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Hamilton Twine Mills Employees Eating Lunch

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female workers eating lunch inside the cafeteria at International Harvester's Hamilton Twine Mills, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Female Worker Inspects Parts at West Pullman Works

Date: 1944
Description: Female worker inspecting small plastic and metal parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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Female Employees Operating Machines at IHC's Chatham Works

Date: 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of female workers operating machines at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Canada. The factory was originally owned...
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Women Working in Canvas Department of McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of women workers measuring, cutting and sewing sections of canvas for binder back curtains, combine hoods and curtains, burlap bags,...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women workers in an Oscar Mayer Company test kitchen and laboratory. A low wall is separating two women working at desks on ...
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Test Kitchen and Laboratory at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of five women researchers performing various aspects of food research and related activities in a test kitchen and laboratory at the...
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Measuring for Window

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Workman measuring for window at Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. A woman is taking notes and a man is sweeping.
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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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American House, 323 E. Main Street

Date: 1890
Description: The Flom Hotel or American House, located at 323 East Main Street at the corner of South Hancock Street, existed from 1865 to 1925. Attached to the buildin...
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Women Inspecting 37-Millimeter Shells

Date: 1942
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's West Pullman Works inspecting 37-millimeter shells.
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Female Employees Inspecting Ball Bearings

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female factory workers inspect ball bearings at an International Harvester factory. The factory produced aerial torpedoes for the U.S. Military.
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Women in War Production at Auburn Works

Date: 1944
Description: Female factory workers make parts for engine cowlings at International Harvester's Auburn Works. The cowlings were for Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo p...
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Bundling Wood at McCormick Works

Date: 1930
Description: A female factory worker bundles wooden spindles with a machine at the McCormick Works.
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Women at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: A line of female factory workers seated at a long table piled with metal parts at International Harvester's West Pullman Works.
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The Terry Tavern

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Description: Interior of the dining room at the Terry Tavern. Waiters and a waitress stand near tables set for dining. Windows line the left wall and a door leads out o...
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YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association)

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Description: Students sitting and standing at workstations set at long tables during a cooking class at the Young Women's Christian Association. A teacher's desk in the...
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Deering Works Canvas Department

Date: 1910
Description: Female factory workers stand around long tables in the canvas department at International Harvester's Deering Works Canvas Department. Canvas is piled in r...
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Binder Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Male and female factory workers wear protective hair bonnets while working in a room where twine is wound, weighed, and inspected. The workers stand in a r...
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Truck Assembly Line at Springfield Works

Date: 1959
Description: Factory workers work on partially-assembled trucks as they move down an assembly line at International Harvester's Springfield Works.

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