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| Date: | 09 29 1913 |
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| Description: | A woman is crouching next to a large piece of twine machinery cleaning it. The woman is dressed in a smock and hat. Behind her the room is filled with mach... |
| Date: | 10 01 1913 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 09 29 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Workers in a carpet factory apply latex backing to hold yarn in place. The workers are standing on a slightly raised platorm, and the carpet is being fed v... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A woman is working on a tufting carpet loom. She is leaning into the loom which has a large number of individual strands of yarn on top, and gray material,... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two male employees are feeding manila fiber into manufacturing machines at McCormick Works. More men are standing in the background on the left. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks running along the buildings under construction. Men are wor... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad cars are on tracks in the foreground. A large smokestack is in the center. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a twine mill under construction. Railroad tracks are in the foreground below. A partially built smokestack is in the center. A number of c... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View indoors of men stacking bales of manila. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of young woman standing on factory floor near Twine Machines. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Print of one of the five spinning rooms in the McCormick Twine Mills in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | One of the five hemp houses in the McCormick twine mills in Chicago, Illinois. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Men are standing inside a factory building unloading bales of manila or cotton. A man standing on the right is wearing a hat and suit. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Men are standing inside a factory building unloading bales of manila or cotton. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Men are standing near an open sided building unloading bales of manila or cotton. |
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