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Piles of Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Workers inspect piles of sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The piles of fiber shown have been treated with oil, i...
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Processing Sisal Fiber at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers work with machines to turn sisal fiber into binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Processing Sisal Fiber at A Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers process sisal fiber to produce binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The raw material for twine ente...
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Processing Sisal at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers inspect sisal fiber coming out of a finisher machine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "A finisher machine del...
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Inspecting Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers inspect sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. The fibers were stacked in piles and then weighed on a floor scale.
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Spinning Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers spinning sisal, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "In the spinning department, this battery of "jennies"...
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Man Inspecting Spinning Machine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A man inspects a machine for spinning sisal, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "An operator is shown inspecting a spinning mach...
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Assembling Balls of Twine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker assembles a ball of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Tucking in the end of the twine after the...
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Processing Twine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker creates balls of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "This scene shows a battery of balling machin...
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Woman Balling Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker assembles a ball of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Tucking in the end of the twine after the...
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Woman Employee Binding Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker creates balls of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "This scene shows a battery of balling machin...
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Checking Weight of Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers check the weight of bound twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Matching up balls of baler twine to ...
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Packing and Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh and pack binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Weighing, sacking and bale lashing binder twine...
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Packing and Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh and pack twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Processing Sisal in Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker tends a machine to produce binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Loading Bales at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing bal...
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Loading Bales at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing ba...
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Loading Packaged Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged...
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Loading Packaged Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged...
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Binder Twine on Display

Date: 1948
Description: A bound bag of McCormick-Deering binder twine sits on a table for display.

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