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Workers Store Bundles of Binder Twine

Date: 1900
Description: Workers stacking bundles of McCormick binder twine in a warehouse, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Machinery at Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Sisal or henequen fiber streaming from machinery at a factory. A group of men are working in the background. Likely the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Factory Workers at the McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ...
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Workers at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers feeding sisal or manila fiber into machines, most likely at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Men Spooling Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a balling machine at the McCormick Twine Mill to wind twine onto wooden spools.
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Man with Spreader Machine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker uses a spreader machine to work with sisal fiber during the production of binder twine at the McCormick Twine Mill. White sheets are hangi...
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Men with Sisal Fiber at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers stand with piles of sisal fiber used in the production of binder twine. The fiber is fed into spreading machines on the right.
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Weighing and Sacking Room at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers in the weighing and sacking room at the McCormick Twine Mill. A scale is standing in the background at right. White sheets are hanging in t...
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Combing Machine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Men feed sisal fiber into a combing machine during the production of binder twine at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Men with Twine Finisher at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Two male factory workers look on as sisal fiber extends out of a finisher and piles in metal containers at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Men with Sisal Fiber Bales

Date: 1900
Description: Three men open bales of sisal fiber at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Machines at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Sisal (hennequen) fiber streaming from machines at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Lumber Hooker on Root River

Date: 1870
Description: View of a lumber hooker ship at dock on the Root River. The 4th St. bridge spans the river at center. The Racine Woolen Mill is visible at right behind the...
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Home Economics Day

Date: 03 20 1957
Description: Joy Kelley, home economics teaching assistant in clothing & textiles, does research toward her master's degree.
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Interior Factory View of Twine Production

Date: 
Description: A view down the center aisle of what is most likely the International Harvester Osbourne factory in Auburn, New York. On either side of the aisle are men a...
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Interior View of Osborne Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View down the center aisle of International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. On either side of the aisle factory workers are producing balls of twine. The f...
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Twine Mill Workers at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Factory workers, possibly including two women, are wearing work clothes while standing at work stations in a room filled with large machinery at Internatio...
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Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Male and female factory workers are standing at work stations next to large pieces of manufacturing equipment at International Harvester's Osborne Works (l...
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Agricultural Manufacturing Machinery at Osbourne

Date: 
Description: Factory floor, with a large piece of manufacturing machinery on the right, with other pieces of machinery directly behind it. The machine has many belts, p...
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Factory Worker Stacking Bundles at Osborne Twine Mill

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A factory worker stacks wrapped and tied bundles of twine into a large pile in the Twine Mill at Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind the ma...

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