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Sid in Printing Room

Date: 12 1968
Description: Sid poses rakishly in the printing room near the darkroom at Gisholt Machine Company. He is wearing a long-sleeved white shirt with a patterned bow tie. A ...
Painting

Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of eleven men in business suits and hats, showing head and shoulders in an "S" curve. They are all smiling against a white background.
Drawing

Gisholt Closed by G&L

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Description: Political flyer by Sid that reads: "Dedicated to high salaried no dividend corporations." Below is an illustration of a pig wearing a suit and tie, holdin...
Photograph

40 Year Fauerbach Employees

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Description: Group portrait of employees of Fauerbach Brewing Company who served the business for 40 years. From left to right are Karl Fauerbach, Alfred Christensen, J...
Photograph

General Beverage Employees

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: Two General Beverage Sales Co. employees. One man is sitting behind a desk, and the other man is looking over his shoulder.
Photograph

Gisholt Machine Company Plant

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Description: Elevated view of factory floor at the Gisholt plant, located in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of East Washington Avenue. There is a bridge crane, rows of work s...
Photograph

Workers at Airplane Assembly Plant

Date: 01 24 1930
Description: View of two factory men at work desks at a plant that assembled Comet aircraft engines. They are sitting on wooden stools between Korn scales in a narrow b...
Photograph

Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They...
Photograph

Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Harold Evans launching a weather balloon from the pilot balloon shelter on top of the Truax Field control tower.
Photograph

Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Edward C. Waffle, in charge of the tower for the Air Force, is talking with a pilot from the Truax Field control tower by speaking into a handheld radio tr...
Photograph

Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: From the observation window, G.M. Femrite is fixing his binocular field glasses on an incoming plane at the Truax Field control tower.
Photograph

Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Monitoring the outgoing mail are (left to right): William C. Davis, assistant superintendent, George Gauke, superintendent, and William Vaeble. They are in...
Photograph

Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Katherine Quilliam (left), chief operator of unit No. 1 at the Madison office of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, interviews Mrs. Viola Cook for a position...
Photograph

Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Operator Pat Stephenson (left) receives instruction from Mrs. Vivian Meicher, a supervisor at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, who is wearing a headset. Th...
Photograph

Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: A group of people working at desks. One of these operators responds when someone dials for information. Most of their work is to provide telephone numbers ...
Photograph

Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Architect's representative Rod Lindwall checking over plans at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue. He is using what a...
Photograph

Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Checking over blueprint plan details at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue are Cy Perkins, George Lehmann, and Robert...
Photograph

Portrait of Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 07 01 1930
Description: Full-length portrait of a man standing outdoors on a lawn near a sidewalk. He is wearing a suit, eyeglasses, and is leaning on a cane he is holding in his ...
Photograph

Portrait of Man Standing Outdoors

Date: 02 15 1933
Description: Full-length portrait of a well-dressed man standing outdoors. He is wearing a hat, eyeglasses, three-quarter length coat, gloves and a scarf. Behind him is...
Photograph

Jacobsen Manufacturing Co. Stockholders' Meeting

Date: 12 18 1968
Description: A group of men in suits are sitting on folding chairs, looking off-camera. One man is taking notes. Some of the men have briefcases next to their chairs. C...

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