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| Date: | 01 17 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and "Oak" Motor Oi... |
| Date: | 02 12 1934 |
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| Description: | Two men stand with the Capitol Oil Corporation display at the Madison Auto Show. The exhibit features "Tiolene Motor Oil," "Bowes Seal Fast," "Purol-Pep g... |
| Date: | 05 22 1931 |
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| Description: | Fiore Coal & Oil Co. window display in the First National Bank building, 905 University Avenue. The window features a model railroad train layout which is ... |
| Date: | 07 24 1930 |
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| Description: | The Texas Company Texaco motor oil booth at Engineers Convention. |
| Date: | 07 11 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a Texaco bulk station and storage tanks from across the railroad tracks at 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: | 1927 |
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| Description: | International SF-36 petroleum truck owned by Roxana Petroleum Company. The truck is carrying Shell kerosene and is parked outside an International motor tr... |
| 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: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A man stands in front of an International Model F (or 31) truck advertising Standard Oil Company's Polarine, "Burn Perfect Oil." American flags are mounted... |
| Date: | 04 26 1927 |
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| Description: | A man, possibly an International Harvester salesman, presents a can of cream separator oil to a customer. The setting is likely an International Harvester ... |
| Date: | 10 07 1925 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the T.C. Power Motor Company parked along the side of the road near the sidewalk outside the company office. There is a gaso... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | Alexander C. Eschweiler, a well-known architect in Milwaukee, designed this exotic station for the Wadhams Oil and Grease Company of Milwaukee in 1926. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| Description: | The windmill structure continues to attract travelers, but not for gasoline or bait, but for ice cream. |
| Date: | 01 14 1938 |
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| Description: | A man delivers gasoline to a Gilmore service station using an International D-40 truck. Gas pumps are in the background. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the O'Neil Oil & Paint Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of oils, paints, chemicals, and other supplies for tanneries and laundr... |
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| Description: | Roman Esser and Werner B. Esser stand in front of their truck. They are wearing work clothes. The truck appears to be decorated for a parade. A banner on t... |
| Date: | 11 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Advertising portrait of Ole Olson. He is wearing a uniform and bow tie with emblem patches on his jacket and cap. He is holding a gas hose nozzle and is st... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down road of the exterior of a general store. Men, women, and children pose near the three parked vehicles outside the storefront. One of the vehicles... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A Texaco Super Service filling station owned by H.F. Bartsch on the corner of Park and Midland Streets. A home is on the opposite side of Midland Street. T... |
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