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Transport Gasoline Station

Date: 06 25 1968
Description: Transport gasoline station on 8th Street (STH 13) in Wisconsin Rapids, looking northeast. A sign advertises regular gasoline for sale for 33 cents per gal...
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Mobil Station

Date: 12 04 1967
Description: Ronnie's Mobil Station located on Main Street (STH 13).
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Bill & Jim's Service Station

Date: 12 04 1967
Description: Bill and Jim Mahoney's Pure Oil Service Station located on Main Street (STH 13) in Wisconsin Rapids.
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Standard Oil Station

Date: 12 12 1966
Description: Standard Oil station.
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Quonset Hut-Style Service Station

Date: 12 12 1966
Description: Texaco Oil service station, apparently built from a war surplus quonset hut-style building.
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Nora Store and Service Station

Date: 1953
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...
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Lost in Madison

Date: 1965
Description: A family of travelers in a convertible asks directions of a gasoline attendant at a rest stop near Madison.
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Black Earth Wisconsin, Penco Filling Station

Date: 1929
Description: The Penco Filling Station in Black Earth. Wisconsin. Entrances to the ladies rest rooms in the service stations of this period were typically outside the ...
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Gas Station

Date: 1930
Description: Gas station. The Tudor-revival style of this station represents gas station owners' trend to adopt domestic architectural styles as they moved into residen...
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Mayville Buick Dealer

Date: 11 12 1981
Description: The Crescent Garage. Although the photograph dates from 1981, the curb-side gas pumps are a throwback to the early days of gas stations. The Crescent Garag...
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Clark Station

Date: 1962
Description: Clark gasoline station near Brookfield, Wisconsin, which sold gasoline but not service work.
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Cities Service Oil Company Explosion

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Man standing on bulk tanks at Cities Service Oil Company Plant, 815 East Main Street, where an explosion killed welder Harold Michelson.
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Sinclair Gas Station

Date: 
Description: Exterior of Sinclair gas station on Highway 12, owned by Martin Platt.
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Olson Buildings

Date: 1937
Description: Corner of Broadway and Superior, with Texaco station and Olson Boat Ticket kiosk.
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Dane County Oil Company Explosion

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Exterior view of Dane County Oil Company, 1854 South Park Street, following an explosion of an anti-freeze can which killed one person and injured five.
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Park Street

Date: 1948
Description: Park Street at Olin Avenue, looking south. On the left is Moore's Super Service Gas Station and an eatery. On the right are residential homes.
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Landscaping at Gas Station

Date: 08 1930
Description: View from road of the landscaping in front of a Texaco gas station located on 83rd and Stoney Island.
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Pure Oil Company Service Sation

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of the Pure Oil Service Station at the corner of 4th and Cass taken prior to 1937 renovation.
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Pure Oil Service Station

Date: 1937
Description: Exterior view of the Pure Oil Service Station at 4th and Cass taken after the 1937 renovation.
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Unloading Barrels from a McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 09 20 1924
Description: Men unloading barrels from a trailer pulled by a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. The tractor was owned by the San Diego Consolidated Gas and El...

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