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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Small casting section of the Grey Iron Foundry. Men are seen at work at various stages of the casting process wearing safety gear. The original magazine ca... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man is running a machine tool at a International Harvester factory in Australia. Machine name, "NATCO," is on a plate attached to the machinery. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | AW-6 Tractor production and shipment. Men are seen top image assembling AW-6 tractors. Top image caption reads: "Beginning with the tractor mainframe, work... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Three photographs showing various stages of engine assembly and placement to the main frame. Men are seen at work at these various stages. Top image captio... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down aisle of two rows of women workers using looms in a textile factory. A few men stand in the aisle. In her journal from China, Carrie describes th... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A woman and a man using spinning wheels in a textile factory. In her journal Carrie describes the conditions of these factories in China as crowded and wit... |
| Date: | 07 1945 |
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| Description: | View from side of women sitting in a row working on an assembly line in a perfume factory. |
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| Description: | Interior view of Gisholt Machine Company. Two men are standing next to large machinery, marked with the name "GRAY." |
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| Description: | Interior view of Gisholt Machine Company. A man is standing on metal parts and pouring, what is probably molten metal, from a vat into a mold or industrial... |
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| Description: | A Gisholt Machine Company factory worker, wearing protective glasses, is using a wheel to position a large cauldron for pouring molten metal into a mold to... |
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| Description: | Two employees of Gisholt Machine Company are pouring molten metal from large cauldrons into molds as another worker looks on. A company supervisor is stand... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a milling machine inside the Gisholt Machine Company. A male employee on the left is working with the machine. |
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| Description: | A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine. |
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| Description: | View outdoors across yard towards two workers standing near the upper level of an industrial tower. The men are guiding a structural part in place on the t... |
| Date: | 05 23 1917 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women and children are standing and watching as a Gillette employee works on the first tire produced by the Gillette Rubber Company. From l... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring women glass blowers working in a factory with large tongs. Two men are standing by the window in the background, one dressed i... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Two men are moving a large roll of paper with the help of an overhead pulley. |
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| Description: | Straight-on standing portrait of a Gisholt laborer in work apron, suspenders, boots and brimmed hat. Taken outdoors before a white sweep, he is standing wi... |
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| Description: | Portrait oftwo Gisholt laborers. One man is in profile and the other is facing front. They are wearing work aprons, suspenders, boots and brimmed hats. Tak... |
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