Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | A man operates a balling machine while another handles spools of binder twine. The men may have been working at the McCormick twine mill in Chicago. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Men in a factory comb fiber (fibre), the first process preparatory to spinning. International Harvester used sisal fiber to make binder twine. The men may ... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Men carry fiber on their shoulders onto a wooden wharf. The fiber, probably from manila plants, is also piled near a building in the background. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Men carrying cut sisal leaves to take to a decorticating mill (which removes the outer husk), loading them on a donkey, and tram car which is on rails. |
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