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Pennsylvania Oil Company Service Station

Date: 01 17 1927
Description: Elevated view of cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and "Oak" Motor Oi...
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Showroom with Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 02 07 1929
Description: Showroom featuring the Special Delivery truck (center) that crossed the Sahara Desert from 1927-1928. There is a framed map on an easel on the left.
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International Motor Truck Dealership

Date: 04 05 1926
Description: International motor truck dealership and branch house(?) buildings. A wooden building has a small "International Motor Trucks" sign over the door. However,...
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Early International Truck Dealership

Date: 11 30 1925
Description: International service truck parked in front of an early International motor dealership owned by the Koval Motor Co.
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Capital Buick Co.

Date: 11 15 1929
Description: Exterior view across intersection towards the Capital Buick Co., at 754 E. Washington Avenue.
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Capital Buick Co. Machine Shop

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: The Capital Buick Co. machine shop, 750 E. Washington Avenue, with two mechanics repairing an automobile.
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Group Portrait of Volleyball Team

Date: 02 22 1928
Description: Gillespie Motor Sales men's volleyball team, with three men standing and three men kneeling.
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Gillespie Motor Sales Company

Date: 07 26 1927
Description: Gillespie Motor Sales Company, with used car building, 207 E. Washington Avenue.
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Mechanic Working on Farmall Tractor

Date: 04 26 1929
Description: Mechanic working on a Farmall tractor in the service department of the Scheler and Son International Harvester dealership.
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Service Shop at International Harvester Dealership

Date: 07 20 1928
Description: Mechanic working on the front wheel of an International tractor in service shop of the International Harvester dealership of Dan Pullin and Son.
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Delavan Chevy Dealership

Date: 1927
Description: Exterior view of the Chevrolet dealership in Delavan in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall. During the 1860s and 1870s the building was known as the...
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Pennsylvania Oil Company Service Station

Date: 01 16 1927
Description: View across State Street toward cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and...
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International Model S Moving Truck

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: The driver of an International Model S truck sits in the cab outside of a building marked "Garage" with a sign underneath reading: "Jim and Spuds Place - U...
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Chappell Implement Company

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: A man kneels to work on an automobile in front of the Chappell Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The sign above the building reads:...
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McCormick-Deering Dealership Display

Date: 06 18 1927
Description: Various machinery parts, cream separators and advertising posters on display at what is possibly the "Spring Opening" of the Walton & Sykes dealership.
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International Truck Dealership and Service Center

Date: 09 08 1923
Description: Desks are along a wall of windows in a shop area, while trucks are lined up on the floor behind them, possibly at the International Harvester Company No. 3...
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International Truck Showroom

Date: 09 08 1923
Description: International trucks a showroom lined with windows, possibly at the International Harvester Company service station No. 3. A display sign in the center of ...
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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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Auto Show Display in Window

Date: 1920
Description: An automobile on display for the twelfth annual Milwaukee Auto Dealers show. The show was held January 19-25.
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Rudolph Hokanson

Date: 05 13 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Rudolph Hokanson, Milwaukee automobile distributor.

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