Photograph
Hauling Sisal Leaves
| Men carrying cut sisal leaves to take to a decorticating mill (which removes the outer husk), loading them on a donkey, and tram car which is on rails. |
| Image ID: | 75429 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1915 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company, Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 13Z, Album 48, Box 26, Folder 8 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8.25 x 6 inches |
| Original typewritten caption reads: "Yucatan. Advertising Dept. Hauling Sisal Leaves to the Decorticating Mill." International Harvester used the sisal to make twine for grain binders. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Folder: Fibre |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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