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Man Checking Automobile Tire in front of Service Station

Date: 12 28 1928
Description: View across street towards a man checking an automobile tire in front of a service station and garage owned by Charles Lawrence. A boy is standing with h...
Photograph

Madison — Parman's Super Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built by Clayton "Clayt" Parman in 1941, the service station at 3502 Monroe Street looks almost identical to when it opened more than sixty-five years ago.
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Milwaukee Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In 2001 the former Copeland Service Station reopened as a coffee shop in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. The restored building is located at 4924 We...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked at the Pennsylvania Oil Company filling station on the corner of State Street and Gorman Street. The "Trac...
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Street Scene ~ Hales Corners

Date: 1936
Description: View of a central business district, with an I.G.A. Grocery Store, a filling station, a Dodge car dealer, and a tavern. Automobiles are parked at the curb....

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