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Adjusting Gisholt Machinery

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Description: Two men making adjustments on a piece of Gisholt machinery.
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Welder at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: A welder wearing a mask and gloves at Gisholt Machine Company.
Painting

Man Fishing in Stream Below Dam

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Description: Painting of a man fishing in a stream below a dam.
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Workers Pouring Molten Metal at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Workers pouring liquid metal from large cauldrons at the Gisholt Machine Company foundry.
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Gisholt Duke

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Description: Waist-up portrait of a mechanic at Gisholt. He is wearing work clothes, a hat and a pair of safety glasses.
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Men Working in Gisholt Machine Company Factory

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Description: Group of men operating a machine suspended on chains attached to a crane inside the Gisholt factory.
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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 Commercial Art

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Description: Machinist cooling a six-sided turret head at Gisholt Machine Company.
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Eager Fisherman Reeling in Trout

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Description: View across water towards a shoreline where an older goateed fisherman wearing hip waders kneels on the bank reeling in a large leaping walleye.
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Man Holding Northern Pike

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Description: A man wearing hip waders is standing and holding a Northern Pike in his hand near the open trunk of a Packard Ultramatic. People are standing in the backgr...
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Man Posing Indoors with Fishing Rod

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Description: A man sitting on a box posing with a fishing rod. He is wearing a hat, coat, and hip waders folded over at the knees.
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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.
Drawing

Hockey Player Sketch

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Description: Line drawing of a hockey player in full gear, holding a hockey stick while ice skating towards the viewer. The jersey is marked with a "W."
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Man Sitting in a Chair in the Water Fishing

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Description: View across water towards a man wearing a hat and hip waders sitting on a wooden chair partially submerged in the water. He is holding a fishing pole. A ma...
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Jim Taylor Fishing

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Description: View from bank looking down towards Jim Taylor fly-fishing in a lake. He is wearing hip waders, and is bending over and reaching his hand into the water.
Print

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.
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Purist

Date: 1965
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a fly fisherman standing and baiting his hook for his fly rod while standing by a stream. This drawing appeared in the <...
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Gisholt Machine Company Employee Pouring Molten Metal

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Description: A Gisholt Machine Company factory worker, wearing protective glasses, is using a wheel to position a large cauldron for pouring molten metal into a mold to...
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Typing Fisherman

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Description: A man wearing a straw hat, coat, eyeglasses, and hip waders is sitting on a log typing on a typewriter. A fishing pole is propped up on top of the typewrit...
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Man Pretending to Play a Fishing Pole with a Bow

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Description: A man sitting on plastic buckets in a store selling floor materials pretending to play a fishing pole with a bow. The man is wearing hip waders pulled down...

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