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Waters Motor Co. Used Car Lot

Date: 03 19 1936
Description: Leon J. Waters standing in front of his used car lot at 746 E. Washington Avenue where he offered small down payments, easy terms, and good will. A small T...
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Chevrolet #10,000,021

Date: 11 23 1934
Description: Wisconsin Chevrolet officials celebrating a milestone in company history, the 23rd anniversary of the company. On that anniversary date this car was built ...
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F-20 Loaded on Truck for Quinn R. Barton, Inc.

Date: 04 09 1935
Description: C.L. McCumber, service manager, and Quinn R. Barton, president of Quinn R. Barton, Inc., stand in front of a Farmall F-20 tractor loaded onto a truck. Quin...
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Man and Woman Looking at Car Engine

Date: 1920
Description: A man and woman are looking under the hood of a car in front of a business whose sign states, "The car that is seen and not heard. The car you will eventua...
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National Food Store Dodge Award

Date: 01 18 1952
Description: Mrs. J.E. Stallard, writer of the winning sentence starting "I like to shop at National Food Stores because..." is shown with her husband, Professor Stalla...
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Gillespie-Blumer Motors

Date: 12 23 1953
Description: Lester J. Blumer (right), treasurer of Gillespie-Blumer Motors, Inc., gives the keys of a 1954 Chrysler Windsor to Harold W. Herne. Mr. Herne is purchasing...
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New American Motors Squad Car for the State Patrol

Date: 01 12 1959
Description: Mike Gilomen, an employee of Capital Auto Body, applies a state patrol decal to the side of the first American Motors Ambassador to be added to the patrol'...
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: After his success with the State Street and Pinckney Street car dealerships, Louis Schoelkopf built a new building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The constru...
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: View across street towards two men standing in front of the Schoelkopf dealership at 210 E. Washington Avenue as construction progresses on the three-story...
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Construction of the Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: View across street towards the construction at 210 E. Washington Avenue. There is scaffolding in front of the building, and Emma Schoelkopf is standing in ...
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Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership on E. Washington Avenue

Date: 1914
Description: View up E. Washington Avenue towards a group of four smiling people standing on the curb near the Schoelkopf Automobile dealership soon after construction ...
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Ford Model T Automobile in Front of Schoelkopf Ford Dealership

Date: 1915
Description: View along curb towards a man crouching in the street to add air to a tire from the pump in front of the Schoelkopf Ford dealership at 212 E. Washington Av...
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Ford Truck in Front of the Schoelkopf Ford Dealership

Date: 1915
Description: View from street of three men posing on a Ford truck loaded with wood boards. The truck is parked in front of the Schoelkopf Ford dealership at 210 E. Wash...
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Schoelkopf Mazomanie Branch

Date: 1920
Description: View from street of a group of three woman and one man standing in the doorway of the dealership in Mazomanie, where, in late 1919 or early 1920, Louis Sch...
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Mazo Motor Company Opening

Date: 1922
Description: View across street towards a large crowd of people posing outside of the Mazo Motor Company dealership at the opening in early spring. Behind the crowd are...
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Reliable Models

Date: 1975
Description: Two boys wearing jackets and knit hats are riding light-colored horses in town. Behind them is a sign overhead rows of automobiles that reads: "Used Cars....

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