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Decorated International Heavy-Duty Coal Truck

Date: 1929
Description: International heavy-duty coal truck owned by Pocahontas Coal Company decorated. Placard on truck reads: "International motor truck. All steel shapes, plate...
Photograph

Morey's Flying Billboard

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him....
Photograph

Johnson Oils Billboard

Date: 05 19 1930
Description: Johnson Oil Refining Company billboard. "20 years of quality ... time tells!" Featuring Father Time holding an hourglass in the center of the logo for "Joh...
Photograph

Johnson Oils Billboard

Date: 05 19 1930
Description: Johnson Oil Refining Company billboard. "Dependable refiners ... time tells!" Featuring 2 different logos for "Johnson Gasolene, Time Tells": the one on th...
Book or Pamphlet

Felker Manufacturing Company Catalog

Date: 
Description: Catalog of the Felker Oil Equipment Company of Marshfield, featuring color illustration depicting a home heating oil delivery truck of their manufacture an...
Photograph

Grand Opening Gas Sale Advertisement

Date: 2008
Description: Advertisement for the Parman Brothers Super Service Station grand opening featuring their dad and the station he built.
Photograph

Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
Print

International Trucks Advertisement

Date: 1938
Description: International Truck advertisement featuring a color illustration of several International trucks, and the International Triple Diamond logo. Includes the t...
Print

International DS-300 Truck Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for an International DS-300 cab-over engine truck. Features a photograph of a DS-300 with 700-gallon Etnyre bituminous dis...
Photograph

Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar in the Oil Fields

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Caterpillar tractor at use in oil fields.
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar in the Oil Fields

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Caterpillar tractors for use in oil fields. The photograph on the cover shows two men using a Caterpillar tractor to ...
Map or Atlas

MWM Highway Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1935
Description: This blue lined map ("compliments of Black Eagle Oil Company") shows the major roads and cities of Wisconsin. The map includes an index, hotel and cafe adv...
Photograph

View of Gas Station

Date: 12 29 1928
Description: Elevated view across street towards a gas station on a street corner.
Photograph

Garage Automobile Laundry

Date: 11 22 1928
Description: View across cobblestone street towards a building with a sign that reads: "Garage, Day & Night Service, Automobile Laundry, C.W. Huber." There are gas pump...

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