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Man Reclining on Desk at Gisholt

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Description: Portrait of a man reclining with his head on his arms on top of a desk in the darkroom area at the Gisholt offices. Behind him on a windowsill is a desk na...
Photograph

Gisholt Sales Safari Lion

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Description: Gisholt Sales Safari drawing depicting a man wearing a suit and a safari hat carrying a briefcase on a stick over his shoulder. He has a hand over his eyes...
Photograph

Men Working in Gisholt Machine Company Factory

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Description: Group of men operating a machine suspended on chains attached to a crane inside the Gisholt factory.
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Gisholt G&L Foundry

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Description: View outdoors across yard towards two workers standing near the upper level of an industrial tower. The men are guiding a structural part in place on the t...
Photograph

Adjusting Gisholt Machinery

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Description: Two men making adjustments on a piece of Gisholt machinery.
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Gisholt Machine Company Demonstration

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Description: A man in a suit demonstrating Gisholt machinery.
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Sid with Group

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Description: Slightly elevated view of three well-dressed men standing together in the foreground, with the man on the left holding a camera over his shoulder. Behind t...
Drawing

Two Men with Machinery Attached to Outhouse

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Description: A man is standing on the left next to an outhouse which has been connected to machinery. The caption below reads: "This built in service unit increased our...
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Color illustration art of an overhead view of a man operating a Number 5 Ram Turret machine with a control panel. Metal shavings are scattered on the machi...
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Color illustration art of a machine operator working on a six-arm turret. He is wearing a billed cap and safety goggles.
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe.
Painting

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustrative art of machine operator working with a turret.
Drawing

"No Draft Press"

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Description: Cartoon drawing of a man standing in profile, sweating while working at a commercial pants pressing machine marked: "No Draft Press." He holds out a card t...
Poster

"We Dry You Out . . ."

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Description: Cartoon image of a man face-down and going through a hand-cranked wringer, with his face looking at a martini glass sitting in front of him. His tie and to...
Poster

"I Gotta Put My Self Through the Wringer . . ."

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Description: Full-length caricature of a man in a suit and a hat facing left. Possibly a self-portrait. He is holding a hand-cranked clothes wringer behind his back. Te...
Painting

Gisholt Lathe and Operater

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Description: Grey-tone painting of a Gisholt Automatic Lathe with a male operater standing on the right.
Painting

Operater with a Gisholt Lathe

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Description: A man standing on the left has his hands on the control panel of a Gisholt balancing machine. Graytone painting.
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Color illustration art of a man operating a lathe at Gisholt Machine Company. A photograph has been heavily airbrushed with color.
Drawing

"Keep 'Em Rolling"

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Description: A machinist on the left is having trouble with the machine, and is smoking a pipe and blowing smoke out of his mouth. The young machinist on the right is m...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Machinist cooling a six-sided turret head at Gisholt Machine Company.

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