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Gisholt Machine Company
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Street view showing the back side of Gisholt machine works buildings located in the 1400 block at the corner of E. Mifflin and N. Dickinson streets. The intersection is of East Dayton and North Dickinson streets. The brick plant in the background, spewing smoke from a coal chimney, is Fuller & Johnson.
circa 1910-1919
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Gisholt Machine Co. Band
circa 1910-1919
Group portrait of the Gisholt Machine Company band. Seventeen musicians are shown in three rows.
Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe
circa 1910-1919
Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy type turret lathes adapted to finishing of me...
Back View of Gisholt Machine Company
circa 1900-1909
View of the back side of the Madison plant from across a dirt road, which is lined with a plank sidewalk and telephone poles, towards several plant buildings of the engineering works of Gisholt Mac...
Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe
circa 1910-1919
Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy type turret lathes adapted to finishing of me...
21" Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe
February 3, 1916
Hand-operated Gisholt saddle lathe with 3 1/2 " spindle bore. The dimensions of these 21" lathes was 10'3" long and 3'3" wide, bearing the approximate net weight of 6000 pounds.
Gisholt 22" Turret Lathe
circa 1910-1919
Gisholt 22" Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "American Turret Lathe Mfg. Co. Patented December 26, 1899. Semi-Automatic. Warren, PA." The Pennsylvania plant was the other Gisholt works factory...
