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| Description: | Gisholt 52" vertical boring mill. The machine has a turret head on the left hand side and "an attachment for crowning pulleys or fly wheels, capable of fin... |
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| Description: | Gisholt 22" Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "American Turret Lathe Mfg. Co. Patented December 26, 1899. Semi-Automatic. Warren, PA." The Pennsylvania... |
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| Description: | Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy typ... |
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| Description: | Standard Turret Lathe, "Conradson," by American Turret Lathe Company in Wilmington, Delaware, "Patented December 26, 1899." Gisholt was the first company t... |
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| Description: | Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy typ... |
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| Description: | Straight-on standing portrait of a Gisholt laborer in work apron, suspenders, boots and brimmed hat. Taken outdoors before a white sweep, he is standing wi... |
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| Description: | Portrait oftwo Gisholt laborers. One man is in profile and the other is facing front. They are wearing work aprons, suspenders, boots and brimmed hats. Tak... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of factory floor at the Gisholt plant, located in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of East Washington Avenue. There is a bridge crane, rows of work s... |
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| Description: | View of two workers pouring molten metal on the floor of the Gisholt plant. There are two massive chain hoists, suspended from a bridge crane, that are hol... |
| Date: | 07 22 1929 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of a Sierra BLW-2 aircraft, fitted with a Comet 7-RA air-cooled radial piston engine and a wooden Westinghouse Micarta propeller. Mo... |
| Date: | 07 22 1929 |
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| Description: | Left side view of the 7-cylinder Comet engine fitted to the nose of an aircraft under construction. The fuselage is standing on the factory floor. A work t... |
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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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| Description: | View of a loading platform by the railroad track at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400-block of East Mifflin... |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn harrow on display by the railroad yard platform at the first machine works plant of Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400-block of East ... |
| Date: | 09 24 1923 |
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| Description: | Several machinists (some blurred by motion) are standing at work stations producing component parts on Gisholt lathes. This factory is one of countless com... |
| Date: | 02 03 1916 |
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| Description: | Hand-operated Gisholt saddle lathe with 3 1/2 " spindle bore. The dimensions of these 21" lathes was 10'3" long and 3'3" wide, bearing the approximate net ... |
| Date: | 12 28 1920 |
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| Description: | This automatic turret lathe, photographed inside the factory shop in front of a sweep, was manufactured in 20" and 30" sizes. Produced by 1920, promotional... |
| Date: | 09 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Automatic saddle lathe in the factory shop. Promotional material for the Gisholt Machine Company states that "for duplication of machined castings and forg... |
| Date: | 12 1906 |
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| 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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