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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 Cutaway View with Female Model

Date: 02 13 1930
Description: 3-D cutaway view of the mechanical substructure and configuration of a Comet aircraft engine showcased with a female model. The engine is partially encased...
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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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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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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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Machinists Using Gisholt Turret Lathes

Date: 09 24 1923
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...
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21" Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe

Date: 02 03 1916
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 ...
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Gisholt Automatic Turret Lathe

Date: 12 28 1920
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...
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Gisholt Automatic Saddle Lathe

Date: 09 03 1927
Description: Automatic saddle lathe in the factory shop. Promotional material for the Gisholt Machine Company states that "for duplication of machined castings and forg...
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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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