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| Date: | 05 19 1930 |
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| Description: | Johnson Oil Refining Company billboard. "20 years of quality ... time tells!" Featuring Father Time holding an hourglass in the center of the logo for "Joh... |
| Date: | 05 19 1930 |
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| Description: | Johnson Oil Refining Company billboard. "Dependable refiners ... time tells!" Featuring 2 different logos for "Johnson Gasolene, Time Tells": the one on th... |
| Date: | 07 13 1929 |
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| Description: | View down street towards 23 trucks and cars in a parade celebrating the completion of the take over of the Capitol Oil Company by Texaco, located at 919 Ea... |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | Back lot of the Capitol Oil Company, 919 E. Main Street. |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | A railroad tanker car is sitting on tracks next to fuel storage tanks at the Capitol Oil Company, 919 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 04 03 1929 |
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| Description: | View towards the Capitol Oil Company building, located at 919 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 01 16 1927 |
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| Description: | View across State Street toward cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A serviceman checks the oil of a car at the Madison Co-op Station. During the 1930s the cooperative movement in Wisconsin expanded its rural base to offer ... |
| Date: | 09 15 1949 |
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| Description: | The Grady Fuel Company, 218 Corry Street, buildings, with the company trucks parked on the street. |
| Date: | 09 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Grady Fuel Company, 218 Corry Street, displays its Mobilheat truck for delivery of oil for home heating. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Located at 1129 South Park Street, this station was built in 1964 by Clark Oil Company at an estimated cost of less than twelve thousand dollars. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Edwards Super Service Station officially opened for business on August 16, 1930. The large complex, at 202 East Washington Avenue, represented an effort to... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Built by Clayton "Clayt" Parman in 1941, the service station at 3502 Monroe Street looks almost identical to when it opened more than sixty-five years ago. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Located at 2089 Atwood Avenue, a former service station was successfully transformed into a diner — Monty's Blue Plate Diner. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | The Shell Oil Company built this service station at 950 South Park Street in 1963. This large single-story service station featured the operator's office a... |
| 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: | This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at 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... |
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