Photograph
Spreading Sisal Fiber in Cuba
| Female workers wearing straw hats spread fiber out to dry at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Native women are shown here spreading the Sisal fiber to dry on the wire racks. In a few hours the fiber will be dry and bleached to a golden yellow. The baling building can be seen in the background." |
| Image ID: | 59660 |
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| Creation Date: | 1949 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 800 pg. 109 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Barns |
| Plants |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Croplands |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Agricultural laborers |
| Blue collar workers |
| Manual work |
| Plantations |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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