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Upside Down Smile Sign

Date: 1959
Description: Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it.
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Mobil Service Station

Date: 06 15 1955
Description: Night view of Robert Blossom's Mobil Gas Station, 3702 East Washington Avenue and Highway 51.
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Tommy's Conoco Oil Station

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: Exterior of Tommy's Conoco Oil Station, 3116 East Washington Avenue at Commercial Avenue (aka Highway 30). Includes gas pumps, one automobile, and a Tommy'...
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International Roadliner Oil Tanker

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of an International Roadliner diesel truck delivering oil to the Thrifty Service station. The delivery crew is hooking up a hose to the tr...
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Mobil Gas Station

Date: 06 15 1955
Description: Night view of Robert Blossom's Mobil gas station, 3702 East Washington Avenue and Highway 51. Includes the Mobil red horse sign on a pole.
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Mobil Gas Station

Date: 06 16 1955
Description: Robert Blossom's Mobil gas station, 3702 East Washington Avenue. Background includes Mayfair Homes sign and Jacob's Mobile Home Sales, 3715 East Washingto...
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Mobil Gas Station

Date: 06 16 1955
Description: Daytime view of Robert Blossom's Mobil gas station, 3702 East Washington Avenue and Highway 51. In the background is the Club LaMark, and signs for Red Roo...
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Mobil Gas Station

Date: 06 16 1955
Description: Daytime view of Robert Bloxxom's Mobil gas station, 3702 East Washington Avenue and Highway 51. Includes the Mobil red horse on a pole. Background includes...
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Mobil Gas Station

Date: 09 02 1955
Description: Night view of Mobil gas station at the corner of Highway 51 and East Washington including station, gas pumps, one automobile, and a "Mobilgas" sign on a po...
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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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Mauston Service Station

Date: 1957
Description: Skelly service station, restaurant, and motel located along STH 12 in Mauston, Wisconsin.
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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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University Avenue Flooding

Date: 03 05 1950
Description: Flooding along University Avenue at Shorewood Boulevard. Businesses in the photograph include Frenchy's Restaurant, 3302 University Avenue, and the Walter ...
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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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Reedsburg Little League Baseball

Date: 06 15 1951
Description: A parade consisting of a band and baseball players is walking down Main Street to celebrate the opening day of Little League baseball in Reedsburg.
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Storm Damage with Trailers

Date: 07 08 1951
Description: Four people are in the foreground overlooking two storm damaged large trailer homes, one piled on top of another. They and the trailers are at Elver Traile...
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Railroad Tracks at Regent and Monroe Streets

Date: 07 29 1953
Description: Illinois Central railroad tracks at Monroe Street Castle & Doyle Building at Monroe and Regent Street intersection at 1512 Regent Street. The Wisconsin Sta...
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Harley-Davidson Motorcycles

Date: 1958
Description: Two Harley-Davidson motorcycles belonging to Lewis Arms and Charlie Caldwell are parked on the corner of Olin Avenue and Park Street at a gas/service stati...
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Norman Tifft Texaco Station

Date: 02 1956
Description: View from street of exterior of the Texaco station on Park Street owned by Norman Tifft.
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Main Street

Date: 1956
Description: "Main Street taken with a telephoto lens."

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