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Child Workers

Date: 1909
Description: Caption on back: "Textile factory, girl spinner at frame, boy with a waste cart. (Child Labor in Cotton Mills, 1909-1913)."
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Bales of Manila or Cotton Being Unloaded

Date: 1905
Description: Men are standing inside a factory building unloading bales of manila or cotton. A man standing on the right is wearing a hat and suit.
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Bales of Manila or Cotton Being Unloaded

Date: 1905
Description: Men are standing inside a building unloading bales of manila or cotton. The roof is partially open above the baler, and there are no walls on the building.
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Bales of Manila or Cotton Being Unloaded

Date: 1905
Description: Men are standing inside a factory building unloading bales of manila or cotton.
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Bales of Manila or Cotton Being Unloaded

Date: 1905
Description: Men are standing near an open sided building unloading bales of manila or cotton.
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Bales of Manila or Cotton Being Unloaded

Date: 1905
Description: Men are standing near an open sided building unloading bales of manila or cotton.
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Woman Posing at Twine Mill

Date: 10 27 1910
Description: A woman is standing at a twine mill near the corner of a room, near a brick window. A white backdrop is set up behind the twine mill.
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Men Inspecting Raw Sisal

Date: 02 08 1911
Description: Men inspecting piles of raw sisal indoors at McCormick Works. A white backdrop is hanging in the background.
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Binders, Parts, Twine Mechanism

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Description: A man is standing among binders, parts, and twine mechanism at McCormick Works.
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Twine Manufacturing Area

Date: 1910
Description: Men are standing inside what may be International Harvester's Osborne Works. Belt-driven machinery is attached to the ceiling.
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Twine Manufacturing Machines

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A man is standing on a ladder up near the exposed ceiling of a factory. He is looking at belt driven machinery running twine manufacturing machines.
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Man Working with Twine Manufacturing Machine

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A man is working with a twine manufacturing machine on a factory floor. Bales of twine are in the background.
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Man Operating Twine Manufacturing Machine

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: Man operating twine manufacturing machine indoors on factory floor. Another man is working in the background.
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Man Operating Twine Manufacturing Machine

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: Man operating twine manufacturing machine indoors on factory floor. Another man is working in the background.
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Man Operating Twine Manufacturing Machine

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A man is crouching down a holding onto some twine (hemp) in part of the machinery underneath a manufacturing machine indoors on factory floor.
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Group of Men Posing Outdoors at Osborne Plant

Date: 12 31 1913
Description: A group of men are posing outdoors in front of a brick building at the Osborne Plant. There is a stack of Osborne Standard Twine in the center and a sign f...
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Plea for Public Power

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: A man stands at a podium and reads from a sheet of paper. Several men are seated at tables and desks, and are looking at him. Caption reads: "PLEA FOR PUBL...
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New York City CIO Council Unemployment Conference

Date: 03 06 1954
Description: Textile Workers Union (TWU) Director of Research Solomon Barkin stands at a microphone. Next to him, six men are seated at a table with a handmade banner t...
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Profits Outpaced Sales

Date: 01 06 1951
Description: A man stands in front of a poster on an easel and points to a line. The poster reads: TEXTILE SALES WENT UP IN '50 BUT PROFITS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. Poste...
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Community Services Session

Date: 06 1957
Description: Five men and two women are at a table in front of an audience. One man is standing and gesturing. Caption reads: "DAY LONG SESSION on community services in...

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