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Red Dot Potato Chip Bagging Machine

Date: 1939
Description: A woman operates the bagging machine at the Red Dot potato chip factory.
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Precison Cutting

Date: 1950
Description: Two men operate a machine that uses wires to make equal portions out of a large slab of butter.
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Woman Working on Midget Mill in Torpedo Plant

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Woman working on a midget mill that cuts spiral grooves and moves at a rate of about 3500 r.p.m. The woman operating this machine was a former drill press ...
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War Work Demonstration

Date: 1944
Description: A woman sits behind a glass wall while operating a piece of machinery as part of an International Harvester display recruiting additional workers during Wo...
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mabel Pope, assistant secretary of the Local 233 Bakers and Confectioner's Union, operates a bread-wrapping machine at the Kroger Bakery, located at 1053 E...
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International Harvester Twine Machinery

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A woman dressed in a uniform and puffy hat is standing and operating a large twine machine. To her left is a man dressed in work clothes who appears to be ...
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Worker at Milk Bottle Filling Station

Date: 1977
Description: A man is standing near a machine filling milk bottles. A conveyor line in front of him is bringing empty milk bottles to the machine where they are filled ...
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Sausage Kitchen

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Description: Elevated view of about 29 employees manufacturing sausages at the Oscar Mayer & Co. plant. Caption reads: "This view of the sparkling Sausage Kitchen at Os...
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Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc.

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Multiple Tractor Scenes — Parks, Cemeteries, Etc." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Fairgrounds Race Track (New...
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Paper Converting

Date: 1952
Description: Interior view of the Bay West Paper Company with paper converting machinery. Men in uniform are running the equipment.
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Precious Sight

Date: 09 1952
Description: A lens grinder working with specialized equipment in a lab.

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