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Stone Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Stone Street. A car is parked in front of an auto repair store. Electric power lines run down the street, and a water tower is in ...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1920
Description: View down center of Main Street, with a gas filling station and garage on the left side of the road. Caption reads: "Main Street, Hazel Green, Wis."
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Auto Shop Interior

Date: 1925
Description: Three men standing in front of vehicles inside Theodore O. "Ted" Helleckson's first automobile repair shop in Madison, the West Side Garage, at 621 Univers...
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Newton's Garage

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Description: A view of a gas station, Newton's Garage, and a repair truck.
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Newton's Garage Service Truck

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Description: Providing battery service and general repairs, the service truck is shown outside Newton's Garage.
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Post Office

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Description: Exterior of a shingled post office/gas station with cars parked in front near the gas pumps. Sign in front reads "Socony" and a man wearing a white apron a...
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Students in Automotive Class

Date: 01 17 1967
Description: Charles Richter (foreground) works on an engine as William Pritzl (left, background) and Timothy Hendricks work on a chassis in a high school vocational ca...
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Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. Businesses line the street, including the Adams Auto Company Dodge-Plymouth, McBride Equipment Company, and McCormick...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1957
Description: Van Steiner (15 years-old) of Argyle, Wisconsin, the 1957 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, working on the steering of his Wisconsin State Journa...
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Interior of Ideal Body Company

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Description: Elevated view of cars inside the Ideal Body Company on Park Street.
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Joe Dottl at The Ideal Body Company

Date: 1955
Description: Joe Dottl standing in the Ideal Body Company on Park Street.
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Service Station on Park Street

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Description: View from across street of Dillman's Sunoco service located at 421 Park Street.
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Gerald Tifft Texaco Station

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Description: View from street of exterior of the Texaco Station located at 448 Park Street owned by Gerald Tifft. There is snow on the ground.
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Gerald Tifft Texaco Station

Date: 03 1970
Description: View from street of exterior of the Texaco Station located at 448 Park Street owned by Gerald Tifft. There is a dog sitting near the open garage door.
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Norman Tifft Texaco Station

Date: 02 1956
Description: View from street of exterior of the Texaco station on Park Street owned by Norman Tifft.
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Texaco Station and Sign

Date: 03 1970
Description: View from intersection of Texaco Station and sign located at 448 Park Street owned by Gerald Tifft.
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene in front of a garage labeled Dolloff Block, 1906. Men stand outside Moore Motor Company and J.M. Deeter & Son's Pop Corn Crispetts stand. A si...
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View down a street featuring a garage and Hotel Durlin, a stage depot. Landforms rise in the background.
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Auto Mechanics Student

Date: 1978
Description: A student using an engine lathe in an auto mechanics class at Indianhead Technical Institute. He is wearing safety glasses, jeans and an Ashland wrestling ...
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Raymond Alpin

Date: 1933
Description: Raymond Alpin, president of the Potter School District No. 3 PTA stands in the doorway of his garage. There is a large Firestone advertisement on the left....

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