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Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd. The office was at 101-133 North Dickinson St. and these buildings were/are in the 1400 block between E...
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Thaden T-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-D Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a Thaden T-2 parked outdoors. Manufactured by the Thaden Metal Aircraft Company of San Francisco, California. The com...
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Thaden T-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-D Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Right side profile view of the front of a Comet 7-D air-cooled radial piston engine and wooden propeller on a Thaden T-2 aircraft. A design of the Comet En...
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Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger with Comet Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Left side profile view of a 7-cylinder Comet air-cooled radial piston engine and propeller on a Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger aircraft. A design of the Co...
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7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: 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 Oak...
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7-Cylinder Comet Airplane Engine

Date: 01 24 1930
Description: View from front of a 7-cylinder Comet airplane engine undergoing assembly. The engine is mounted to a wooden stand, located in a brick manufacturing buildi...
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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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Worker at Airplane Assembly Plant

Date: 01 24 1930
Description: View towards a factory man working at a plant that assembled Comet engines for aircraft. The man is standing at a desk fitted with instruments in a narrow ...
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Workers at Airplane Assembly Plant

Date: 01 24 1930
Description: View of two factory men at work desks at a plant that assembled Comet aircraft engines. They are sitting on wooden stools between Korn scales in a narrow b...
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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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Comet Engine Manufacture

Date: 03 20 1930
Description: View inside a 7-D Comet aircraft engine manufacturing and assembly plant. An engine with nose cowling, propeller shaft and cylinders is supported by an eng...
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Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft with 7-RA Comet Engine

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Right side profile view of an Alexander Eaglerock A-12 aircraft fitted with a Comet 7-RA air-cooled radial piston engine. A model of the Comet Engine Corpo...
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28" Old Type Gisholt Turret Lathe

Date: 08 14 1911
Description: Close-up of a 28" Old Type Gisholt turret lathe at the Packard Motor Car Company factory. This lathe machined a brake band support. The original envelo...
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View of a 28" Old Type Gisholt Turret Lathe

Date: 08 14 1911
Description: View of a 28" Old Type Gisholt turret lathe at the Packard Motor Car Company factory. This lathe machined a brake band support. The original envelope ho...
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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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Stutz Motor Car Co. Crankshaft Production on Gisholt Machinery

Date: 06 09 1926
Description: A worker is overseeing the production of crankshafts on Gisholt machinery at a plant for the Stutz Motor Car company. The Gisholt company logo is on the se...

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