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Sinclair Service Station

Date: 1938
Description: Three uniformed employees of the Sinclair Oil Company Service Station, located at 501 East Broadway, standing in front of the station's gas pumps. Two life...
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Severson's Service Station Beer Party

Date: 06 10 1936
Description: View across street of a large group of people posing in front of Severson's Phillips 66 Service Station, 2089 Atwood Avenue, during a summer evening beer p...
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Mitchell's Greasing Palace

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: Robert Mitchell's Madison service station, 529 University Avenue. During the 1920s service stations evolved from curb-side shacks to more attractive buildi...
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Farm Machinery and Automobile Dealership Storefront

Date: 1917
Description: View across unpaved road towards men, boys, and a young woman standing on a sidewalk in front of the storefront of M. Liebeler Farm Machinery and Garage. T...
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Richartz-Beilfus Implement Co.

Date: 1942
Description: Storefront of the Richartz-Beilfus Implement Co., an International Harvester truck and tractor dealership. At left is W.P. Beilfus, at right is T.C. Richa...
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City Cab Company Taxicabs

Date: 10 24 1935
Description: Lineup of 13 Ford City Car Company taxicabs and their drivers in front of the City Car Co., 601 - 603 West Washington Avenue. The view also contains Madiso...
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Shell Service Station

Date: 09 27 1934
Description: Man filling automobile at Shell Service Station, located at 2643 University Avenue at Farley Avenue. Another man is working on an automobile on a lift outs...
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Valvoline Service Station

Date: 08 22 1935
Description: Two attendants and several automobiles at the Valvoline gasoline station located at 999 South Park Street in Madison. This station is a good example of "th...
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Automobile Stunt

Date: 08 04 1933
Description: Arthur Santell is pulling three Pontiac automobiles, each with a man on the running board, with his teeth in front of General Auto Service and Henry Motor ...
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Turpin, Hiers and Pollard at Licari's

Date: 09 23 1932
Description: Three entertainers, Ben Turpin, Walter Hiers, and Snub Pollard, at J.R. Licari & Sons, 767 W. Washington. Greenbush Walter is filling Snub's cigarette ligh...
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Shell Service Station

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: Shell service station, with a male attendant standing in front. There are posters advertising the "Trader Horn" movie on the ground in front of the pumps.
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Texaco Racing Boat

Date: 09 28 1929
Description: Texaco racing boats on display at a service station, at 632 University Avenue. Next door on the right is the Wheeler Conservatory of Music at 626 Universit...
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International Model H Oil Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Driver's side view of a man sitting in the driver's seat of an International Model H oil truck owned by the Winona Oil Company. The truck is parked outside...
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"Jungle Yacht" Exterior

Date: 1938
Description: International "Jungle Yacht" parked at "Gould's" service station on the way from an International Harvester factory to New York City. Explorer Attilio Gatt...
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Seymour Corner Store and Gas Station

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of a general store and gas station operated by James Smith. Four people stand posed in front of the building.
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Rest Stop

Date: 1925
Description: A passenger bus making a stop at the service station of Gustav H. Schwalen.
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International Model F Standard Oil Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A man drives an International Model F (or 31) motor truck away from the Red Crown Gasoline auto-filling station. The truck was operated by Standard Oil and...
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Packard Auto

Date: 1931
Description: Two employees of Packard Auto in front of the service department office with a parked automobile.
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Ephrata Farm Supply Company

Date: 04 28 1928
Description: Several people are standing near the doors outside the Ephrata Farm Supply Company, an International Harvester dealership. Tractors are lined up outside th...
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C.V. Johnson Farm Implement Storefront

Date: 1931
Description: View across lot towards four men posing next to a cream separator in the garage doorway of C.V. Johnson McCormick-Deering Farm Implements, an International...

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