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Factory Worker at Osborne Works
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A factory worker in work clothes and a hat stands at a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). The wooden table is scattered with tools, and on the wall behind him hangs a saw blade and calendar. To the right is a window with jars and bottles on the windowsill.
September 1913
International Harvester Company
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