed in 1928 and later became a Pure Oil station, when it was reopened by Henry Ott, in 1937. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Clarence "Slim" Fritag's Pure Oil service station, located at 1323 Ninth Street, created a sensation in 1935 when the local newspaper announced that "an at... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | The Tudor Revival cottage-style station at 137 South Winsted Street and State Highway 23 was constructed in 1926. It features a centered gable above the en... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | In 1933, Lester Proksch constructed this striking filling station in the small river town, at 201 North Main Street. Less's Service was opened in July of 1... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Filling station built in 1927, at 148 West Chestnut Street, by Jack Hansen. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Alexander C. Eschweiler, a well-known architect in Milwaukee, designed this exotic station for the Wadhams Oil and Grease Company of Milwaukee in 1926. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Constructed of red brick and capped by a steeply pitched gable roof accented with gently flared eaves, this one-story station, built in the mid-1920s, rese... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Coca-Cola sign, hanging above the front door of the now Tully Realty Office. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | The simple, abstract, geometric ornament was easily and inexpensively cast in concrete block faces. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | A red and winged horse weather vane sits atop the Mobil station. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Built in the early 1920s, the station, with its tower, low rooflines, and decorative half-timbering, complemented the designs of the other resort buildings... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Constructed of a cream-colored brick, the vertical lines were embellished with blue glazed brick, likely meant to match the color of the Dixie Oil and Gaso... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the South Milwaukee Public Library. Sign on librarian's desk reads: "Low speaking will be appreciated." Signs on bookshelves read: "Natura... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | This building, on an entire block of Spaight and Brearly Streets with Lake Monona, was originally the governor's mansion for Leonard J. Farwell. The Farwel... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The two images show changes made to building after the Casper Jaggi building. ... |
| Date: | 2009 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Al. Ringling Theatre from across the street. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman sits on the grass reading next to a baby carriage in Fort Tyron Park. A brush-covered hill surmounted by a square tower rises in the background. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A piling of the Manhattan bridge from the foot of the bridge with a section of city skyline visible in the background and sunlight glinting of the East Riv... |
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