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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A man operates a balling machine while another handles spools of binder twine. The men may have been working at the McCormick twine mill in Chicago. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Men in a factory comb fiber (fibre), the first process preparatory to spinning. International Harvester used sisal fiber to make binder twine. The men may ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | General line color catalog illustration of a ball of binder twine. The text beneath the illustration reads, "Full Length - Full Strength - Dependable Twine... |
| Date: | 04 26 1939 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers at the McCormick Twine Mill use the twine balling machines and package completed balls of twine from off a conveyor. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Female and male factory workers handle bags of twine in the McCormick Works Twine Mill. |
| Date: | 04 16 1937 |
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| Description: | A man at McCormick Works Twine Mill stands in between various rows of machinery to inspect a ball of twine. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers handling fabric strips at McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 03 1938 |
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| Description: | An International Model D-30 truck loaded with twine is parked near a body of water in Uppsala, Sweden. A large ship is in the background. The truck was own... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Balls of twine and agricultural machines are displayed in the "Salon De La Machine Agricole" in Paris, France. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Balls of Deering brand twine in display cases, and agricultural machines are set up in a large room for the "Salon de la Machine Agricole" in Paris, France... |
| Date: | 05 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Two labels from Ripon Knitting Works, Ripon, Wisconsin. The label states, "LEATHER and KNIT SPORTSWEAR SINCE 1880." |
| Date: | 05 12 1933 |
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| Description: | Bundles of twine (fibre) piled on hanging scales are weighed at International Harvester's Hamilton Works factory. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Factory workers handle twine piled on wheeled carts at Hamilton Twine Mills. |
| Date: | 01 27 1925 |
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| Description: | Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ... |
| Date: | 01 27 1925 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker balling binder twine with a machine, most likely at International Harvester's McCormick Works Twine Mill. |
| Date: | 01 27 1925 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers at the McCormick Works twine mill use machines to wind twine onto spools. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A man standing at a machine, in what is possibly the McCormick Works twine mill, handles bags, probably containing sisal to be made into twine. |
| Date: | 01 27 1925 |
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| Description: | A factory worker loads bags of twine onto a conveyor belt, while another waits at the top of the pile to stack the twine in a storage space, possibly at th... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Interior office view showing Frank James Harwood, General Manager of Appleton Woolen Mills. Harwood became general manager in 1882 and served as the compa... |
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