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Women Ball Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 04 26 1939
Description: Women workers operating twine balling machines at International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill. The twine mill was part of the McCormick Works. The McCor...
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Toledo Scale

Date: 01 08 1928
Description: Man using a Toledo scale at the Mernick Dairy.
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Oscar Mayer Plant with Toledo Scale

Date: 02 28 1928
Description: Oscar Mayer plant interior with Toledo Scale.
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Worker Inspects Farmall Cub Pistons

Date: 1948
Description: Worker checking dimensions and weight of Farmall Cub pistons at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Scale at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker weighing parts on a scale at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Gertrude Satina weighs a piece of steel in the chemical laboratory at the International Harvester Company. The original caption reads: "This photo shows th...
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Packaging at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Factory workers pack small metal parts into wooden crates using a conveyor belt and scale at West Pullman Works.
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Man with Large Scale

Date: 1924
Description: A factory worker makes an adjustment to a large weight on a scale in front of a cloth backdrop.
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Inspecting Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers inspect sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. The fibers were stacked in piles and then weighed on a floor scale.
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Checking Weight of Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers check the weight of bound twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Matching up balls of baler twine to ...
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Packing and Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh and pack twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Workers Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Male and female workers weighing bundles of twine on a scale, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill in Chicago.
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Tire Builders

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Description: Two men work at a conveyor belt at a tire production plant.
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Weighing and Sacking Room at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers in the weighing and sacking room at the McCormick Twine Mill. A scale is standing in the background at right. White sheets are hanging in t...
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Workers at Airplane Assembly Plant

Date: 01 24 1930
Description: View of two factory men at work desks at a plant that assembled Comet aircraft engines. They are sitting on wooden stools between Korn scales in a narrow b...
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Oscar Mayer Scale Room

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Description: Slightly elevated view of Oscar Mayer employees, men and women, wearing lab coats and hats who are weighing packaged meet on a variety of scales in a large...

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