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L-185 International Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Businessmen standing next to an International L-185 truck owned by the Max Branovan Shoe Company. The trailer is labeled "A. O. Smith Company Shoemobile".
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Berlin Woolen Mills Letterhead

Date: 1876
Description: Letterhead of the Berlin Woolen Mills bearing an engraving of the factory, which is unusual because of its French Mansard roof.
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Pearl Button Company

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view from across road of the Pearl Button Company. A man sits in a horse and buggy parked outside the building.
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Factory

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Description: The factory of William E. Belles, with the text, "William E. Belles MFGR of Men's and Boy's Night Robes".
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Woman and Man using Spinning Wheels

Date: 1910
Description: A woman and a man using spinning wheels in a textile factory. In her journal Carrie describes the conditions of these factories in China as crowded and wit...

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