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Pittsfield Bottling Works
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Three workers stand near a conveyor carrying bottles at the Pittsfield Bottling Works. A milk cooler sits on a platform nearby. The back of one worker's shirt reads "Hinie's Soda." Original caption states: "McCormick-Deering milk cooler installation owned by Pittsfield Bottling Works, W.H. Williamson."
1937
International Harvester Company
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W012Y6P
WHi 59601
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Buster Bottling Co.
1938
A McCormick-Deering cooler at the Buster Bottling Company. A worker with a "Drink Orange Crush" hat is moving soda bottles to a crate.
Two Workers Assembling a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler
August 6, 1935
Two factory workers at the West Pullman Works install cork insulation in a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler.
Parmlee Bottling Works
1938
Workers packing bottles (possibly of soda) near a McCormick-Deering ten-can cooler at Parmlee Bottling Works.
Constructing a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler
1935
Factory workers at International Harvester's West Pullman Works assemble a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler. The men are placing cooling coils and the coil frame into the milk cooler.
Man with Milk Cooler
1937
A man is moving a milk can from a cooler in an old building.
McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Cork Insulation
August 6, 1935
A factory worker at the West Pullman Works holds a block of cork insulation for a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler.
