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Christmas Card

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Description: Four-fold, copy art Christmas card made by Sid with two photographs of damaged commercial buildings after a fire. In one image, Sid stands on the slushy st...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of a gyroscope on a black speckled background with dashed white lines extending in six directions from the center. Lower right-hand corner...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of an unmarked delivery van. All corners are rounded and the cab is more flat-fronted on added overlay than original drawn underneath. The...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustrative pen-and-ink art showing ships on water. The panoramic view details different types and sizes of maritime vessels. Printer's annotations in gra...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Playful illustration art depicting a policeman in uniform with cap, hand raised to stop traffic, while blowing a whistle. Two boys wearing shirts, neckties...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art in black ink of a locomotive pulling a long line of railroad cars in a strong diagonal composition. The engine advances to the lower left ...
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Gisholt Commercial Art

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Description: Illustration art of American World War II soldiers walking single file on a wooden planked bridge with guide rope. The foreshortening perspective shows boo...
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Invitation to Ice Chippers Farewell

Date: 1957
Description: Invitation for Ice Chippers, an ice fishing club of Gisholt Machine Company, to a farewell dinner for Albert LaGrille. The cartoon shows warmly dressed men...
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Ice Chipper Annual Hookeree Invitation

Date: 1955
Description: Two-fold, imprinted invitation in red ink on white card stock to the annual Ice Chipper event. The cover graphic is a cartoon of a warmly dressed man expir...
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Gisholt Brochure Dummy — Pages 34 and 35

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Description: Layout of pages 34 and 35 for a Gisholt Machine Company promotional brochure. The drawing is rendered on tissue paper in graphite and yellow and black past...

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