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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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Mill Street Looking South

Date: 1925
Description: View looking down street with cars parked along the curb. There is a team of horses with a carriage on the right.
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Smart Motor Company

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: The Smart Motor Company dealership located at 437 West Gilman Street, designed by Harry Alford. Signs in the show windows read: "Willys" and "Hupmobile."
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Gasoline Station

Date: 10 13 1963
Description: Gasoline station, with Standard Oil Products and Champion signs, in old false front building.
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Gasoline Alley Garage

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Description: Exterior view of the Gasoline Alley Garage. Presumably the inspiration for Frank O. King's cartoon Gasoline Alley.
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King Motors Personnel

Date: 12 17 1954
Description: Portrait of a man wearing a Lincoln-Mercury jacket, probably an employee of King Motors, Inc. at 1501 Monroe Street.
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Ford Garage

Date: 1922
Description: An automotive garage with a Ford logo sign affixed to the roof.
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White Brothers Service Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-110 truck owned by White Brothers Service automotive repair company parked near the opened door of a garage building. The original capti...
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Scene at Black Hawk

Date: 1922
Description: View from road of the Black Hawk State Bank, an automotive repair station, and a house. The Bank has striped awnings and a La Follette poster in the window...
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Interior of Bowar Bros. Garage

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the Bowar Bros. Garage. On two walls are banks of drawers and cubby holes for tools and parts. On the right are more shelves for tools. Am...
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Smart Motors

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: Willys car parked in front of Smart Motors, 437 W. Gilman Street. Signs in the show windows read: "Willys" and "Hupmobile."
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Beer Truck

Date: 1932
Description: A Ford "sedan delivery" truck owned by Feinberg Distributing Co. of Baraboo is parked in front of the Philbrick Ford Garage at 207 Third Avenue. "Blatz Bee...
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Riley-Bremer-Riley Garage

Date: 10 11 1930
Description: The Riley-Bremer-Riley Oldsmobile garage on E. Doty Street began as the Riley Livery Stable when horse-drawn transportation reigned and then transitioned t...
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Adams Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Jeff Adams is in the car repair and restoration business, as is evidenced by the many cars on the property. This property was formerly owned by the Ted Eck...
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$10,000 Garage

Date: 1917
Description: View across street of two girls standing outside the open garage door of a large, brick automotive repair shop. They are both wearing roller skates. An Ame...
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Man Washing International Truck

Date: 05 24 1937
Description: A man uses a hose to wash the tires of an International truck in the third floor wash rack at International Harvester's Manhattan truck branch.
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Trucks in Shop at IH Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Four trucks in the shop or garage at Chisholm Brothers, an International Harvester dealership in Snake River Valley, Idaho. There are tables with tools and...
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Wrecked Buick Sedan

Date: 03 30 1931
Description: Wrecked Buick sedan at Hansen Auto Body Co., 113-123 S. Blair Street.
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Madison Auto Wrecking Company

Date: 11 22 1930
Description: Madison Auto Wrecking Company, aka Schuster's Garage, 917 N. Livingston Street, owned Hyman Schuster.
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Pennco Station

Date: 07 24 1934
Description: Pennsylvania oil company gas station at the corner of 2 North Park and Regent Streets in the Greenbush neighborhood.

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