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| Date: | 01 06 1939 |
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| Description: | View from street towards two men filling the gas tanks of a car and truck at Jack D. Taylor's Super Service Station, 751-753 Williamson Street. This Art De... |
| Date: | 05 10 1926 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the Saginaw Oil Company parked in front of a Texaco filling station. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an abandoned "Bonus" gasoline station. This station was formerly a Wadham's Oil and Grease Company station. The Wadham's chain, headquarte... |
| Date: | 07 22 1925 |
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| Description: | A large wooden classical revival style building with rear extension identified as the Dousman House, or tavern. "[It] stands a few miles east of Waukesha, ... |
| Date: | 05 1981 |
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| Description: | View from behind Don's Gas Station, with tractors displayed on front, on Columbus Street. |
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