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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
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International Harvester Printing Warehouse

Date: 03 26 1925
Description: Employees packaging company publications for shipment in a warehouse. The warehouse is possibly part of Harvester Press. Publications may include advertisi...
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Worker at Bench with Tools and Parts

Date: 01 18 1921
Description: Worker standing in front of a work bench covered with tools, parts and parts drawings at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Wo...
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Home Economics — Cooking Class

Date: 1922
Description: Female students in a home economics cooking class at the School of Agriculture in Olds, Alberta, Canada.
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Floralo Incense Company Factory

Date: 09 18 1929
Description: A man operates baking and drying machinery at the Floralo Incense Company, located at 1212 Regent Street.
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U.S. Post Office Sorting Room

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Men working in the U.S. Post Office sorting room, 215 Monona Avenue.
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Gardner Bakery

Date: 04 02 1928
Description: Gardner Baking Company, showing men taking Purity Bread from ovens, 849 E. Washington Avenue.
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Gardner Bakery Donut Making

Date: 04 02 1928
Description: Gardner Baking Company making Purity Doughnuts. Doughnuts are coming down a chute from a machine, and a baker is standing and attending one of the machines...
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Baker at Gardner Baking Company

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: A baker is looking into the oven at Gardner Baking Company, with a rack of loaves of bread cooling beside him.
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Baker Holding Loaf of Gardner's Bread

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: Baker holding a loaf of Gardner's Double Duty bread with shelves of bread in the background. The baker is wearing Else Russell's Best Flour apron.
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Baker Holding Loaf of Bread

Date: 04 11 1928
Description: A baker is standing and holding a loaf of Gardner's Double Duty bread, with shelves of bread in the background. The man is wearing Else Russell's Best Flou...
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Crysteel Electric Range Display

Date: 12 03 1926
Description: Crysteel Electric Range (stove) display at Park Hotel with mannequin and Santa Claus.
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Men Preparing Publications at Harvester Press

Date: 1920
Description: Men preparing publications at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop.
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Woman Using Cream Separator

Date: 07 28 1924
Description: Mrs. Frances Lauth operating an engine-driven Primrose Cream Separator on Hinsdale Farm.
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"Romance of the Reaper" Film Still

Date: 1929
Description: Scene from the film "Romance of the Reaper" showing the building of the first practical reaper on the McCormick farm in Virginia. Actors playing the parts ...
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Oil Stove Accident Prevention

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman wearing an apron pouring oil into a hot stove at the International Harvester Hinsdale experimental farm, illustrating a dangerous scenario for Inte...
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Canning Rack

Date: 1920
Description: Close-up of a woman's hands holding the wire handles of a wooden rack made for holding jars during canning.
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Woman Washing Clothing

Date: 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress and apron is using an "Easy Model H" wringer washing machine made by the Syracuse Washer Corporation.
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Woman at Sink

Date: 1925
Description: A woman filling a bucket with water from an indoor well pump while standing at a kitchen sink. A mirror is hanging on the wall and a potted plant, canister...
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Woman Making Cheese

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing an apron and a hairnet standing at a counter while using a hoop strainer to make cheese(?). She is using another metal utensil to press whe...

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