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Wright's Model For Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Springfield Corners, Highway 12

Date: 12 19 1931
Description: Springfield Corners view, with a Wadhams filling station at the crossroads, and houses and a garage.
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Springfield Corners, Highway 12

Date: 12 19 1931
Description: Springfield Corners, view from the west, with a filling station at the crossroads. There are houses and a store along the highway.
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Ray's Barbeque

Date: 06 30 1931
Description: Ray's Barbecue and Standard Oil Gas Station, on the Oregon Road (just beyond the French Village which was located at 2323 S. Park Street).
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Cities Service Station

Date: 06 11 1931
Description: View from street of the Cities Service service station at 828 S. Park Street, owned by the Blackhawk Oil and Fuel Co.
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Shell Service Station

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: Shell service station, with a male attendant standing in front. There are posters advertising the "Trader Horn" movie on the ground in front of the pumps.
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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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Fire Damaged Texaco Station

Date: 01 17 1931
Description: Fire-damaged furnace and pump room in Texaco service station.
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Packard Auto

Date: 1931
Description: Two employees of Packard Auto in front of the service department office with a parked automobile.
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C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station

Date: 1931
Description: View from across the street of the C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station, located on the southeast corner of S. 2nd and W. Washington Streets.
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C.H. Gerling Coal Co. Gasoline Station

Date: 1931
Description: View from across the street of C.H. Gerling Coal Co. gasoline station, located on the southeast corner of S. 2nd and W. Washington Streets.
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C.V. Johnson Farm Implement Storefront

Date: 1931
Description: View across lot towards four men posing next to a cream separator in the garage doorway of C.V. Johnson McCormick-Deering Farm Implements, an International...
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Street Scene

Date: 1931
Description: View down middle of street. On the left a man and two children stand near a truck parked in the driveway of a service station.
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Filling Station

Date: 1931
Description: A car parked under the overhang of a Mobiloil gas station.
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Hillsboro Filling Station

Date: 1931
Description: A man, two women, and two girls stand outside a gas station and automotive repair shop. The shop features a sign that reads, "Free crankcase service."
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Tourist Camp - Highway 12

Date: 1931
Description: A view of the Log Cabin Filling Station at a tourist camp. A garage for washing and greasing on the left. Two tall gas pumps. Lamps made of interlaced logs...
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Leyda's Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: Leyda's Service Station on the corner of Park Street and Olin Avenue. This service station was a member of the Wadham's Oil and Grease Company chain of Mil...
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Leyda's Service Station

Date: 06 1931
Description: Leyda's Service Station on the corner of Park Street and Olin Avenue. This service station was a member of the Wadham's Oil and Grease Company chain of Mil...
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Nettland's Roll Inn on Highway 16 — "At the Dells"

Date: 1931
Description: View from side of road towards main building of Nettland's Roll Inn, with a service station, restaurant and registration office for their campsites. A grou...

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