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| Date: | 07 22 1936 |
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| Description: | Female workers sewing canvas side folds on binder aprons at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ... |
| Date: | 06 19 1907 |
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| Description: | Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Factory workers eating lunch outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company before 19... |
| Date: | 04 17 1907 |
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| Description: | Large group of men sitting and posing at long dining tables in the Club House of International Harvester's McCormick Works factory. The men are attending t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A woman in uniform standing by the open door of a walk-in-cooler in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). A man is standing ... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Long tables and chairs in a dining hall, probably at the McCormick Works. The tables are covered in table cloths and several cooks stand in the background.... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Factory workers sitting at tables and standing in line to get food at a service counter in the cafeteria of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The cl... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A woman standing behind a counter at the Tractor Works cafeteria. The shelves in front of her are filled with slices of pie on plates and ice cream in bowl... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman stooping to remove an electrical cord from in front of a vacuum cleaner. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A child sitting on the floor of a farmhouse kitchen near a cloth-covered table. A lit oil lamp, pot, and utensils are sitting on the table, illustrating th... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | An unattended child turning the knobs of a gas stove in a farmhouse. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a house dress, stockings, and heeled shoes standing on the porch railing of a brick house to hang what appears to be clothesline from porch... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women surround O.H. Benson as he gives a canning demonstration in the office of County Superintendent Tobin. Canning equipment stands on... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Two men picking through bushels of potatoes that have been dumped from a freight train. The men are scouring for potatoes that are still good. Original cap... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Waggoner opening a pressure cooker on a stove in a farmhouse, possibly as part of a home canning process. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Waggoner pushing a button on an electric light switch on the wall in her farmhouse. |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | Freshly pressed clothing hanging on a metal bar off an Apex electric ironing machine. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman using a foot-pedal sewing machine while working with a piece of fraying fabric. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman using an electric sewing machine while sitting at a table with latticed sides. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J.E. Waggoner passing plaid fabric through a wringer after using an electric washing machine. A washboard is hanging on the wall in the background, an... |
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