Gisholt Turret Lathes in Peerless Auto Motor Car Company | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Gisholt Turret Lathes in Peerless Auto Motor Car Company

Gisholt Turret Lathes in Peerless Auto Motor Car Company | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
View of a battery of turret lathes in the "Gisholt Department" in a factory of the Peerless Auto Motor Car Company taken while machinery is in operation. The lathes flank each other that are attached to rotary belts, suspended from the ceiling. Several plant workers standing at their lathes in the aisles are blurred from motion. Hats and coats are on hooks on a wall lined with windows.
DESCRIPTION
View of a battery of turret lathes in the "Gisholt Department" in a factory of the Peerless Auto Motor Car Company taken while machinery is in operation. The lathes flank each other that are attached to rotary belts, suspended from the ceiling. Several plant workers standing at their lathes in the aisles are blurred from motion. Hats and coats are on hooks on a wall lined with windows.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:133340
Creation Date:
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Clevelend
County:
State:Ohio
Collection Name:Gisholt Machine Company negatives and photographs, circa 1900-circa 1960 (bulk circa 1910-circa 1930)
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:negative, original
Original Format Number:PH 7114 Box 3, Sleeve 5
Original Dimensions:7 x 5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This image is one of two showing this factory floor with machinery in operation. See also Image ID: 133343. The "Gisholt Department" and group portrait of factory workers can be seen in "Bulletins Gisholt Tools" (Pam 18-44: 43) in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Pamphlet Collection.
SUBJECTS
Windows
Coats
Hats
Factories
Automobile industry and trade
Manual work
Blue collar workers
Automobile supplies industry
Machinery
Indoor photography
Men

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