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Premiered July 2007 on WPT. Three encores air this November. Buy DVD
Watch
clip
"The Oblong Box" » (length
2:48)
Source: Mobile Gas Station. Photo by Angus B. McVicar. Whi-29116
A brand-new documentary produced by Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) takes a look at vintage gas stations as icons of architecture, economics and pop culture. Buy DVD
Fill ’er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations premiered on Thursday, July 12 on WPT. Encore broadcasts of the program will air at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, 12:30 a.m., Friday Nov. 9 and 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23. Watch the program online.
Fill ’er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations is produced as a partnership of WPT and the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Podcast
interview
with Jim Draeger
Architectural historian Jim Draeger talks about his love of classic roadside
architecture and describes preservation efforts.
Learn more
Ready to hit the road? Explore the rich resources about historical
properties in the WHS Wisconsin History Explorer.
Transcript
Read the program transcript.
The project
Learn more about the Fill ‘er Up documentary and the forthcoming book.
Tell us your stories
Share your general or war-related Wisconsin stories online.
Look for the companion book of the same name by historians Jim Draeger and Mark Speltz. Pre-order “Fill ’er Up” from WHS Press.
Fill ’er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations is produced as a partnership of WPT and the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Funding for Fill ’er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations is provided by the Wisconsin History Fund, supported in part by contributions from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
