Photograph
Loading Sisal Fiber
| 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. |
| Image ID: | 75455 |
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| Creation Date: | 01 22 1910 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 13Z, Album 48, Box 26, Folder 8 |
| Original Dimensions: | 7.5 x 6 inches |
| Handwritten at top left: "I-1416; 1-22-1910." Original typewritten caption reads: "Yucatan, Mexico. Advertising Dept. Steamboat at the Wharf at Progreso, Yucatan. Loading Sisal Fibre." International Harvester used sisal fiber to produce twine for grain binders. Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Folder: Fibre |
| Field crops |
| Donkeys |
| Textile industry |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Cargo handling |
| Carriages and carts |
| Piers |
| Railroad tracks |
| Steamboats |
| Wagons |
| Agricultural laborers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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