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Wisconsin Rapids — Sinclair Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Welcoming future customers to their new station, Carl Miller and Joe Walloch held a grand-opening in August 1940. The special: seven gallons of Pennant gas...
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Stoddard Service Station Detail (Coca-Cola)

Date: 2008
Description: Close-up of Coca-Cola sign, hanging above the front door of the now Tully Realty Office.
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Fond du Lac Service Station Detail (Art Deco)

Date: 2008
Description: The simple, abstract, geometric ornament was easily and inexpensively cast in concrete block faces.
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Kewaunee Service Station Detail (Mobil Horse)

Date: 2008
Description: A red and winged horse weather vane sits atop the Mobil station.
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Heafford Junction Service Station Detail (Windmill Ice Cream Shoppe)

Date: 2008
Description: The windmill structure continues to attract travelers, but not for gasoline or bait, but for ice cream.
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Genoa City Service Station Detail (Rooftop)

Date: 2008
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...
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Oshkosh Service Station Detail (Blue and Cream Tile)

Date: 2008
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...
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Gas Pump Globe — Phillips 66

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Gas Pump Globe — Cities Service Oils

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Willard Batteries Sign

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Gas Pump Globe — Shell

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Gas Pump Globe — Mobilgas

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Clark Sign

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Grand Opening Gas Sale Advertisement

Date: 2008
Description: Advertisement for the Parman Brothers Super Service Station grand opening featuring their dad and the station he built.
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Parman Brothers

Date: 2008
Description: Keith and Clayton Parman.
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Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Monty's Blue Plate Diner

Date: 2008
Description: Interior view of Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Red Crown Gasoline Sign

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Gas Pump Globe — Dixie Oils Gasoline

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.
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Phillips 66 Sign

Date: 2008
Description: Housed in the Northwoods Petroleum Museum.

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