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Man and Young Boy Cutting Manila Plants

Date: 1910
Description: A man and a young boy outdoors cutting manila plants.
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Spinning Machine in Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Spinning machine in factory. Belts attached to the ceiling power the machinery. Two men are standing on the right near bales of hemp. One of the men is fee...
Postcard

Cedarburg Woolen Mills

Date: 
Description: Exterior view across street toward two industrial buildings. A group of people are gathered in the street in front. Caption reads: "Cedarburg Woolen Mills,...
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Men Unloading Bales for Twine at Mill

Date: 09 30 1927
Description: Men are unloading bales for twine stacked on a wagon. Industrial buildings are in the background.
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Weavers Guild, La Crosse

Date: 1895
Description: Studio group portrait of fifteen men and women posing together in front of a painted backdrop. Some of the people are holding weaving tools.
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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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Binders, Parts, Twine Mechanism

Date: 
Description: A man is standing among binders, parts, and twine mechanism at McCormick Works.
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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 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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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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Solomon Barkin

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Solomon Barkin, director of research for Textile Workers Union of America. Barkin studied economics at Columbia University (1928). He directed ...
Photograph

George Baldanzi

Date: 1952
Description: Portrait of George Baldanzi, founding executive vice president of the Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA). He was deputy director for Operation Dixie, ...
Drawing

George Baldanzi

Date: 
Description: Line-drawn caricature profile of TWUA founding executive vice president George Baldanzi.

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