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Ontario Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Street scene with a gas station and restaurant on the left and parked cars on the right. Two men stand in front of the service station, and further down th...
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The Fiore Pennco Gas Station

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Description: View across West Washington Avenue towards the Fiore Pennco gas station, 202 West Washington on the corner of North Fairchild Street. On corner on the righ...
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The Fiore Pennco Gas Station

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Description: The Fiore Pennco gas station, 202 West Washington Ave at North Fairchild Street. There are five gas pumps, and on the left there are signs for Dunlop Tires...
Postcard

King's Gateway Inn

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Description: Color photographic postcard view across the parking lot towards The Gateway Inn. There is a Standard Gas Station next door.
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Hawkins Service Station

Date: 1940
Description: Hawkins Service Station, located at 309 Seventh Avenue. The station has a pagoda style roof typical of stations designed between 1917 and 1930 by Alexande...
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Kewaunee Service Station Detail (Mobil Horse)

Date: 2008
Description: A red and winged horse weather vane sits atop the Mobil station.
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Men Filling Automobile Gas Tank

Date: 08 1927
Description: Men filling the gas tank of an automobile at an "Indian Gas" roadside service station. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural ...
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Gas Station Explosion

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Onlookers stopping to look at the remnants of the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street, with a view o...
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Service Station

Date: 1925
Description: A large sign identifies the Deep Rock service station at 132 Fifth Avenue. Another sign advertises "Kant-Nock" gasoline. There are large piles of snow lini...
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Pennsylvania Oil Company Service Station

Date: 01 17 1927
Description: Elevated view of cars lining up at Pennco filling (gas) station at the corner of State and Gorham Streets to get free crankcase draining and "Oak" Motor Oi...
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Cochrane Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 402 South Main Street, Henry E. Kochenderfer's service station, which opened in 1933, proudly dispensed Phillips 66 gasoline from three pumps o...
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Janesville — Standard Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Standard Oil Company constructed this brick super-service station in 1930 at 101 North Franklin Street. Its Spanish Colonial-style details include decorati...
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Waterford-Phillips Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 100 South Jefferson Street, started out as a Phillips 66 service station, built in 1935. It is currently Uncle Harry's Frozen Custard.
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Molino Service Station and Grill

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Description: Interior of Molino Service Station and Grill. The building features a counter with stools and a dining space with booths. On the left, there are counters, ...
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Heafford Junction Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When Phil Kilinski built this unique Dutch Mill gas station six miles north of Tomahawk in the mid 1940s, he created a whimsical attraction that successful...
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Church Building and Service Station

Date: 04 21 1980
Description: Across a street leading to 51 is a parking lot with a single automobile parked in a lot near a church. Across the street to the left is a Shell gas station...
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Gas Station Model Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1930
Description: Model of a gas station from an exhibit of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright at the Layton Art Gallery in Milwaukee, which toured the United States between 19...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down a road towards commercial strip of town. On the right is a gas station and repair shop, on the left side are a restaurant/bakery, and a Chevrolet...
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Myke's and Sinclair Gas Station

Date: 1935
Description: View of Myke's Drive-In and a Sinclair Gas Station with gasoline pumps. Signs say “Trucks and buses travel 2 billion miles a year on Sinclair lubricants," ...
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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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