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Joe Hess Finishing Barrel Heads

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess finishing barrel heads at the Hess Cooperage.
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Quarter Sawing Barrel Staves and Heads

Date: 1952
Description: Hess Cooperage employees cutting quarter sawn pieces of oak into barrel staves and heads at the sawmill behind the cooperage.
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Quarter Sawing Logs to Make Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Two employees of Hess Cooperage, working at their outdoor sawmill behind the cooperage, quarter sawing oak logs to be made into barrel staves and heads wit...
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Quarter Sawing Barrel Staves and Heads

Date: 1952
Description: A Hess Cooperage employee cutting barrel heads and staves from quarter blocks of oak on a huge saw blade at the sawmill behind the cooperage.
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Frank Hess Sr. Trimming Cattails on Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, trimming cattails, used to cauk oak barrels.
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Employees Cutting Log to Make Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Five employees(l to r Joe Hess, Eddy Hess, Tony Hess, Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. and Frank Hess Sr.) of the Hess Cooperage, cut a large oak log to make headers...
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Assembling Staves on Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess and Eddie Hess assembling staves to form barrels with Frank Hess, Sr. looking on. Foots Hess and Tony Hess are working in the background at the H...
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Trussing a Barrel

Date: 1952
Description: Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. and Tony Hess using a truss hoop driver to install hoops around a barrel at the Hess Cooperage. Also known as "trussing".
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Joe Hess using Crozing Machine

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess using a crozing machine to shape an oak barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Frank Hess Sr. Using Cooper's Lathe

Date: 1952
Description: Frank Hess Sr., owner of Hess Cooperage, finishing the exterior of a barrel on a cooper's lathe.
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Frank Hess Jr. Setting Hoops on a Barrel

Date: 1952
Description: Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. watching a machine set hoops on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Joe Hess using Barrel Head Circling Machine

Date: 1952
Description: Joe Hess using a circling machine to create a barrel head at the Hess Cooperage.
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Setting Rivits in Barrel Hoop

Date: 06 1949
Description: Workman at Hess Cooperage setting rivets in a barrel hoop.
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Installing Finishing Hoops

Date: 06 1949
Description: Joe Hess installing finishing hoops on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Joe Hess using Spokeshave

Date: 06 1949
Description: Joe Hess using spokeshave on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Tents at Prisoner of War Camp

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war camp with tents and fencing surrounding the area. Several people are on the grounds. Prisoners are working in the local cannery.
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Unloading Barrels from a McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 09 20 1924
Description: Men unloading barrels from a trailer pulled by a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. The tractor was owned by the San Diego Consolidated Gas and El...
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Interior of Bonded Warehouse

Date: 1877
Description: Etching of interior of bonded warehouse with four men present, two conversing and two rolling barrels.
Drawing

Interior of a Cider Mill

Date: 1879
Description: Drawing of a girl sitting on a barrel as a man dumps apples into a press to make cider. Two men manually operate the press at the left.
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 1943
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company prepares for a strength test of a product being developed by the compan...

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