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Agricultural Manufacturing Machinery at Osbourne

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Description: Factory floor, with a large piece of manufacturing machinery on the right, with other pieces of machinery directly behind it. The machine has many belts, p...
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Woman Cleaning Twine Machine

Date: 09 29 1913
Description: A woman with a broom is standing behind a large piece of twine machinery and is cleaning it with a broom. The woman is dressed in a smock and hat. Behind h...
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Technician Testing Dyes for Nylon Carpet

Date: 1970
Description: A female technician is at a workbench testing dyes for nylon carpet. The woman is wearing a white lab coat and apron, and has a beehive or bouffant hairsty...
Book or Pamphlet

Twine Talk: Deering Harvester Company Booklet

Date: 1902
Description: Front and back cover of a Deering Harvester Company brochure for twine. The cover reads: "The Original Spinners," and "The World's Greatest Spinners, Deeri...
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Lace Factory, New Glarus

Date: 1939
Description: Three women are sitting behind a long table and working with lace. Large machinery is behind them.
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Child Workers

Date: 1909
Description: Caption on back: "Textile factory, girl spinner at frame, boy with a waste cart. (Child Labor in Cotton Mills, 1909-1913)."
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Woman Posing at Twine Mill

Date: 10 27 1910
Description: A woman is standing at a twine mill near the corner of a room, near a brick window. A white backdrop is set up behind the twine mill.

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