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Loading Sisal Fiber
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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.
January 22, 1910
International Harvester Company
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Workers Hauling Sisal Leaves
1910
Workers hauling sisal leaves with rail carts and burros to a decortication mill in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The mill was likely part of International Harvester's twine manufacturing operation.
Hauling Sisal Leaves
1915
Men carrying cut sisal leaves to take to a decorticating mill (which removes the outer husk), loading them on a donkey, and tram car which is on rails.
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.
Transporting Fiber to Wharf
1915
Men carry fiber on their shoulders onto a wooden wharf. The fiber, probably from manila plants, is also piled near a building in the background.
Workers Laying Tracks on Sisal Plantation
1949
Slightly elevated view of workers laying railroad tracks in a field of sisal on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba.
Elevated View of Men at Sawmill
1912
Elevated view of two men with donkeys stand on railroad tracks at an International Harvester sawmill lumberyard.
