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Child Worker Removing Twine from Machine

Date: 1910
Description: Boy removing a bundle of twine from a decorticator machine at an International Harvester factory in the Yucatan, Mexico. Accompanying text reads: "No guard...
Poster

McCormick-Deering Big Ball Twine

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deerings Big Ball twine. The poster features an illustration of a man using a binder in a farm field, along with insets of...
Book or Pamphlet

Twine Talk: Deering Harvester Company Booklet

Date: 1902
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...
Photograph

Man and Young Boy Cutting Manila Plants

Date: 1910
Description: A man and a young boy outdoors cutting manila plants.
Photograph

Profits Outpaced Sales

Date: 01 06 1951
Description: A man stands in front of a poster on an easel and points to a line. The poster reads: TEXTILE SALES WENT UP IN '50 BUT PROFITS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF. Poste...
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Solomon Barkin

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Description: Portrait of Solomon Barkin, director of research for Textile Workers Union of America. Barkin studied economics at Columbia University (1928). He directed ...

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