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Lawson Air Liner Tail Plating Attached

Date: 1919
Description: The plating for the tail assembly of a Lawson Air Liner has been attached. The cabin is completed, and the wing structure is partially assembled.
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Lawson Air Liner Plating Attached

Date: 1919
Description: Three-quarter view of the front a Lawson Air Liner after plating and glass have been attached to the cabin and the tail. Part of the wing structure is atta...
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Lawson Air Liner Tail Structure Close-up

Date: 1919
Description: Close-up of the interior structure of a Lawson Air Liner tail assembly.
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Lawson Air Liner Structure

Date: 1919
Description: The interior structure of a Lawson Air Liner sitting in a plant, probably in Milwaukee. The tail assembly (empennage) and cabin have been attached, and the...
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Lawson Air Liner Cockpit Structure

Date: 1919
Description: Close-up of the cockpit structure for a Lawson Air Liner, including the steering wheels and a chair set on boxes. The overall quality of the cockpit sugges...
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Lawson Air Liner Interior

Date: 1919
Description: View of the interior of a Lawson Air Liner from the rear of the airplane. Four men are sitting in the front of the plane, including two in the pilot and co...
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Alfred Lawson and Women Inside Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Alfred Lawson is sitting with three women inside the cabin of a Lawson Air Liner.
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Lawson Air Liner Interior

Date: 1919
Description: View from rear of airplane of passengers sitting inside a Lawson Air Liner. One man is standing and facing the cockpit.
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Lawson M.T.2 in Plant

Date: 1917
Description: A fully assembled Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) parked indoors at the Lawson plant.
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Lawson M.T.2 Fuselage

Date: 1917
Description: A Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) fuselage in the Lawson plant. The airplane is almost fully assembled, except for the wings, which are not yet attached. T...
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Gisholt 52" Vertical Boring Mill

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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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Gisholt Vertical Boring and Turning Mill

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Description: Standard type of Gisholt Vertical Boring and Turning Mills manufactured as 52, 60, 64, and 72 inches. Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy ...
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Gisholt 22" Turret Lathe

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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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Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe

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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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Standard Turret Lathe

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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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Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe

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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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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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