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An automobile with a trailer in tow is parked at a Cities Service gas station. The trailer is carrying the racing yacht "Black Point III" to Neenah, Wisconsin for the Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta. The station has a broad overhang and three pumps. There are signs advertising Cities Service Oils, Kool Motor Gasolene [sic], clean restrooms and refreshments.
August 15, 1931
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Loading the Boat
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Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta
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