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Santa Claus Riding a Turret Lathe
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Composite drawing of Santa Claus riding a Gisholt Machine Company lathe as a sleigh and holding a starred whip in hand to guide a team of eight flying reindeer. At the bottom of the image is an aerial photograph of the Gisholt Machine Company plant on East Washington. The graphic is signed "SID."
1953
Boyum, Sid, 1914-1991
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W01444J
WHi 123640
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Gisholt Santa
Cutout drawing of Santa Claus made up of machine parts. At the top of his hat is a sign that reads: "Gisholt."
Drawing of Gisholt Santa
1963
Sketch of graphite on board of Gisholt Santa with different kinds of machine parts attached to his body.
Gisholt Commercial Art
Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe.
Gisholt Commercial Art
Illustration art of a hand using a control arm with a ball-end on Hydraulic Automatic Lathe manufactured by Gisholt Machine Company. White line over-image shows action of the switch mechanism.
Gisholt Commercial Art
Color illustration art of a man operating a lathe at Gisholt Machine Company. A photograph has been heavily airbrushed with color.
Design for Gisholt Machine
Mechanical drawing in graphite on transparent paper of an automated machine by Gisholt Machine Company for its Dyn-Aut-Ronic product line.
