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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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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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Two Managers Posing with Large Machine at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Two men in button-down shirts and neckties are standing in front of a large metal tooling machine in a corner of the Gisholt Machine Company factory. Large...
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Two Workers at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Elevated view of two Gisholt workers operating machinery on the factory floor. They are wearing t-shirts and jeans or khaki work pants; both men have rags ...
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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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Sid Going Through the Wringer

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Description: Sid in darkroom with a cigar in his mouth, rolling a miniature, printed cut-out version of himself through a photographic print wringer in a darkroom. Sid ...
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Sid Sleeping on the Job

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Description: Sid sleeping on the floor near a desk in the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth. His legs are crossed and his head is resting on a cardboard box...
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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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Gisholt Movie

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Description: Three men are looking on, one running the movie camera, as a Gisholt worker is filmed working at a machine. The three men behind the camera are wearing sui...
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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...
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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...
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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of a man standing by machinery is cupping his ear and listening to the sound of the machine at work. A kitten is sitting inside the machin...
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"Have That Automation Expert See Me"

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Description: Satirical ink-on-paper cartoon about corporate culture. It pictures a man holding a wrench in his hand is running on a treadmill attached to a machine with...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: Illustration art of two men in work clothes standing on a factory floor by a turret lathe and work benches talking about newly manufactured machine parts l...

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