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Setting Rivits in Barrel Hoop

Date: 06 1949
Description: Workman at Hess Cooperage setting rivets in a barrel hoop.
Photograph

Installing Finishing Hoops

Date: 06 1949
Description: Joe Hess installing finishing hoops on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Joe Hess using Spokeshave

Date: 06 1949
Description: Joe Hess using spokeshave on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Kleinsteuber Machine Shop

Date: 1880
Description: It was in this shop that Christopher Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, did much of his work on various inventions. This photograph may be as early as th...

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