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Lincoln Office Worker Wearing Twine Sweater

Date: 1949
Description: Marilyn Schultz of International Harvester's Lincoln office models a sweater made of twine as part of a district office promotional event. A sign above rea...
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Two Men Inspecting Twine

Date: 1939
Description: Two men inspect a small piece of binder twine. In front of them are packaged rolls of International Harvester twine. The men are likely at a dealership or...
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Assembling Balls of Twine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker assembles a ball of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Tucking in the end of the twine after the...
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Processing Twine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker creates balls of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "This scene shows a battery of balling machin...
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Woman Balling Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker assembles a ball of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Tucking in the end of the twine after the...
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Woman Employee Binding Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker creates balls of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "This scene shows a battery of balling machin...
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Checking Weight of Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers check the weight of bound twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Matching up balls of baler twine to ...
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Loading Bales at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker loads bales of twine onto a platform, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The workman is shown here placing bal...
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Loading Packaged Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged...
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Loading Packaged Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A man loads packaged twine onto a conveyor belt, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "After IH baler and binder twine is packaged...
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Man Overseeing Machine

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker stands with a clipboard and inspects a machine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Caption on photograph reads: "This inspector is sho...
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Man Inspecting Machine

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker stands with a clipboard and inspects a machine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Caption on photograph reads: "This inspector is sho...
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Chauncey McCormick

Date: 1930
Description: Chauncey McCormick, member of the International Harvester Board of Directors from 1936 until his death in 1954. His grandfather William McCormick was Cyru...
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John W. Brown

Date: 05 13 1937
Description: John W. Brown, likely an employee of International Harvester, posing against a white background. The caption identifies the location as "recreation room . ...
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Men Splitting Sisal Plant Leaf

Date: 1949
Description: Two men stand in a field of sisal plants on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Splitting the leaf to make ties for the...
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Man Harvesting Sisal Leaves

Date: 1949
Description: A man carries two bundles of leaves on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Bundled leaves being carried out to t...
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Workers Laying Tracks on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of workers laying railroad tracks in a field of sisal on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba.
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Payday for Field Workers on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: A manager pays a field worker on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Mr. Monroe paying the field workers."
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Planting Sisal in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: Workers plant sisal on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Getting ready to set out the young plants. This operation co...
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Woman Polishing Torpedo at McCormick Works

Date: 06 08 1943
Description: A female factory worker wearing safety glasses uses what appears to be a piece of sandpaper to polish a torpedo part at International Harvester's McCormick...

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