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African American Workers at IHC McCormick Works

Date: 1905
Description: Group of employees, all men or young men, and mostly African American, posing inside manila or cotton processing room of IHC's McCormick Works. One man is ...
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Men with Carts at Hamilton Twine Mills

Date: 1929
Description: Factory workers handle twine piled on wheeled carts at Hamilton Twine Mills.
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Industrial 10-20 Factory Hauling Fiber

Date: 12 21 1925
Description: A man operating a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to haul a long train of carts holding bundles of fiber, possibly for burlap. Another man is lo...
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Burlap Train Entering Warehouse

Date: 1925
Description: A man rides on the back of a train of carts loaded with burlap sacks as it enters the Chase Bag Company warehouse from the steamship dock.
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McCormick-Deering 10-20 Industrial Tractor Hauling Burlap

Date: 05 18 1925
Description: A man operating a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to haul carts loaded with what appear to be bundles of burlap fabric. There is an industrial b...
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Ox Team Hauling Wool

Date: 
Description: A man and child stand near an ox team hauling wagons loaded with bags of wool in New Mexico. Caption reads: "Ox Team Hauling Wool, New Mexico."
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Loading Sisal Fiber

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Men use donkeys to pull carts loaded with sisal fiber along railroad tracks on a wharf at Progreso, Yucatan. The fiber is being loaded onto or off of steam...
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Storing Sisal Fiber

Date: 07 28 1910
Description: Men use a pulley to raise bales of sisal from the ground of a warehouse to the top of a pile of stacked bales. Others use dollies to wheel in additional ba...
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Workers Store Bundles of Binder Twine

Date: 1900
Description: Workers stacking bundles of McCormick binder twine in a warehouse, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Manila Drying Area

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a manila drying area. A man is working in the foreground on the left near carts on tracks. Drying posts are behind him, and a long industr...
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Men Stacking Bales of Manila

Date: 1900
Description: View indoors of men stacking bales of manila.
Print

Spinning Rooms

Date: 1909
Description: Print of one of the five spinning rooms in the McCormick Twine Mills in Chicago, Illinois.
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Men Stacking Bales of Manila

Date: 1909
Description: One of the five hemp houses in the McCormick twine mills in Chicago, Illinois.
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Bales of Hemp in Factory

Date: 07 19 1928
Description: Bales of hemp on carts in a factory.
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Bales of Manila or Cotton Being Unloaded

Date: 1905
Description: Men are standing inside a factory building unloading bales of manila or cotton. A man standing on the right is wearing a hat and suit.
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Ox Cart Drawing Bales of Sisal

Date: 1900
Description: Ox cart drawing bales of sisal near a large building.

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