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Cutting the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker cuts curd to make Swiss cheese at the Jorden Cheese factory.
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The Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory with a truck in front.
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The business shipped cheese in barrels, which were at first stored in the op...
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Brodhead Cheese Factory taken from a nearby road, with a truck in front of the building.
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Aerial View of Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Aerial view of Brodhead Cheese Factory with milk truck on ramp and whey tanks in the center. A boiler room was added later and the factory was moved outwa...
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Kenneth Clark Watching Milk

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Description: Kenneth Clark watches milk being separated, with cream going into the pail, at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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Kenneth Clark with a Milk Kettle

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Description: Kenneth Clark watches milk go into a kettle at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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Kenneth Clark Filling Kettles

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Description: Kenneth Clark filling kettles at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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View of Making Room

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Description: Interior view of the Brodhead Cheese Factory with Kenneth Clark working at the kettles.
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Dipping Feeding Cloth

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Description: A man dips a feeding cloth into the kettle with his ankles held by a T-bar.
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Dipping Feeding Cloth

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Description: A man dips a feeding cloth into a kettle.
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Closing Cloth after Dipping

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Description: Men closing up the cloth after dipping it into the kettle.
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Hooking Bag onto Pulley

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Description: Men hook a bag of cheese from a kettle onto a hook with a pulley.
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Squeezing Whey

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Description: Men squeeze whey before pressing.
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Men Retrieving Curd

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Description: Men prepare to retrieve the remainder of the curd from a kettle and add it to the bag.
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Pressing into Mold

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Description: A man presses cheese into a mold.
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Preparing to Turn Wheel

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Description: Men prepare to turn a wheel of cheese.
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Brine Tanks

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Description: Brine tanks and people in the background.
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Grading Cheese

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Description: Cheese being graded by a man with a fedora using a tryor to take a core of cheese.
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese factory from the street, with trucks and cars.

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