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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Promotional advertisement available through the International Harvester Advertising Service for use by International Harvester dealers, part of the 1949 Tw... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Front and back cover of a Deering Harvester Company brochure for twine. The cover reads: "The Original Spinners," and "The World's Greatest Spinners, Deeri... |
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| Description: | Die cut hand sickle (reaping hook) shaped card, with a loop of string. The string holds two small die cut hay bundles, with text on both sides of each bund... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Seven yarn samples from St. Paul Knitting Works, dated between April 7, 1888 and February 21, 1889, affixed to a page in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample bo... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Colorful patterned wool fabric in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample book. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of young women in kimonos examining fabric while young men look on. In her journal from Japan and South Korea, Carrie records that fabric is one of... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman squat on a mat on the floor, whipping wool to prepare it for use. They wear white scarves on their heads. The bottom right of the image c... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | In her journal from Japan and South Korea, Carrie describes the process of preparing cotton to be used for yarn or clothing. This image shows three women w... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down aisle of two rows of women workers using looms in a textile factory. A few men stand in the aisle. In her journal from China, Carrie describes th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man using spinning wheels in a textile factory. In her journal Carrie describes the conditions of these factories in China as crowded and wit... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A girl using a type of spinning wheel. She is wearing a kimono and a head wrapping. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Women working in a textile factory. They are cleaning or dying material. Carrie describes the work at textile factories in her journal from China as crowde... |
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| Description: | Memohead of the Rock River Cotton Company, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building on the left, and a branch of the cotton plant with b... |
| Date: | 09 09 1905 |
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| Description: | In the foreground is a dam with the river cascading over it. On the right side of the dam is a mill consisting of four closely spaced buildings. "Eau Clair... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Wisconsin State Prison, manufacturers of binder twine, with the profile of a badger standing on top of stacked rolls of binder twine; the... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Oliver Steele Manufacturing Company, with examples of various styles of adjustable window shades along both sides of the page. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a manila drying area. A man is working in the foreground on the left near carts on tracks. Drying posts are behind him, and a long industr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Manila fiber feeding into production machines to make twine. A white sheet is hanging from the ceiling in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Manufacturing machine for twine at the McCormick Works. There is a white sheet in the background for a backdrop. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two male employees are feeding manila fiber into manufacturing machines at McCormick Works. More men are standing in the background on the left. |
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