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Female Worker at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female worker posing in protective apron and sleeves in front of a painted backdrop at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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Hailing the 5,000,000th International Harvester Tractor

Date: 02 01 1974
Description: Press release photograph of female model, Valerie Robb, posing on the 5,000,000th International Harvester tractor to roll off the assembly line on Feb. 1, ...
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Businessman and Secretary in Office

Date: 10 1906
Description: A businessman in a three-piece suit and hat sits behind a large desk with a paper in his hand, while a secretary in a long, high-collared dress writes on a...
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Weber Works Office Staff Portrait

Date: 1917
Description: The office staff of International Harvester's Weber Works are posing beneath an American flag in front of the exterior office door. Weber Works produced wa...
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Dual Path Speed Increaser

Date: 02 08 1973
Description: Two female employees, Virginia Breest on the left and Shirley Gunn on the right, attend to the speed increaser that is a later component of a jet engine co...
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Women with Metal Parts at West Pullman Works

Date: 1930
Description: Three women are posing while holding metal parts manufactured at West Pullman Works.
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Polishing Aluminum

Date: 1905
Description: Women polishing aluminum items with belt-driven polishing machinery at Manitowoc Aluminum Novelty Co.
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Women Works at J.M. Smucker Company Plant Pasteurizer Cooler

Date: 1970
Description: A woman wearing a hairnet and a white smock reaches towards jars of jam or jelly that appear to be coming off a piece of factory equipment labeled "Pasteur...
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Woman Operating Twine Machinery

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A woman is operating a large, complicated piece of twine machinery. She is wearing a dark skirt and blouse covered by a smock, and her hair is in a large p...
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Portrait of Woman

Date: 02 26 1919
Description: Full-length portrait of a young woman in a white dress standing outdoors. There is a building in the background.
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Man Sitting at Desk at McCormick Works

Date: 1920
Description: View of a man sitting at a desk, with a man, woman, young man and child sitting behind him. Job applicants?
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People in Waiting Room at McCormick Works

Date: 1920
Description: Men, women and children are waiting in a room. Job applicants?
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Canning Factory

Date: 1977
Description: Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and g...

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