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Employee(?) Instruction at St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill
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Employees(?) learning about a chain drive gear at the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. Portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and an advertising poster for the "big ball" of twine are hanging on the brick walls. The factory was owned and operated by an International Harvester subsidiary called the International Flax Twine Company.
1930
International Harvester Company
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