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Name: Fill'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations with Jim Draeger
Start: 2023-03-12
End: 2023-03-12
Location: Hosted by Model A Ford Club Wisconsin Chapter at Greenfield Park Lutheran Church

Sunday, March 12, 2023

2:00pm

Event is free and open to the public

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Hosted by Model A Ford Club Wisconsin Chapter at Greenfield Park Lutheran Church

1236 S. 115th St.

West Allis, WI 53521

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The Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau offers an exciting opportunity for our historians, curators and authors to visit your community and share the stories of our great state.

Fill'er Up provides a glimpse into the glory days of gas stations, when full service and free oil changes were the rule and the local station was a gathering place for neighbors. More importantly, Fill'er Up links the past and the present, showing why gas stations should be preserved and envisioning what place these historic structures can have in the 21st century and beyond.

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Jim Draeger, co-author of Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin's Historic Bars & Breweries and Fill 'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations, worked in the field of historic preservation and architecture at the Wisconsin Historical Society for more than 20 years, most recently as the State Historic Preservation Officer. From roadside architecture to Northwoods resorts, Jim celebrates the importance of ordinary buildings to our daily lives through his research, writing, and lectures.