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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine - Safety Screen Added

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico.
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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. Accompanying text reads: "No guard...
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Damaged Eyeglasses

Date: 11 06 1935
Description: Eleven pairs of damaged eyeglasses or spectacles. The eyeglasses may have been worn by workers at International Harvester's Auburn Works (factory), or they...
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IHC Industrial Safety Exhibit

Date: 1911
Description: Pictures and diagrams mounted on a wall in a "new building" at International Harvester's Deering Works. The display was part of an industrial exhibit and d...
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Workers Exposed to "Unguarded Belts" at Tractor Works

Date: 1929
Description: Workers operating machines at International Harvester's Tractor Works. The original caption reads: "Use of photograph questioned by Industrial Relations De...
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Safety Board at McCormick Works

Date: 1935
Description: Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works.
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Fire Extinguishers Storage Area

Date: 1920
Description: Approximately 24 fire extinguishers mounted on a wall in a storage area.

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