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Loading Sisal Leaves

Date: 1949
Description: Worker loads sisal leaves onto a small train car at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Loading leaves on the train car...
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Motor Car with Trailer

Date: 09 14 1938
Description: A motor car with an attached trailer drives down a railroad track. The car is operated by the Alabama & Florida Railroad Company and power is provided by a...
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McCormick Works and Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of what appears to be the McCormick Reaper Works, with the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River in the foreground. Smokestacks, railroad...
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Gardens and Elevated Railroad Tracks

Date: 1910
Description: Fenced gardens near railroad tracks. Railroad cars are on another elevated set of tracks. Buildings are in the far background.
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Men Loading Hemp Plants

Date: 1910
Description: View across field towards men loading bundles of hemp onto railroad transport cars.
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Man in Front of Small Building at McCormick Works

Date: 1910
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a man standing in front of a small building. There are plants in a fenced bed around the building. In the background ar...
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Group of Men in front of Plant Office Building

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: View across yard toward a group of men posing outside plant office building. A sign on the side of the brick building reads: "Smoking Prohibited in the Pre...

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