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Purcell Garage

Date: 02 04 1943
Description: Six Chevrolet automobiles (possibly taxies) and 10 drivers holding pledge cards outside the side entrance to Friede Storage Garage (previously known as Pur...
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Damaged Car in Schultz Garage

Date: 07 09 1941
Description: Three-quarter rear view from right of a damaged car in Schultz Body Co. garage, 1336 Regent Street. A mechanic is standing in the background.
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Eichman Garage Brake Department

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Man testing brakes on an automobile in Eichman Garage, 1307-09 Williamson Street, Brake department featuring Viscote system.
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J.A. Brady Garage

Date: 05 18 1933
Description: Interior of J.A. Brady garage and workshop, 1307-1309 Williamson Street. Five men in photograph. The car on the left has Savidusky's Cleaners & Dyers adve...
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Men Greasing Cars

Date: 07 01 1927
Description: Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: A mechanic spray painting a vehicle at Kayser Motors, located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Cultivating Tobacco with International Super A

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Description: Side view of a man cultivating tobacco in a field with an International Super A tractor. A house and other buildings are among trees in the background, inc...
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Destruction of Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 02 19 1949
Description: Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the...
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Danger of Gas Vapors

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man lies on the floor of a garage to repair an automobile at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The photograph was taken for Internati...
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Ideal Body Company Workers and Car

Date: 1934
Description: Employees of the Ideal Body Company sitting in and around a car.
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Ideal Body Company Employees

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Description: Ideal Body Company employees (left to right) Norbert Dottl, unidentified, Javie Neumeyer, Al Voight, and Harld Zarboch.
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Joe Dottl at The Ideal Body Company

Date: 1955
Description: Joe Dottl standing in the Ideal Body Company on Park Street.
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Gordon Loehrke's Auto Repair

Date: 02 09 1978
Description: "Gordon Loehrke's Auto Repair."
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Garage at Workers' Unity House

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Description: Exterior view of the garage at Workers' Unity House, founded in 1919.
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Mechanic in Truck Stop Garage

Date: 1966
Description: View from inside garage of a mechanic working down in a garage bay, and an Atlas Van Lines truck at garage entrance at an American Oil Company truck stop. ...
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Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: View down center of Main Street with cobblestones. There is a railroad crossing in the foreground. Service garages are on the left and right corners. Parke...
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Firemen's Parade

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of motorized fire trucks, horse-drawn fire trucks, automobiles and water wagons gathered on East Washington Avenue. All the vehicles are acco...
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Repair Service Garage Interior

Date: 02 11 1928
Description: Men are working in a large garage to repair trucks and automobiles.
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Farmalls in Blacksmith Shop

Date: 02 04 1929
Description: View across unpaved road towards Farmalls sitting inside open garage doors at the Harvey See Blacksmith Shop. Signs on the front read: "McCormick-Deering P...
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James Dresser Dome House

Date: 11 20 1953
Description: Exterior view of the carport of the J. Dresser dome home at 5126 Tomahawk Trail. The house is also known as the Thomas A. and Stacy H. Littrell House, the ...

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