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| Date: | 11 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Twenty-five members of the "Negro Farmers of America" tour a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) assembly line at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The fa... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Factory workers handle metal parts at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Factory workers work on an assembly line at West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load bundles of plywood(?) onto the bed of an International KB-7 owned by Burnside Construction Company. The truck had a 157-inch wheelbase and a B... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The Armour Company's Chicago factory, showing the employment office doors. The caption indicates that the police were present because the Packinghouse Work... |
| Date: | 11 24 1942 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers on a production line at International Harvester's West Pullman Works. The women inspect small metal parts used in war production. |
| Date: | 11 24 1942 |
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| Description: | Three female factory workers inspect 40-millimeter artillery shells at International Harvester's West Pullman Works. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Factory workers Wilma Bowen (left) and an unidentified woman are sitting at a table piled with metal parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Three men and one woman playing instruments in a band. Framed photographs are hanging behind them. Caption reads: "Jimmy [sic] Noone (Negro) orchestra, ca.... |
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