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Workers Processing Sisal in Philippines
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Workers processing bundles of sisal fibre (fiber) at a factory or mill in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Company as part of its twine production operation.
1948
International Harvester Company
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Workers Process Sisal in Philippines
1948
Workers processing sisal at a factory in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Company as part of its twine production operation.
Processing Sisal in the Philippines
1948
Workers processing bundles of sisal in large piles at an International Harvester facility in the Philippines.
Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains
1910
Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International Harvester for twine production.
Workers Hanging Sisal in Yucatan(?)
1948
Workers, mostly female, hanging bundles of sisal on wires on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The plantation was likely run by the International Harvester Company as part of its twine production ope...
Philippine Workers Transport Fibre using Water Buffalo
Workers transporting twine fibre (fiber) using water buffalo and a wooden cart in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International Harvester for the manufacture of binder twine.
Processing Sisal Fiber at Twine Mill
1948
Factory workers work with machines to turn sisal fiber into binder twine, possibly at the McCormick Twine Mill.
