Workers Loading Sisal Leaves onto Tram Car | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Workers Loading Sisal Leaves onto Tram Car

Workers Loading Sisal Leaves onto Tram Car | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Two workers loading bundles of sisal leaves onto a tram car on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The sisal or hennequen was used by the McCormick Company and its successor International Harvester for binder twine.
DESCRIPTION
Two workers loading bundles of sisal leaves onto a tram car on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The sisal or hennequen was used by the McCormick Company and its successor International Harvester for binder twine.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:8092
Creation Date:circa 1900
Creator Name:McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
City:
County:
State:
Collection Name:Glass negative series, circa 1900-1939
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:MCC MSS 7Z, Album 116, pg. 54
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Mexico(?)
SUBJECTS
Agriculture
Field crops
Fields (Agriculture)
Harvesting
Hats
Work clothes
Plantations
Croplands
Land use, Rural
Agricultural machinery industry
Men
Outdoor photography
Cargo handling
Carriages and carts
Railroad tracks
Agricultural laborers
Manual work

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