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Pure Oil Company Service Sation
1937
Exterior view of the Pure Oil Service Station at the corner of 4th and Cass taken prior to 1937 renovation.
La Crosse Service Station
2008
The 400 Cass Street gas station was first constructed in 1928 and later became a Pure Oil station, when it was reopened by Henry Ott, in 1937.
Bill & Jim's Service Station
December 4, 1967
Bill and Jim Mahoney's Pure Oil Service Station located on Main Street (STH 13) in Wisconsin Rapids.
Waupaca Service Station
2008
Gray Czeskleba ran a hardware store at 206 West Fulton Street in Waupaca before turning exclusively to gasoline and oil distribution in 1925.
