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Union Corners Shell Oil Station

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Exterior view of the Union Corners Shell Oil Station, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street, viewed from across Milwaukee Street. The view includ...
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Triangle Tourist Park on Highway US-18/US-12/WI-73

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Description: Exterior of a gas station/restaurant and the entrance to the Triangle Tourist Park.
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Mineral Point Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Manufactured by the Milwaukee Corrugating Company, Josiah Paynter's filling station at 110 South Chestnut Street was the first in Mineral Point.
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Pulaski Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Located at 159 Pulaski Street, this house-style station featuring a hip-roof canopy, was built in 1925 by Vincent Zielinski.
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KR-11 Truck at Filling Station

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck and semi-trailer (semi-truck) parked near gas pumps at a service station. Original caption: "The truck shown is [this picture] at...
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Gas Station Explosion

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: A worker is sorting through the rubble from the collapsed Kleinheinz Pennco service station (Pennsylvania Oil Company), 702 S. Park Street. People in the ...
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Diamond Gas Station

Date: 05 31 1935
Description: Diamond D-X Service Station, 118 King Street. (Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp.) The view is across S. Webster Street looking up King Street toward the Wiscon...
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Monroe Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Clarence "Slim" Fritag's Pure Oil service station, located at 1323 Ninth Street, created a sensation in 1935 when the local newspaper announced that "an at...
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Mequon Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This contemporary station and convenience store was built in 2004 but harkens back to the early decades of the twentieth century when communities pressured...
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Wild Rose Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Herman Hanson built this small rectangular brick station before the spring of 1928. Motorists would have known from the bright red tile roof that this litt...
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Independence Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This service station located at 23923 Burrows Road (formally State Highway 93) was built in 1931, by Leo Breska. It now houses an auto-repair business, own...
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Stoddard Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: In 1933, Lester Proksch constructed this striking filling station in the small river town, at 201 North Main Street. Less's Service was opened in July of 1...
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Kewaunee Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This Tudor Revival-style Wadhams Service Station at 302 Ellis Street opened in 1931. The Kewaunee Enterprise proclaimed it a "very fine improvement in the ...
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Madison — Parman's Super Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built by Clayton "Clayt" Parman in 1941, the service station at 3502 Monroe Street looks almost identical to when it opened more than sixty-five years ago.
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Osceola Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: This Art Moderne service station located at 202 North Cascade Street was built in 1947. With its dramatically curved facade, it undoubtedly grabbed the att...
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Berlin Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Edward and Walter Biegick started with a tire-repair shop in 1918 and went on to operate a service station and large automobile dealership in downtown Berl...
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Milltown Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Built sometime in the mid-1930s, this unique station, located at 118 Highway 35, visually illustrates its ongoing changes and success over time as it respo...
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Furrier Manufacturing Building

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Description: Exterior of the Furrier manufacturing building. Nearby is a gas station promoting "Standard Oil Products". A Coca-Cola sign is near the entrance to the sta...
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Bellinger's Grocery Storefront

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Description: A man and woman standing in front of Bellinger's Grocery store and gas station.
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Kwik Trip

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior of Kwik Trip gas station on Cass Street.

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