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Carl A. Johnson House

Date: 06 1913
Description: Residence of Carl A. Johnson, a Madison industrialist and president of the Gisholt Machine Company. Located at 142 East Gilman Street, Johnson occupied the...
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Carl A. Johnson House Interior

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Description: Interior of Carl A. Johnson residence, showing an adjoining library and sitting room with upholstered arm chairs and wooden side chairs, table, lace draper...
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Carl A. Johnson House Interior

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Description: Interior of Carl A. Johnson residence, showing ornate parlor room with upholstered furniture (couch, arm chair and side chairs), end tables, patterned wall...
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Carl A. Johnson House Interior

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Description: Interior of Carl A. Johnson residence, showing ornate study room with upholstered furniture (arm chair, side chair, end table and bookcase), handwoven carp...
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Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: 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 in...
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Construction of Gisholt Building

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Description: View of construction of the skywalk across Baldwin Street at the Gisholt plant, facing East Washington Avenue. Two workers, one obscured by a beam, are unl...
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Construction of Gisholt Building

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Description: View of workers and supervisors during construction of the skywalk across Baldwin Street at the Gisholt plant. The floor is covered in plastic. The renovat...
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7-Cylinder Comet Engines on Display

Date: 06 01 1929
Description: Two 7-cylinder Comet engines assembled with cams are set up on a factory floor. Supported in opposing engine stands vertically and horizontally, they are u...
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Comet 7-D Aircraft Engine

Date: 07 26 1929
Description: Straight-on view of the front crankcase of a 7-D Comet aircraft engine on a stand. It was made in front of a sheer backdrop inside a factory, with windows ...
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Aircraft Engine Corporation

Date: 08 29 1929
Description: Three-quarter view from across a road towards a factory building at the Aircraft Engine Corporation located on 9601 Russet Street, Los Angeles, California....
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines under the skylights. A Gisholt lathe is prominently pictured se...
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Interior view of a factory floor. Machinery by Whitcomb Manufacturing Company is in the right foreground, and a Comet 7-cylinder aircraft engine is in the ...
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 1929
Description: Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines, including Landis, Whitcomb Manufacturing Company and Gisholt. ...
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View of Lathes by American Tool Works

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Description: View of new turret lathe (center) manufactured by American Tool Works. It is standing on a factory floor flanked by other similar machines that are attache...
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Gisholt Turret Lathes in Peerless Auto Motor Car Company

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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. T...
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Gisholt Turret Lathes in Peerless Auto Motor Car Company

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Description: Elevated view of a room full of turret lathes in the "Gisholt Department" in a factory of the Peerless Auto Motor Car Company taken while the machinery is ...
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21" and 24" Gisholt Lathes at Willys-Overland Motor Company

Date: 11 21 1912
Description: View of 21" and 24" lathes on the Willys-Overland Motor Company factory floor. These lathes machined rear axle parts, which are piled at each work station....
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General View of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: General view of the Gisholt Machine Company newly constructed main office (center) at 1315 East Washington Avenue, a locker room for workers (to the right ...
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Back View of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: 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 buildin...
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Gisholt Sales Force

Date: 12 1906
Description: The caption on the back of this photograph reads: "Eight of the Sales force of the Gisholt Machine Company. (Refused!)" It was made by "J.H.N." A line of e...

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