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Nagle-Hart Co. Machine Shop

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A workman grinds a cylinder head at Nagle-Hart Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Chippewa County Rock Crusher

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Men posing in front of a rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street.
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: A crushing machine is displayed as part of a Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit on Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Blvd.).
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Automobile Crankshaft Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 08 20 1947
Description: Display of a 50-ton machine, developed by the Gisholt Machine Company, that will help speed up production of automobile crankshafts. W.A. Smlja, on the lef...
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Gisholt Employees Donate to Good Neighbor Fund

Date: 09 16 1950
Description: George H. Johnson (left), Gisholt Machine Company president, and Stanley Prideaux (center), president of the United Steelworkers of America, congratulate F...
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Stan Prideaux

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Indoor portrait of Stanley Prideaux, president of the Dane County CIO Council and president of Local 1404 United Steel Workers at Gisholt, the second large...
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Interior View of Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Interior view of Gisholt Machine Company. Two men are standing next to large machinery, marked with the name "GRAY."
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Grinding Wheel at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Close-up of an industrial grinding wheel throwing sparks at the Gisholt Machine Company.
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Gisholt Milling Machine

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Description: Elevated view of a milling machine inside the Gisholt Machine Company. A male employee on the left is working with the machine.
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Gisholt Balancing Machine

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Description: Gisholt Dyanetric Type U Balancing Machine? Label pasted in bottom right corner reads "Type U Between Center Checking Machine."
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Gisholt Static Balancer

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Description: Drill press and static balancer set up in front of a dark backdrop. The factory ceiling is in the upper background. A plate on the front of the balancer re...
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UJP Compressor Turbine

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Description: UJP Compressor Turbine by Gisholt Machine Company.
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Dynetric 3U Balancer

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Description: A male employee standing at a machine. The caption along the left reads: "No. 9274A/Balancing a crankshaft in a Dynetric 3U Balancer." Gisholt Machine Comp...
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13S Rayon Spinner

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Description: Commercial / industrial 13S Rayon Spinner set up on a dark backdrop.
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Gisholt Pump Impeller

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Description: 1S Pump Impeller disassembled on tabletop with dark draped background.
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Machinery at Gisholt

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Description: Machinery in the Gisholt factory. In the back of the room men are working with some of the machinery.
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Gisholt Machinery at Factory

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Description: A large machine indoors at the Gisholt factory.
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Man Standing with Gisholt Machine

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Description: A man is standing and holding a part on top of a large piece of machinery inside the Gisholt factory. Behind him machinery parts are stored on shelving.
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Interior of Gisholt Factory

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Description: Interior view of the Gisholt factory, with exposed steel beams and large windows along the brick walls. On the left chains hang from hooks attached to beam...
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Man Welding Machine at Gisholt Factory

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Description: A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine.

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