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Tommy's Conoco Oil Station

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: Exterior of Tommy's Conoco Oil Station, 3116 East Washington Avenue at Commercial Avenue (aka Highway 30). Includes gas pumps, one automobile, and a Tommy'...
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Nagle-Hart Tractor Company

Date: 03 28 1952
Description: Nagle-Hart Tractor Company, 212 South Thornton Avenue. Repair shop showing several pieces of Caterpillar equipment being repaired by mechanics.
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Nagle-Hart Tractor Company

Date: 03 28 1952
Description: Nagle-Hart Tractor Company, 212 South Thornton Avenue. Interior view showing tool and repair department.
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Nagle-Hart Tractor Company

Date: 03 28 1952
Description: Nagle-Hart Tractor Company, 212 South Thornton Avenue, interior view showing repair department with men working on Caterpillar and Case equipment.
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Fire At Pyramid Motor Cmpany

Date: 03 02 1950
Description: Spectators watch as black smoke pours from the burning second floor of the Pyramid Motor Company at 434 West Gilman Street after a gas tank explosion that ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Chuck Dykman, shown with his parents Melvin and Ruth Dykman, signs up for the 1950 Soap Box Derby at Hult's Chevrolet garage. Don Knowles, vice-president ...
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White Brothers Service Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-110 truck owned by White Brothers Service automotive repair company parked near the opened door of a garage building. The original capti...
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Wrecked Car in Garage

Date: 12 21 1950
Description: A damaged car parked in a repair shop as a result of an auto accident at West Main and South Bassett Streets during a snow storm on December 7th. The car w...
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Chevrolet Dealers' Slogan Contest Winner

Date: 11 26 1951
Description: Ralph Hult, president of Hult's Capital Garage, Inc. presents a check to H.A. Habeck who won the Chevrolet Dealers' Association "OK" slogan contest that wa...
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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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John Tagget

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of John Tagget, the Used Car Manager at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street.
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Ken Tewalt

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Portrait of Ken Tewalt, the "Lubricare" technician at Caves Buick Company, 21 North Park Street.
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Bernie Fischnick

Date: 01 07 1954
Description: Bernie Fischnick is the Lubricare" Technician at Caves Buick Company, 21 North 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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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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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Larry Jacobson, the 1953 Madison Soap Box Derby champion, sitting in the Chevrolet Corvette which will carry him at the head of the 1954 parade. He is wear...
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Advertising portrait of Ole Olson. He is wearing a uniform and bow tie with emblem patches on his jacket and cap. He is holding a gas hose nozzle and is st...
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King Motors Personnel

Date: 12 17 1954
Description: Portrait of a man wearing a Lincoln-Mercury jacket, probably an employee of King Motors, Inc. at 1501 Monroe Street.
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Harvey's Union Corners Service Station

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Harvey's Standard Service Station located at 2602 East Washington Avenue (at North Street), featuring their dealership of Atlas tires. A car is pulled up a...
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Paint Blast at Pyramid Motors

Date: 09 29 1957
Description: Coroner Michael Malloy standing inside the blast-damaged Pyramid Motors garage at 434 West Gilman street and pointing at a paint can and hot plate that cau...

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