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Retreaded Tires

Date: 10 21 1937
Description: Two men comparing a large retreaded General tire against a worn out tire at a Diamond gas station. Monona Tire Co., 128 S. Pinckney Street.
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Testing Front Wheels

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Two men test the front wheels of an automobile at Eichman Garage, located at 1307-09 Williamson Street.
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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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East Side Motor Co.

Date: 11 22 1934
Description: Two men are standing in the doorway of the East Side Motor Co. garage, 2305 Atwood Avenue, featuring Willard storage batteries, Pennzoil, and Eveready and ...
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East Side Motor Company

Date: 11 22 1934
Description: Two men are standing in the doorway of the East Side Motor Company garage, 2305 Atwood Avenue, featuring Willard storage batteries, Pennzoil, and Eveready ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright - Choles Crash

Date: 11 13 1933
Description: Long distance view looking south, of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1929 L-29 Cord Phaeton automobile and an overturned Choles Floral Company delivery truck, driven ...
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Gas Station Explosion

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: A worker is sorting through the rubble from the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street. People in the ...
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Automobile Wheel Alignment Machine

Date: 05 26 1933
Description: Two men inspecting an automobile on the RITE-Way wheel aligning and axle-straightening machine at Schultz Tire and Battery Co., 1336 Regent Street.
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Harold Smith Cleaning a Windshield

Date: 04 03 1931
Description: Harold Smith, University of Wisconsin football tackle, working his way through school by cleaning windshields at a Valvoline station.
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Harold Smith Pumping Gas

Date: 04 03 1931
Description: Harold Smith, a University of Wisconsin football tackle, is working his way through school by pumping gas at the Monroe Street Valvoline Oil service statio...
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Franz Haas at his Standard Gas Station

Date: 11 11 1952
Description: Franz Haas, sheriff elect, washing the windshield of a car at his Standard Gas Station, 318 South Park Street.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 07 25 1948
Description: Group portrait of sponsors of the Madison Soap Box Derby competition who will be cheering for champion Frankie Meyers at the international Soap Box Derby c...
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Droster's Filling Station

Date: 1939
Description: Lincoln Borgrud, in his work clothes, standing at the pumps at Droster's Grocery and Filling Station, 1438 Sherman Avenue. A child stands near a car beneat...
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Used Automobile Tire Display

Date: 10 06 1948
Description: A woman standing between a new Ford automobile and a capped and uniformed service technician pointing at a question mark covered window.
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Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ...
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Filling Up the Historymobile

Date: 04 01 1957
Description: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin's Historymobile at the Clark Service Station, 2631 University Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Tschudy (Jake and Irene),...
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Smilingest Trio

Date: 03 07 1949
Description: "There are three good reasons for the three beaming smiles shown. Jack Ihde, left, is smiling because he found $176 in cash and $310 in checks, returned th...
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The White Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1947
Description: A gas station attendant puts on his coat outside the White Grocery and Filling Station in Madison. A sign near the pumps reads, "Please Give Me Ten Seconds...
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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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Flooding at Nakoma Bus Stop

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ...

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