Photograph
7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine
| Profile view of a 7-cylinder Comet air-cooled radial piston engine, designed by the Comet Engine Corporation on an unidentified make of aircraft at the Oakland landing strip. The photograph pictures the front end of an airplane showing a partial wing, wheel and strut, engine on nose and wooden propeller. |
| Image ID: | 133088 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 22 1929 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Oakland |
| County: | |
| State: | California |
| Collection Name: | Gisholt Machine Company negatives and photographs, circa 1900-circa 1960 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 7114 Box 2, Sleeve 11 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| This image is one of forty-nine photographs in this Gisholt Machine Company collection documenting the Comet Engine Corporation. Gisholt Machine Company purchased the the Comet factory in Oakland, California and moved it to Madison, Wisconsin in 1929. |
| Aircraft industry |
| Aircraft supplies industry |
| Factories |
| Outdoor photography |
| Airplanes |
| This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Collections Division. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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