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Decorticating Machine
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Several men feed sisal leaves into the decorticating machine, most likely at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Here the leaves are fed into the decorticating machine. The fiber is extracted and the leavings are hauled away."
1949
International Harvester Company
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W012Y0E
WHi 59665
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Sisal Entering Decorticating Machine
1949
Factory workeres help feed sisal leaves into a decorticating machine, possibly at International Harvester's sisal plantation in Cuba.
Train Load of Sisal Leaves
1949
A shipment of sisal leaves at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads: "A train load of sisal leaves coming into the decorticating plant for processing."
Cars of Bagasse at Sisal Plantation
1949
Several cars of bagasse outside a processing factory at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads: "Cars of bagasse ready to go to the dump. This is the mater...
Fiber Passing out of Decorticating Machine
1949
Factory worker with a straw hat oversees sisal fibers as they pass out of a decorticating machine. possibly at an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Fiber passing ...
Bundled Sisal Leaves at the Decorticating Plant
1949
A long line of bundled sisal leaves on carts outside an International Harvester Plant. The processing factory was located on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "...
Harvesting Sisal Leaves
1949
Worker loading stacks of bundled sisal leaves on a rail or tram car on an International Harvester plantation in Cuba. Caption on photograph reads: "Train load of sisal leaves are being readied for ...
