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Gasoline Station in Early Morning Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Street scene with a Shell gasoline station, the Kitty Korner Kafe, and a phone booth in early morning fog.
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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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Madison — Severson's Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 2089 Atwood Avenue, a former service station was successfully transformed into a diner — Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Milwaukee Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In 2001 the former Copeland Service Station reopened as a coffee shop in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. The restored building is located at 4924 We...
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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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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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Countertop at Monty's Blue Plate Diner

Date: 2008
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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Highway 61

Date: 1929
Description: View across road of a gas station and restaurant on Highway 61. There is a man in a pickup truck, and another man has his foot propped on the truck's step....
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Triangle Tourist Park on Highway US-18/US-12/WI-73

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Description: Exterior of a gas station/restaurant and the entrance to the Triangle Tourist Park.
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
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...
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Ferryville Street Scene

Date: 1930
Description: View down street with commercial buildings on the left. There are children on the sidewalk in front of the R.G. Seymour grocery store. Next door is a resta...
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Myke's and Sinclair Gas Station

Date: 1935
Description: View of Myke's Drive-In and a Sinclair Gas Station with gasoline pumps. Signs say “Trucks and buses travel 2 billion miles a year on Sinclair lubricants," ...
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Little Dutch Mill Restaurant and Filling Station

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of the Little Dutch Mill restaurant. The restaurant is designed in the style of a windmill. A sign on the lawn of the establishment reads, "ISO=VI...
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Mt. Victory Service Plaza

Date: 1962
Description: Exterior view of the Mt. Victory truck stop. An International Scout is parked in the foreground. Fuel pumps, a truck trailer, and the front of the plaza, i...
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Street Scene

Date: 1927
Description: View of intersection towards a restaurant and grocery on the left, with dwellings and other buildings in the background. A group of people standing posing ...
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Highway Map Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This road map shows automobile routes across the state of Wisconsin. Advertisements for various hotels are featured along the bottom edge of the map, while...
Postcard

The Great Flood

Date: 08 29 1941
Description: View of a flooded road with a truck and cars making their way through. Men are standing knee-deep in the water. A Standard Oil Station is on the left. Ther...

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