Olinto Gallo Workshops

Olinto Gallo Workshops was a metal engraving and chiseling company located in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It was founded by medalist Marcos Vanzo in 1888.

Olinto Gallo, who would later rename the company, started working as an apprentice around 1910–1912 at the peak of the development of medal engraving art in Argentina marked by the centennial of the May Revolution. Gallo was the second of three children of an Italian family.

The facade of the workshops, before their demolition.

In March 1920, Vanzo sold the company to his son Silvio and to Gallo, who renamed it Rosario's Engraving and Chiseling Workshop. Its seat was at the core of Rosario's downtown, on 936 Córdoba St.. The owners eventually decided to separate the commercial site and the workshop; the offices for the public were moved to 1328 Santa Fe St., still in the city center, while the workshop was relocated to 1055 Olivé St., in the neighborhood of Arroyito.

Gallo gave his own name to the firm in 1934. The Olinto Gallo Workshops gained renown in their field, reaching the levels of prestigious houses in Buenos Aires.

The workshops were eventually shut down and its demolition was finally scheduled for 27 March 2006. Before that, a group of volunteers rescued a number of works, to be exhibited at the Municipal Museum of the City. Actually you can find some of those works at "Ferraro, Maquinarias y Rezagos Industriales", Pte. Roca St. 3546, Rosario.

A plaque commemorating the 25 years of the Argentine Federation of Agrarian Cooperatives.

Sources

• Carolina Stofblat; A. Vanesa Dell' Aquila (September 2001). Publication of the Regional Seminar, career of History, Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the National University of Rosario (UNR).
• A. Vanesa Dell' Aquila (September 2001). Licenciatura (BS) thesis, History career, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, UNR.