Business & Industry
Interior of the Colby Motor Company
J.W. Witmer & Company Insurance
Sheaffer Pen Company
Washing machine assembly line
Union members picketing 
Punched pearl button shells
Elevators at Quaker Oats plant
Hybrid seed plant
War Changes Maytag Products
The Iowa Bystander Publisher Fights for Success
The Depression Years
Iowa's Meatpacking Industry
Families of Auto Workers Picketing, 1950
Time Frame: 1950
Families of United Auto Workers (UAW) union members picket outside John Deere plant during strike. Des Moines, November 1950.
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