Gisholt Machine Company Railroad Yard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Gisholt Machine Company Railroad Yard

Gisholt Machine Company Railroad Yard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
View across railroad tracks towards the loading dock at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400 block of East Mifflin and North Dickinson Streets. One railroad car for the "Chicago and North-Western Railway" is standing on the tracks adjacent to a warehouse loading dock where there is a large crate. The car has been tagged with graffiti. A sign on the top of the warehouse designates the manufacturing company and its signature product "Turret Lathes."
DESCRIPTION
View across railroad tracks towards the loading dock at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400 block of East Mifflin and North Dickinson Streets. One railroad car for the "Chicago and North-Western Railway" is standing on the tracks adjacent to a warehouse loading dock where there is a large crate. The car has been tagged with graffiti. A sign on the top of the warehouse designates the manufacturing company and its signature product "Turret Lathes."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:135451
Creation Date:
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Gisholt Machine Company negatives and photographs, circa 1900-circa 1960 (bulk circa 1910-circa 1930)
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:Pam 18-44, page 38
Original Dimensions:4 x 3 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Half-tone reproduction scanned from the promotional publication, "Bulletins Gisholt Tools." For a retouched photograph, see also Image ID: 133388.
SUBJECTS
Cities and towns
Factories
Warehouses
Automobile industry and trade
Outdoor photography
Graffiti
Signs and signboards
Loading docks
Railroad cars
Railroad tracks
Railroad yards

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