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Boarded-Up Gas Station
March 10, 1981
Exterior view of a boarded-up Amoco gas station at 6731 W. North Avenue.
Clark Station
1962
Clark gasoline station near Brookfield, Wisconsin, which sold gasoline but not service work.
Checking the Oil
1956
Woman in polka dot dress is looking on as a service station worker checks the oil in her car.
Hodag
Hodag standing on a board balanced on logs near a road. There is a gasoline filling station in the background.
Gas Station
1930
Gas station. The Tudor-revival style of this station represents gas station owners' trend to adopt domestic architectural styles as they moved into residential neighborhoods. Also typical is the f...
Loading Milk Cans
1937
A man unloads milk cans from a Ford Model T pickup truck at a creamery receiving station.
