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Women Ball Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 04 26 1939
Description: Women workers operating twine balling machines at International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill. The twine mill was part of the McCormick Works. The McCor...
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Girl at Vegetable Stand

Date: 1917
Description: Girl selling vegetables to a customer at vegetable stand along Milwaukee pike. Original caption reads: "The little girl in charge sold over $800 worth of v...
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IH General Office Mail Room

Date: 10 29 1937
Description: Men and women working in the 5th floor mail room of International Harvester's general office building.
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Worker Inspects Farmall Cub Pistons

Date: 1948
Description: Worker checking dimensions and weight of Farmall Cub pistons at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Scale at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker weighing parts on a scale at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Gertrude Satina weighs a piece of steel in the chemical laboratory at the International Harvester Company. The original caption reads: "This photo shows th...
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Packaging at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers pack small metal parts into wooden crates using a conveyor belt and scale at West Pullman Works.
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Twine Scales at Hamilton Works

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Bundles of twine (fibre) piled on hanging scales are weighed at International Harvester's Hamilton Works factory.
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Man with Large Scale

Date: 1924
Description: A factory worker makes an adjustment to a large weight on a scale in front of a cloth backdrop.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1920
Description: Men lead two mules in hauling a wagon full of cotton bales near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform.
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform...
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Weighing Bales of Sisal Fiber

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh a large bale of Sisal fiber (fibre) at an International Harvester twine mill. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bales of Sisal fi...
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Blending Fibers at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Men use machines to blend fiber for binder twine at an International Harvester twine mill (most likely the McCormick Twine Mill). Original caption reads: "...
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Inspecting Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers inspect sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. The fibers were stacked in piles and then weighed on a floor scale.
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Harrison Produce Company Sales Counter

Date: 1937
Description: A man behind a counter weighs chickens on a countertop scale, and a women in a coat examines chickens on the counter. Some canned items are on a shelf behi...
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Brauer Bakery

Date: 1937
Description: A man stands in front of a 4 can milk cooler with two milk jars in his hands at the Brauer Bakery. Loaves of bread are on a table with a scale, a cake, an...
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Checking Weight of Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers check the weight of bound twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Matching up balls of baler twine to ...
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Packing and Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh and pack binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Weighing, sacking and bale lashing binder twine...
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Packing and Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh and pack twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.

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