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Hemp Tow Machine

Date: 1920
Description: A man feeding hemp into a hemp tow machine.
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Worker Stacking Bales of Manila Hemp

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A man dressed in work clothes and a hat is stacking bales of pressed manila hemp into a very large pile that almost reaches the ceiling of the storage barn...
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Man with Pile of Manila Fiber

Date: 10 01 1913
Description: A man is standing in front of a large pile of manila hemp fiber. The fiber was used to create twine. The man is wearing overalls over his clothing and has ...
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Man Feeding Manila Fiber into Twine Machine

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A man is feeding a large bundle of manila hemp fiber into a piece of twine machinery. The man is dressed in overalls and has his sleeves rolled up. Surroun...
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Men Stacking Bales of Manila

Date: 1909
Description: One of the five hemp houses in the McCormick twine mills in Chicago, Illinois.
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Spinning Machine in Factory

Date: 1910
Description: Spinning machine in factory. Belts attached to the ceiling power the machinery. Two men are standing on the right near bales of hemp. One of the men is fee...
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Man Operating Twine Manufacturing Machine

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A man is crouching down a holding onto some twine (hemp) in part of the machinery underneath a manufacturing machine indoors on factory floor.

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