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Shell Filling Station
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The Shell filling station, 341 State Street as workers are starting to tear it down. The station, built in 1924 and at one time adjudged the second most beautiful gasoline station in the United States, will be replaced by a modern filling station with three bays.
June 15, 1949
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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