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Women Sewing Canvas Folds at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
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 ...
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McCormick Works Employees at Lunch

Date: 1905
Description: Factory workers eating lunch outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company before 19...
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Oscar Mayer Co. Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria, showing workers standing in a food line.
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Cafeteria Line at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Woman serving meals to factory workers in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
Photograph

Research Products Filter Fry Rack

Date: 01 11 1954
Description: A man displaying a Research Products Corporation rack for Filter Fry frying pan covers, "Takes the spatter out of kitchen frying."
Book or Pamphlet

D.M. Osborne Catalog Cover

Date: 1896
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for Osborne agricultural machinery showing a woman and two young girls mixing ingredients for a recipe from an Osborne cata...
Photograph

Cafeteria Line at Hamilton Works

Date: 1930
Description: Female cafeteria workers standing behind a counter lined with sandwiches, pies, and coffee cups at International Harvester's Hamilton Works factory.
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Four ladies observing a woman demonstrating on a sewing machine at the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week.
Photograph

Cafeteria at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
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....
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Picnic by a River

Date: 
Description: Four men and seven women are posing sitting and standing around a picnic on the edge of a river, with a man standing on a bridge in the background. The fir...
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Ladies Cafeteria at Osbourne Works

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Slightly elevated view of a canteen filled with women dressed in work clothes and hats. The room is equipped with wooden tables, chairs, and white dishes. ...
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Women Workers in Osborne Works Cafeteria

Date: 03 25 1914
Description: Elevated view of a large group of female factory workers sitting at tables in a cafeteria at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The women likely work...
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Emergency Mass Feeding Demonstration

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Four people demonstrate how old oil drums cut in half can be used to wash dishes as part of an emergency mass feeding demonstration and course of instructi...
Postcard

Chipping Wood on the Farm

Date: 
Description: An early wood chipper with belts and a steam engine is closely watched by the William Fiebelkorn farm workers. The postcard is addressed to Anna Fiebelkorn...
Postcard

Making Barrel Staves

Date: 
Description: Behind a barbed wire fence a man is splitting log rounds into barrel staves. The staves are stacked neatly to dry.
Photograph

Scout Camper

Date: 1963
Description: A man reclines on the bed of the extended Scout camper, watching a woman cooking breakfast on the stove. Butter, eggs, milk, coffee and donuts are visible ...
Painting

Reinforcing The Bark

Date: 
Description: An Ojibwa woman reinforces bark during canoe-building by sewing weak points.
Photograph

Three Men at McCormick-Deering Cream Separators Display

Date: 11 04 1926
Description: Three men are standing outdoors near a platform displaying McCormick-Deering Primrose ball-bearing cream separators. Two of the men are eating popcorn, and...
Photograph

McCormick Works Dining Room

Date: 04 02 1914
Description: White coated waiters are standing in the dining room interior. A man wearing a suit is standing behind a snack counter in the foreground on the right.
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Interior of Employee Dining Room

Date: 02 06 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view of women eating in the dining room. They are posing for the camera. Flags are hanging from the columns in the room.

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