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Storing Sisal Fiber

Date: 07 28 1910
Description: Men use a pulley to raise bales of sisal from the ground of a warehouse to the top of a pile of stacked bales. Others use dollies to wheel in additional ba...
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McCormick Reaper Delivery

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers are guiding a crated McCormick reaper on pulley ropes through an opening in the floor, most likely at the McCormick Reaper Works. The text ...
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Reel Storage and Repair

Date: 1929
Description: Agricultural Extension worker repairing reels of film in a storage room.
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Packaging Onions

Date: 1965
Description: Farmers package onions for shipping. Two women and a man pack and sew closed mesh bags of onions. Another man hoists full bags onto a conveyor belt, while ...
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Coyle Brothers Incorporated Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man stands on the bed of an International DR-500 truck while shoveling coal onto a conveyor operated by another man on the ground. The truck was owned by...

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