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Fill 'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations
Contributor(s): Wisconsin Public Television (Producer)

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 ISBN: 0870204254     ISBN-13: 9780870204258
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
OUR PRICE: $16.96  

Binding Type: DVD-Video
Published: July 2007
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Annotation: Fill 'er Up travels throughout Wisconsin to profile a number of historically significant gas stations - unique buildings that changed the way we live and have become symbols of various stages of the automotive age. Fill 'er Up is based on the forthcoming book of the same name by Jim Draeger and Historian Mark Speltz.

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BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Automotive - History
Series: Places Along the Way
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.41" W x 7.55" L (0.19 lbs)
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Vintage gas stations are unique buildings that changed the way we live. They are symbols of the automotive age, and icons of architecture, economics and pop culture. Get behind the wheel for a journey through Wisconsin to visit historically significant gas stations from simple shacks to homey cottages, exotic pagodas, and sleek service centers.

This documentary is a companion to the book Fill 'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations by Jim Draeger and Mark Speltz published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Fill 'er Up was produced as a partnership of the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television. Fill 'er Up was made possible by The Wisconsin History Fund supported, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
 
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