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Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Man Welding Machine at Gisholt Factory
A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine.
Gisholt Machine Company
Elevated panoramic view of the Gisholt Machine Company, 1245 East Washington Avenue.
P&H Standard Type "AN" Hoist in Machine Shop
1910
A standard Pawling & Harnischfeger type "AN" hoist crane in the Nordberg Erecting shop. Many parts are sitting on the shop floor.
Men Working in Gisholt Machine Company Factory
Group of men operating a machine suspended on chains attached to a crane inside the Gisholt factory.
Gisholt Building Details
March 31, 1974
Exterior of the Gisholt Building at 1245 East Washington Avenue with classical-influenced details in the brickwork.
Interior of Gisholt Factory
Interior view of the Gisholt factory. There is a large crane suspended on steel beams, and skylights are in the ceiling.
