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| Description: | Racks of fiber drying at an Internatioal Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "In the foreground can be seen the fiber drying racks ... |
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| Description: | Several men feed sisal leaves into the decorticating machine, most likely at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Here t... |
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| Description: | Factory workers unload leaves onto a decorticator elevator, possibly at International Harvester's sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Unload... |
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| Description: | Factory workeres help feed sisal leaves into a decorticating machine, possibly at International Harvester's sisal plantation in Cuba. |
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| Description: | Factory worker with a straw hat oversees sisal fibers as they pass out of a decorticating machine. possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cub... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Factory worker hangs sisal fiber over a railing, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "The fiber as it comes ... |
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| Description: | Two men wearing hats talk on the porch outside an office building on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. |
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| Description: | A worker carefully weighs a bale of sisal fiber, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bale of s... |
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| Description: | A shipment of sisal leaves at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads: "A train load of sisal leaves coming into t... |
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| Description: | Factory workers loading bales of fiber at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Loading the weighed bales onto the ... |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the homes provided for management at International Harvester's sisal plantation in Cuba. |
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| Description: | Man inspects sisal plants on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. |
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| Description: | View of a worker's village on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads, "View of typical worker's village. This vil... |
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| Description: | A man mows the front lawn of a manager's home on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. The house belonged to "Mr. Heath." |
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| Description: | Several cars of bagasse outside a processing factory at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads: "Cars of bagasse ... |
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| Description: | Two men stand in a field of sisal plants on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Splitting the leaf to make ties for the... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A long line of bundled sisal leaves on carts outside an International Harvester Plant. The processing factory was located on an International Harvester pla... |
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| Description: | Workers bundle and transport fiber at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Bundling the dry fiber or transporting ... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Workers compress and bundle fibers in a processing plant at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Worker is shown h... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Several workers bundle fiber in a building on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Nearby, there is a large wagon on tracks loaded with fib... |
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