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| Date: | 07 21 1936 |
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| Description: | Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j... |
| Date: | 12 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Five employees at the stockroom counter at Kayser Motors, Inc., at the 700 block of East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 16 1926 |
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| Description: | Two mud-splattered International trucks with drivers parked in front of a wooden water tank. The tank has a hand-painted sign that reads: "Positively No Sw... |
| Date: | 01 20 1927 |
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| Description: | A group of men line up for their pay at an armored International Model 63 truck used by the City of New York Department of Finance. The truck is guarded by... |
| Date: | 03 31 1905 |
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| Description: | An unidentified Falk employee stands next to a large Steel Spur Gear. The sign in the photograph reads: "Cast Steel Spur Gear. Made by The Falk Co. Milwauk... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Factory worker Charles Coseniro(?) examines the contents of a box in a warehouse at International Harvester's Tractor Works. |
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| Description: | Shell labor rally at an unknown location. Signs include the sayings, "Equal Pay for Women," "Negro and White, Unite and Fight," and "Let the Packers Pay O... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Three construction workers standing near a truck outside the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for the World T... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A construction worker leans back while pulling on a large rope. Construction equipment, supplies, and signs are in the background. |
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| Description: | Five men posing at a workers session at Highlander: second from left, Southern Regional director; second from right, Myles Horton. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Female and male factory workers handle bags of twine in the McCormick Works Twine Mill. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Factory workers looking at safety posters on a bulletin board at the McCormick Works. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Three factory workers look at a poster entitled "Departmental Quality Contest" at the McCormick Works. |
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| Description: | A group of manual laborers are reading books near a tent. "TVA" [Tennessee Valley Authority] has been collaged over the image. Part of a series of Highland... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group of factory workers poses for a photograph on the occasion of the 250,000th mower produced between 1926 and 1930, possibly at McCormick Works in Chi... |
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| Description: | Zilphia Horton playing an accordion and singing on a picket line. A group of men and women sit in chairs in front of a tent. Sign on left reads, "Peaceful ... |
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| Description: | A packinghouse worker at an unidentified slaughterhouse butchering a pig. A button on his hat reads, "No raise, no work". |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Male and female factory workers sitting at tables at West Pullman Works. A large sign hanging from a pipe reads: "No Smoking". |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Mr. C.R. Williams stands next to a tractor at the C.R. Williams McCormick-Deering Service Station and dealership. |
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