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Casing Department at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 17 1939
Description: Women working in casing department at the Oscar Mayer & Company meat packing plant, 910 Mayer Avenue.
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Medical Office at Auburn Works

Date: 1912
Description: Factory worker having his chest examined by a doctor inside a medical office at International Harvester's Auburn Works (formerly known as "Osborne Works")....
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Cheese Wrapping

Date: 1950
Description: Women wearing white smocks or aprons wrap slabs of cheese for distribution.
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Stamping Hams

Date: 1945
Description: Women are stamping hams with the USDA grade stamp and the Oscar Mayer label as the hams move by on an assembly line.
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Female Employees Inspecting Ball Bearings

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female factory workers inspect ball bearings at an International Harvester factory. The factory produced aerial torpedoes for the U.S. Military.
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Female Employees Assembling Torpedo Parts

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female workers assembling torpedoes for the U.S. Military at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This large group of women employe...
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Woman Working on Midget Mill in Torpedo Plant

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Woman working on a midget mill that cuts spiral grooves and moves at a rate of about 3500 r.p.m. The woman operating this machine was a former drill press ...
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Tractor Works Cafeteria Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: A woman in uniform standing by the open door of a walk-in-cooler in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). A man is standing ...
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St. Paul Works Employees

Date: 1942
Description: Factory workers sitting and standing for a group portrait at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Uniformed women are sitting in the foreground, and A...
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Women Riding on Torpedo at IH Factory

Date: 1943
Description: Side view of six women sitting on a torpedo placed on a rolling cart at an International Harvester factory. Another woman woman stands to the side with her...
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Women Sitting On Torpedo at IH Factory

Date: 1943
Description: Side view of six women sitting on a torpedo placed on a rolling cart at an International Harvester factory. Another woman woman stands to the side with her...
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Women Assembling Torpedoes

Date: 1943
Description: Three women work on a line of torpedoes at an International Harvester factory. The women wear uniforms and hats embroidered with the IHC logo. There is a m...
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Women Posing with Torpedo

Date: 1943
Description: Five female factory workers stand beside a torpedo pointing their fingers and wearing IHC uniforms and hats to pose for a group portrait at one of Internat...
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War Work Demonstration

Date: 1944
Description: A woman sits behind a glass wall while operating a piece of machinery as part of an International Harvester display recruiting additional workers during Wo...
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Police Surveillence of Labor Organizing

Date: 1940
Description: The Armour Company's Chicago factory, showing the employment office doors. The caption indicates that the police were present because the Packinghouse Work...
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Police and CIO Clash

Date: 03 25 1941
Description: Police officer and marchers from a Congress of Industrial Organizations (also known as the Committee of Industrial Organization) union clash outside Intern...
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Allis-Chalmers Factory Gate During Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Allis-Chalmers factory gate during strike. Railroad tracks are in the foreground and a large group of police officers stand inside of and coming out of the...
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Police at Allis-Chalmers Strike

Date: 11 25 1946
Description: Police pushing a group of strikers in front of the factory gate at the Allis-Chalmers strike. On the far right is a man holding a press camera.
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Plankinton Meat Packing Strike

Date: 04 20 1948
Description: Striking workers and police outside of Plankinton Meat Packing.
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International Harvester Twine Machinery

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A woman dressed in a uniform and puffy hat is standing and operating a large twine machine. To her left is a man dressed in work clothes who appears to be ...

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