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Executives with Snapping Turtle
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Two executives standing in a parking lot behind the Gisholt Machine Company. The man on the left is standing with his hands behind his back. The man on the right, identified as Theodore Bare (of Gisholt Main Office Estimating), is wearing a three-piece suit and holding a snapping turtle by its tail. Bare reportedly caught the turtle at his cottage in Hayward, and it "weighed 28 pounds and provided 10 pounds of good meat for the freezer). Automobiles are parked behind them, and the side of a factory building is in the far background.
1953
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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WHi 121714
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Man Reclining on Desk at Gisholt
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 nameplate that reads: "Mr. Sid Boyum." There...
Man Standing with Gisholt Machine
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.
Composite Image of Two Men Standing in front of Gisholt
Composite image of a man wearing a suit standing in front of the Gisholt Machine Company entrance. He is looking up at a man scaled as tall as the building, and who is leaning against the front doo...
Gisholt Factory on East Washington Avenue
View of Gisholt real estate from the opposite side of the street. Over the door of the building is a sign that reads: "Gisholt Machine Co."
Operater with a Gisholt Lathe
A man standing on the left has his hands on the control panel of a Gisholt balancing machine. Graytone painting.
Retiree at Gisholt Machine Company
Two men standing, one on each side, with a man standing and holding a cane in an office at the Gisholt factory.
