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Living Quarters on Henequen Plantation
1913
Rows of shacks, possibly company housing, identical in style and size, including thatched roofing. The shacks are likely part of a henequen or sisal plantation, possibly in the Yucatan.
Drying Sisal Fibre in Yucatan
1910
Workers drying sisal fibre (fiber) in long rows in Yucatan, Mexico. The fibre was used by International Harvester for binder twine production.
Combing Sisal Fiber
1910
Sisal combing machines inside an International Harvester twine mill, possibly at McCormick Works in Chicago.
Professor Perry Holden
1915
Professor Perry Holden standing outdoors in a tweed overcoat and fedora. Holden was in charge of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department.
Workers Hanging Sisal in Yucatan(?)
1948
Workers, mostly female, hanging bundles of sisal on wires on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The plantation was likely run by the International Harvester Company as part of its twine production ope...
Loading Sisal Fiber
January 22, 1910
Men use donkeys to pull carts loaded with sisal fiber along railroad tracks on a wharf at Progreso, Yucatan. The fiber is being loaded onto or off of steamboats docked at the wharf.
