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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
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Red Dot Foods Inc., Plant

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Description: Red Dot Foods Inc., potato chip plant, 1441 East Washington Avenue.
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Factory Worker Standing Among Wooden Barrels

Date: 04 03 1919
Description: Factory worker in soiled clothing standing among wooden barrels in a snow-covered factory yard. The man most likely worked at International Harvester's Osb...
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Railroad Tracks at Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Railroad tracks at Oscar Mayer plant. There is a railroad car on another set of tracks on the left.
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Oil Valves

Date: 10 09 1939
Description: Group of oil valves in the basement of the Oscar Mayer & Company, 910 Mayer Avenue.
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Oscar Mayer Company Cooling Tower

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: End view of cooling tower outside Oscar Mayer Company.
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Pickle Cellar at Oscar Mayer

Date: 11 20 1931
Description: Barrels of pickles stacked in a room at Oscar Mayer.
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Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 08 12 1931
Description: Interior of Fauerbach Brewery, looking towards what may be a loading dock.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 01 08 1928
Description: Man using a Toledo scale at the Mernick Dairy.
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Packinghouse Workers

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Description: Packinghouse workers splitting a carcass into halves.
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Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 1935
Description: Lunchroom at the Oscar Mayer plant.
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Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 07 29 1941
Description: Oscar Mayer Company processing plant.
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Health and Safety Poster Illustrating Employee Lunch Rooms

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Lunch Rooms - A Clean and Neat Place to Eat: Makes Food More Palatable." Includes images of lunch rooms or cafeterias ...
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Ketchup Packet Machine at a J.M. Smucker Company Plant

Date: 1970
Description: A man is operating the portion control/ketchup packet machine at a J.M. Smucker Company plant.
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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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Vacuum Kettles at a J.M. Smucker Company Plant

Date: 1970
Description: A man is examining a giant vacuum kettle at a J.M. Smucker Company Plant. Original caption read:, "Giant vacuum kettles are used to cook Smucker's preserve...
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Woman Operating J.M. Smucker Company Labeling Machine

Date: 1970
Description: Publicity photograph of a female employee, in a white, nurse-like uniform, white nursing cap labeled "Smucker's" and white nursing shoes, operating a label...
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Four Men Transport Cargo in a Cart

Date: 1907
Description: Four men are transporting a cart of goods from a railroad car to a loading dock. The men are most likely employees of the International Harvester Osbourne ...
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Factory Worker with Cart at Osborne Works

Date: 1909
Description: A man in overalls stands with a large cart filled with parts at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind him is a wall...
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Sack of Crystal Sugar

Date: 1947
Description: Sack of "Crystal Sugar, 100 LBS net weight. American Crystal Sugar Co. Oxnard, California," on a Toledo scale.

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