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Twine Manufacturing Machine

Date: 11 03 1906
Description: Twine manufacturing machine at McCormick Works.
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Machines at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Sisal (hennequen) fiber streaming from machines at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Combing Fibre

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a factory comb fiber (fibre), the first process preparatory to spinning. International Harvester used sisal fiber to make binder twine. The men may ...
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Men Spooling Twine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers use a balling machine at the McCormick Twine Mill to wind twine onto wooden spools.
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Manufacturing Machines for Twine

Date: 1900
Description: Manufacturing machines for twine at McCormick Works.
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Weighing and Sacking Room at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers in the weighing and sacking room at the McCormick Twine Mill. A scale is standing in the background at right. White sheets are hanging in t...
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Man with Spreader Machine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: A factory worker uses a spreader machine to work with sisal fiber during the production of binder twine at the McCormick Twine Mill. White sheets are hangi...
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Workers at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Factory workers feeding sisal or manila fiber into machines, most likely at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Combing Machine at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Men feed sisal fiber into a combing machine during the production of binder twine at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Men with Sisal Fiber Bales

Date: 1900
Description: Three men open bales of sisal fiber at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Men Feeding Manila Fiber into Machines

Date: 1900
Description: Employees feeding manila fiber into manufacturing machines at McCormick Works.
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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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Twine Balls Arranged Into a House

Date: 04 1907
Description: Twine Balls arranged into a house indoors at McCormick Works. There is a window in the wall.
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Men with Twine Finisher at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Two male factory workers look on as sisal fiber extends out of a finisher and piles in metal containers at the McCormick Twine Mill.
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Employees Working with Manila Fiber at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Two male employees are feeding manila fiber into manufacturing machines at McCormick Works. More men are standing in the background on the left.
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Manufacturing Machine for Twine

Date: 1900
Description: Manufacturing machine for twine at the McCormick Works. There is a white sheet in the background for a backdrop.
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Twine Balls Arranged Into a House

Date: 04 1907
Description: Twine Balls arranged into a house indoors at McCormick Works. There is a chimney on one wall, and a door on the left side.
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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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Manufacturing Machine for Twine

Date: 1900
Description: Bales of twine next to a manufacturing machine at McCormick Works. Coils of manila are fed into the machine, which is belt-driven from the ceiling.
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Factory Workers at the McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: "Knotter men" work at tables in the McCormick Twine Mill. Windows line one wall of the brick room, and a system of belt-driven machinery is arranged along ...

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