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Workers Loading Sisal Leaves onto Tram Car

Date: 1900
Description: Two workers loading bundles of sisal leaves onto a tram car on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The sisal or hennequen was used by the McCormick Company and...
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Men with Grain Cradles

Date: 1912
Description: Rear view of three men wearing hats, and pants with suspenders, using grain cradles to harvest a field crop. Multiple buildings, including a barn, are on a...
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Old Fashioned Methods Must Go

Date: 1919
Description: Illustration of a man using a horse and handheld plow to work in a farm field. The illustration is crossed out in red and captioned with the text: "Old Fas...

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