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Wheel of Cheese

Date: 11 15 1929
Description: A worker weighs a wheel of cheese on a Toledo scale for the National Cheese Products Federation.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 04 15 1929
Description: Man weighing Mautz paint pails at Mautz Paint Company with a new Toledo scale.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Employee with a Toledo scale at the Fisher Body Co.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using other Toledo scale at Mt. Horeb Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using a small Toledo scale at H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on an old scale at Mt. Horeb Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a large container on a Toledo platform scale at the Federation Creamery.
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Weighing Cotton

Date: 1920
Description: Men weigh(?) bales of cotton on a wooden platform, while other men load or unload bales onto a wagon drawn by mules.
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Men with Cotton Bales

Date: 1920
Description: Men lead two mules in hauling a wagon full of cotton bales near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform.
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Cotton Bales on Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Two men place a bale of cotton on top of a pile on the back of a mule-drawn wagon. They are near what appears to be a weighing station on a wooden platform...
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Weighing a Bale of Sisal Fiber

Date: 1949
Description: A worker carefully weighs a bale of sisal fiber, possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Weighing the bale of s...
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Sisal Fiber Bale on IH Plantation in Cuba

Date: 1949
Description: A man wearing a cowboy hat is using hooks on the end of a chain to move a bale of sisal fiber on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. A curved t...
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Workers Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Male and female workers weighing bundles of twine on a scale, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill in Chicago.
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Three Men Weighing Scrap Iron

Date: 1942
Description: Three men stand near a trailer while weighing in a load of scrap iron brought from a farm by William Gory (at far right). At left is Jim Barrett, manager o...
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High School Band Plays in Street

Date: 1942
Description: The Elk Mound High School band entertaining farmers as they weigh in loads of scrap at Ausman Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The...
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School Boy Weighs Box of Scrap Metal

Date: 1942
Description: A group of men and boys are outdoors weighing metal collected in a wartime scrap drive. In the background is a truck and industrial buildings.
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F.W. Roberts Feed Warehouse

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a feed warehouse at the railroad yards. There is a truck scale with the word "Chicago" in front of the warehouse. A freight car i...

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