Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 24

Painting

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Illustrative art of machine operator working with a turret.
Drawing

Man Holding Shovel Behind Elephant

Date: 
Description: A man dressed in overalls is holding a spade behind a sweating elephant, waiting for the elephant to defecate. A caption below, very faint, reads: "Let's W...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Machinist cooling a six-sided turret head at Gisholt Machine Company.
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Illustration art of an engineer wearing work clothes and introducing a Gisholt Machine Company turret lathe.
Drawing

"Balanced Performace"

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of men working on the assembly line at Rayovac. The title is "Balanced Performance." Written in pencil on parts of the drawing are "Pitch," "...
Photograph

Man Posing in Sid's Kitchen

Date: 
Description: A man is posing in profile in Sid's kitchen, carrying a bucket in his left hand and holding a towel over his right shoulder. On the wall in the background ...
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Color illustration art of a machine operator working on a six-arm turret. He is wearing a billed cap and safety goggles.
Print

"Wishing You 9 Lives" Birthday Card

Date: 
Description: Four-fold, copy art birthday card with a photograph of a cat on the front cover, with the caption: "Wishing You 9 Lives." Inside spread of a photograph of ...
Photograph

Ducks Unlimited Chefs

Date: 
Description: Two chefs for a Ducks Unlimited dinner standing and posing for a portrait. Men are sitting on a couch on the left under a large painting of ducks. People a...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Color illustration art of a man operating a lathe at Gisholt Machine Company. A photograph has been heavily airbrushed with color.
Drawing

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Illustration art of a man standing by machinery is cupping his ear and listening to the sound of the machine at work. A kitten is sitting inside the machin...
Drawing

"Have That Automation Expert See Me"

Date: 
Description: Satirical ink-on-paper cartoon about corporate culture. It pictures a man holding a wrench in his hand is running on a treadmill attached to a machine with...
Photograph

Gisholt Movie

Date: 
Description: Three men are looking on, one running the movie camera, as a Gisholt worker is filmed working at a machine. The three men behind the camera are wearing sui...
Print

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Color illustration art of an overhead view of a man operating a Number 5 Ram Turret machine with a control panel. Metal shavings are scattered on the machi...
Drawing

Business is Picking Up!

Date: 
Description: View of a factory and a smokestack. There is a cutaway through the wall, showing a man sitting in a chair in front of a No Smoking sign. The man is smoking...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 07 01 1952
Description: Illustration art of two men in work clothes standing on a factory floor by a turret lathe and work benches talking about newly manufactured machine parts l...
Drawing

"This Isn't a Tunnel!"

Date: 1941
Description: Drawing of a railroad employee standing on a handcar on the tracks painting the surface of a "tunnel" with a brush. Another man is looking at him with a ha...
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season

Date: 1968
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing titled, "Today and Tomorrow — The Fisherman's Myth Never Flounders," that appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal on...
Photograph

Gisholt Commercial Art

Date: 
Description: Illustration art of two female factory workers speaking to each other. The woman on the left is in three-quarter view. She has her arm raised with index fi...
Photograph

Gisholt Commerical Art

Date: 1942
Description: Illustration of an airbrushed composite photograph picturing an older worker standing with his arm around a young man and pointing to a machine.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: