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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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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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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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Gisholt Foundry

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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...
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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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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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Sierra BLW-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-RA Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Left side profile view of a Comet 7-RA air-cooled radial piston engine and a wooden Westinghouse Micarta propeller on a Sierra BLW-2 aircraft. A design of ...
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Sierra BLW-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-RA Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
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...
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Aircraft Manufacturer and 7-Cylinder Comet Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
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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Sierra BLW-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-RA Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Close-up view of 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...
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Bach 3-CT-4 with Comet 7-RA Engines

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Front view of a trimotor Bach 3-CT-4 manufactured by the Bach Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California. The company was formed in 1927 by L. Morton Bac...
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Bach 3-CT-4 with Comet 7-RA Engines

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Three-quarter view from front left towards a trimotor Bach 3-CT-4 manufactured by the Bach Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California. The company was fo...
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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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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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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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7-RA Comet Engine on Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Front view of a Alexander Eaglerock A-12 aircraft fitted with the 7-RA Comet air-cooled radial piston engine with seven cylinders. The fixed-wing plane sit...
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Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft with 7-RA Comet Engine

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of an Alexander Eaglerock A-12 fixed-wing aircraft fitted with a 7-RA Comet engine. The plane is parked on an airstrip ...
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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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