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Rockwell Hardness Tester at McCormick Works

Date: 03 1949
Description: An factory worker at McCormick Works uses a Rockwell Hardness Tester to check ledger plates.
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Processing Sisal Fiber at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers work with machines to turn sisal fiber into binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Packing and Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh and pack twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Processing Sisal in Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker tends a machine to produce binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Three Men Working in Service Shop

Date: 1944
Description: Three men working in a service shop of an International Harvester dealership. The men are standing at work tables with vises along a row of large windows.
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Worker Feeding Sisal into Machine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory worker feeding sisal fiber into a machine, possibly at International Harvester's McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The slivers fed in...
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Blending Fibers at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Men use machines to blend fiber for binder twine at an International Harvester twine mill (most likely the McCormick Twine Mill). Original caption reads: "...
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International Molding Machine Company

Date: 1940
Description: Men at the International Molding Machine Company factory working with core boxes after removal from the core blower.
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Processing Sisal at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers inspect sisal fiber coming out of a finisher machine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "A finisher machine del...
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Inspecting Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers inspect sisal fiber, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. The fibers were stacked in piles and then weighed on a floor scale.
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Packing and Weighing Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers weigh and pack binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Weighing, sacking and bale lashing binder twine...
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Spinning Sisal Fiber at a Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers spinning sisal, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "In the spinning department, this battery of "jennies"...
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Man Inspecting Spinning Machine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A man inspects a machine for spinning sisal, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "An operator is shown inspecting a spinning mach...
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Woman Employee Binding Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker creates balls of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "This scene shows a battery of balling machin...
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Processing Twine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker creates balls of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "This scene shows a battery of balling machin...
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Woman Balling Twine

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker assembles a ball of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Tucking in the end of the twine after the...
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Checking Weight of Twine

Date: 1948
Description: Female factory workers check the weight of bound twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Matching up balls of baler twine to ...
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Man Feeding Sisal into Machine in Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A worker feeds sisal into a machine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The slivers fed into a second breaker receive another t...
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Processing Sisal Fiber at A Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers process sisal fiber to produce binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "The raw material for twine ente...
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Assembling Balls of Twine at Twine Mill

Date: 1948
Description: A female factory worker assembles a ball of twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill. Original caption reads: "Tucking in the end of the twine after the...

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