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Factory Worker Standing Among Wooden Barrels

Date: 04 03 1919
Description: Factory worker in soiled clothing standing among wooden barrels in a snow-covered factory yard. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osb...
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Loading Melons

Date: 1972
Description: An unidentified worker, probably in California, loading crates of melons onto a refrigerated railroad car.
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Cutting the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker cuts curd to make Swiss cheese at the Jorden Cheese factory.
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Canning Soft Drinks

Date: 1950
Description: A woman production line worker boxes cone-top cans of Tip Top soft drinks as they come off the production line.
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Wheel of Cheese

Date: 11 15 1929
Description: A worker weighs a wheel of cheese on a Toledo scale for the National Cheese Products Federation.
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Mary Lou Bakery

Date: 1941
Description: Worker at Mary Lou Bakery. Original caption states: "12BBW Water Cooler. Bakery installation and dough conditioning application."
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Pie Maker

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Description: Fruit pies speed past Morton assembly line worker Ethel McCollough on their way to the machine in which they will be boxed for freezing.
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Crating Melons

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Description: A worker, probably in California, and probably a member of Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers union local P78, crating melons for shipment.
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Buster Bottling Co.

Date: 1938
Description: A McCormick-Deering cooler at the Buster Bottling Company. A worker with a "Drink Orange Crush" hat is moving soda bottles to a crate.
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Cheese Factory

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Description: Horses and wagons carrying aluminum barrels are standing outside the cheese factory. Workers pause from work to pose. Each worker wears overalls and a hat.
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Stunning Cattle

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Description: A packing house worker demonstrates the revolutionary Thor air-powered cattle stunner that was called the first successful pneumatic stunning tool for the ...
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Man Drinking Outdoors in Field

Date: 1949
Description: A worker in a hat stands and takes a drink out of a clear glass jug on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption states: "One o...
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Factory Worker with Cart at Osborne Works

Date: 1909
Description: A man in overalls stands with a large cart filled with parts at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind him is a wall...
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Chicago Pickle Company

Date: 1967
Description: A semi-truck with a pickle advertisement on its side at the loading dock of a Chicago Pickle Company warehouse.

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Worker at Milk Bottle Filling Station

Date: 1977
Description: A man is standing near a machine filling milk bottles. A conveyor line in front of him is bringing empty milk bottles to the machine where they are filled ...

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