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| 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: | The simple, abstract, geometric ornament was easily and inexpensively cast in concrete block faces. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | A red and winged horse weather vane sits atop the Mobil station. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | The windmill structure continues to attract travelers, but not for gasoline or bait, but for ice cream. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Built in the early 1920s, the station, with its tower, low rooflines, and decorative half-timbering, complemented the designs of the other resort buildings... |
| 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: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Parman Brothers Super Service Station grand opening featuring their dad and the station he built. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Monty's Blue Plate Diner. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Food not gas is now the fuel of choice at Monty's Blue Plate Diner in Madison. This former station once again serves as the lively neighborhood meeting pla... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Robert Broetzman's tribute to the history of gasoline. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | A man in a work uniform and hat is placing a wooden tray of tools into the back of an International pickup truck. The truck is parked along the side of a r... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man holds a coil of tubing while standing near the opened back doors of an International truck with Metro body owned by Bowes Auto Products. The text on ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man is driving an International W-4064-L owned by Eastern Washington Transports, Inc. up an inclined road. An elevated view of an urban area, probably Se... |
| Date: | 01 17 1938 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front of the Kinnan Brothers hay and grain dealers' store. Two automobiles are parked near the storefront. An International PD-80 ope... |
| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of an abandoned "Bonus" gasoline station. This station was formerly a Wadham's Oil and Grease Company station. The Wadham's chain, headquarte... |
| Date: | 07 22 1925 |
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| Description: | A large wooden classical revival style building with rear extension identified as the Dousman House, or tavern. "[It] stands a few miles east of Waukesha, ... |
| Date: | 07 1925 |
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| Description: | This substantial wooden hotel in the classical revival style has a large wing in the rear and another on the right. A wrap-around porch unifies the buildin... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | A vacated service station at Fish Hatchery Road and Greenway Cross. |
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