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House at 1705 Sheridan Drive

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of the house at 1705 Sheridan Drive and the garage behind it shortly after construction. The house was built by Willard Droster. There is a dog o...
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House at 2702 East Johnson Street

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of the house at 2702 E. Johnson Street shortly after construction. An automobile is parked in the driveway. The house was built by Willard Droster...
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William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
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Dusk on 6th Street

Date: 2006
Description: Scene of 6th Street at dusk. WKBT-TV's satellite dishes visible on right.
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Hmong Trio of Children

Date: 2004
Description: Portrait of three Hmong children.
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Jessa's Last Co-Op Workday

Date: 2006
Description: Portrait of a woman, Jessa, with a red and black tattoo on her arm, posing in front of a white wall. Taken during her last day working at a La Crosse food ...
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Artist Gordon Hampel with Flowers

Date: 2005
Description: Portrait of Gordon Hampel standing amidst his flowers.
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At the Foot of Buffalo Lake

Date: 1904
Description: A view looking west over water toward the Fox River dam at Montello. There is granite riprap on the left. A boat with a small sail is in the background. T...
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M-2-4 Truck Fleet

Date: 1941
Description: Fleet of International M-2-4 trucks manufactured at the Springfield Works for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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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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El Paso Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Knute Bjornson originally built this house in the 1860's and in 1933, his grandson Cooney Bjornson reassembled the humble log building to house a gas stati...
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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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La Crosse Service Station

Date: 2008
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.
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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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Monroe Service Station

Date: 2008
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...
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Photographer at Port of Hueneme

Date: 1944
Description: E.A. Hunger of the International Harvester Company adjusting a view camera on a tripod to take a photograph at the Port of Hueneme military base. P.P. Pasq...
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Platteville Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: The brick building at 340 South Chestnut Street, was built around 1930. It resembled the house-with-canopy-type station commonly constructed throughout the...
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Prairie du Sac Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Felix Ohrlien's gas station, at 105 Water Street, was built in 1944-45 and is still in use today, however it is now owned and operated by Dick Ambrose, who...
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Rockbridge Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In 1926, the Cunningham family added a small filling station to the corner of their lot, where 1082 Main Street (Lodge Street today) intersects with State ...

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