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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Prairie du Chien Woolen Mill Company, established in 1890 by George Fairfield. |
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| Description: | A Philippine Islands man sits in a cart drawn by several water buffalo. The man may have worked in International Harvester's sisal and twine operation. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A man pulls fiber from the leaves of a manila plant in the Philippine Islands. Other men look on over his shoulder, and a dwelling or other structure is in... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of baled sisal stacked in a field alongside a dirt road. Several structures and a railroad cars are on a hill in the background. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Rows of shacks, possibly company housing, identical in style and size, including thatched roofing. The shacks are likely part of a henequen or sisal planta... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View toward the mills with a water tower on the right. Caption reads: "The Badger Woolen Mills, Grafton, Wis." |
| Date: | 11 03 1951 |
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| Description: | Four men are behind a table, one of them standing. A banner in the background includes the logo for the Textile Workers Union of America, and the words "Lo... |
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