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Pharmacy Team in Laboratory

Date: 1948
Description: A group of pharmacists consult each other at one of the counters in the laboratory. Pictured are, from left to right: William Hays, Steve Kostyk, Urban Kor...
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Sterile Solution

Date: 1948
Description: A nurse mixes sterile solution in the pharmacy of St. Joseph's Hospital.
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Large Mortar and Pestle

Date: 1948
Description: A pharmacist compounds materials with a large mortar and pestle in the dispensary of St. Joseph's Hospital.
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Worker Inspects Farmall Cub Pistons

Date: 1948
Description: Worker checking dimensions and weight of Farmall Cub pistons at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Weighing Bales of Sisal Fiber

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh a large bale of Sisal fiber (fibre) at an International Harvester twine mill. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bales of Sisal fi...
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Blending Fibers at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Men use machines to blend fiber for binder twine at an International Harvester twine mill (most likely the McCormick Twine Mill). Original caption reads: "...
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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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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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Testing Binder Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory worker tests binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Length of twine is accurately predetermined by what the c...
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Laboratory Worker Tests Binder Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A lab technician tests binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Resistance to rot, insect and rodent damage, is establi...
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Workers Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Male and female workers weighing bundles of twine on a scale, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill in Chicago.

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