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| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Shawano Municipal Airport and airport managers Jack and Dorothy Wussow. In 1954 the Wussows gave up cold weather flying to become managers of an airport i... |
| Date: | 03 14 1955 |
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| 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'... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Flying A service station located on US Highway 51 in Whiting, Portage County. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Corner store at Nora on Highway 12 & 18 near Cambridge which sold not only gasoline but also ice cream and soda pop for weary travelers. The Highway Depart... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Woman in polka dot dress is looking on as a service station worker checks the oil in her car. |
| 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: | 09 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Joe Cerny, owner of Cerny's Super Sinclair Service Station at 202 North Hamilton Street, wearing his Sinclair Service Station uniform. |
| Date: | 02 02 1950 |
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| Description: | International model L-190 truck used as tanker for Shell Oil. |
| Date: | 11 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man wearing a Pure Oil uniform. |
| Date: | 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Graphic from University of Wisconsin Extension Service Special Circular 20 showing progress in transportation and economics and posing the question "have o... |
| Date: | 11 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a large service station with three groups of gasoline pumps in front, located at 2629 West Broadway in Monona. The building has a sales ro... |
| Date: | 11 18 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Union Corners Shell Oil Station, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street, viewed from across Milwaukee Street. The view includ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Jung's General Store/Gas Station/Barber Shop. The station's sign advertises Sinclair brand gas. |
| Date: | 07 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Schmelzer Brothers D-X service station, from 1951-1968, a mid-century modern service station at 2620 Monroe Street at the corner of Knickerbocker Street. A... |
| Date: | 08 1952 |
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| Description: | A man backing an International LCD-405 semi-truck, with sleeper cab, to a quonset-style building. The truck is owned by the Miller Trucking Company of St. ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Night view of a Shell service station with Christmas decorations. There are tree branch swags on the building and on the poles and light fixture around the... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Color print of a view of Main Street. The Red Owl Agency is on the left, and a Standard Service Station is further down the street on the right. Cars are p... |
| Date: | 04 06 1954 |
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| 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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