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| Date: | 05 19 1930 |
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| Description: | Johnson Oil Refining Company billboard. "20 years of quality ... time tells!" Featuring Father Time holding an hourglass in the center of the logo for "Joh... |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | View towards the Capitol Oil Company building, located at 919 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 05 11 1933 |
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| Description: | Workers loading barrels of petroleum on an International D-1 truck at an American Petroleum Co. service station. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Two men pose with their International Model F (or 31) oil truck. The truck was operated by the Marshall Oil Company truck. A can on the back of the truck a... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Clarence "Slim" Fritag's Pure Oil service station, located at 1323 Ninth Street, created a sensation in 1935 when the local newspaper announced that "an at... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | In 1933, Lester Proksch constructed this striking filling station in the small river town, at 201 North Main Street. Less's Service was opened in July of 1... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Constructed of red brick and capped by a steeply pitched gable roof accented with gently flared eaves, this one-story station, built in the mid-1920s, rese... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Built in the mid-1930s by Clark Oil Company, this station was located along the city's gasoline alley with other gas stations, auto dealerships, and servic... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Located at 109 North Center Avenue, this service station was built by Sylvester "Sal" Spangler. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Located at 627 Main Street, Theo Bertin built this small house-and-canopy station hoping to transform travelers driving north along old Highway 51 into cus... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Coca-Cola sign, hanging above the front door of the now Tully Realty Office. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Constructed of a cream-colored brick, the vertical lines were embellished with blue glazed brick, likely meant to match the color of the Dixie Oil and Gaso... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | International B-180 fire truck used by Shell Oil parked outdoors. |
| Date: | 08 09 1929 |
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| Description: | Low angle close-up of the front side of an International oil delivery truck. The side of the truck reads "Quality Oil" and below is a logo reading "Gargoyl... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Toots Sullivan (on left) and Emil Picha stand in front of the exterior of the Toot's Standard Gas Station at the intersection of Mill Street and Prairie Av... |
| Date: | 11 10 1924 |
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| Description: | View across road towards men posing with oil delivery trucks in front of a large brick building, with a sign in front reading: "International Harvester." T... |
| Date: | 07 29 1926 |
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| Description: | View across cobblestone street towards oil delivery International trucks parked in front of a commercial garage. Signs painted on the side of the trucks re... |
| Date: | 04 26 1927 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a display window of cans of McCormick-Deering Cream Separator Oil, with cream separators in the background at a dealership. A sign painted... |
| Date: | 08 09 1929 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Gargoyle Mobiloil delivery truck parked near two railroad tracks. The sign painted on the passenger side door reads, in part: "Vacuum Oi... |
| Date: | 08 09 1929 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter rear view of right side of a Gargoyle Mobiloil delivery truck parked in front of a brick building. The truck has an Illinois license plate. |
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