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| Date: | 07 22 1936 |
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| Description: | Female workers sewing canvas side folds on binder aprons at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in ... |
| Date: | 06 19 1907 |
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| Description: | Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A woman in uniform standing by the open door of a walk-in-cooler in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). A man is standing ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Factory workers sitting at tables and standing in line to get food at a service counter in the cafeteria of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The cl... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A woman standing behind a counter at the Tractor Works cafeteria. The shelves in front of her are filled with slices of pie on plates and ice cream in bowl... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman stooping to remove an electrical cord from in front of a vacuum cleaner. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a house dress, stockings, and heeled shoes standing on the porch railing of a brick house to hang what appears to be clothesline from porch... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women surround O.H. Benson as he gives a canning demonstration in the office of County Superintendent Tobin. Canning equipment stands on... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Waggoner opening a pressure cooker on a stove in a farmhouse, possibly as part of a home canning process. |
| Date: | 10 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Waggoner pushing a button on an electric light switch on the wall in her farmhouse. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman using a foot-pedal sewing machine while working with a piece of fraying fabric. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman using an electric sewing machine while sitting at a table with latticed sides. |
| Date: | 06 1923 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J.E. Waggoner passing plaid fabric through a wringer after using an electric washing machine. A washboard is hanging on the wall in the background, an... |
| Date: | 10 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman sitting in a wooden chair while using an electric iron on clothing. A laundry basket is at her feet. |
| Date: | 10 02 1884 |
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| Description: | Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A seated portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp sitting near a window, knitting. Her upholstered chair has carved wood accents. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of mostly male, and a few female employees, dining in the Dining Hall of the McCormick Works Club House. In the background is the stage. Numbered wood... |
| Date: | 01 27 1919 |
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| Description: | Eleanor Holt is lying in her hospital bed at Henrotin Memorial Hospital. Her left leg, under the bed sheet, appears to be elevated. There are several frame... |
| Date: | 02 06 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of women eating in the dining room. They are posing for the camera. Flags are hanging from the columns in the room. |
| Date: | 02 06 1919 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of women eating in the dining room. They are posing for the camera. Flags are hanging from the columns in the room. |
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