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Pressing Curd

Date: 1941
Description: Two men pressing the curd into a form at the Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Musicians on Stage at Smitty's Hall

Date: 03 26 1946
Description: Three adult and two child musicians on stage with xylophone, harp, saxophone, accordion and piano at Smitty's Hall, for the grand opening program sponsored...
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Men with Big Cheese

Date: 02 26 1936
Description: Five men stand behind a 200 pound wheel of Swiss cheese. Written on wheel is "Madison Milk Producers Cooperative Ass'n." The cheese was a gift for Major Ed...
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Wisconsin State Brand Cheese

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Four men standing around a large block of cheese decorated with candles and a ribbon. Governor Oscar Rennebohm second from left. Engraved on the cheese are...
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Wisconsin State Brand Cheese

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Governor Rennebohm, right, with unidentified man and woman standing around a large block of cheese decorated with candles and a ribbon. Engraved on the ch...
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Good Will Tour

Date: 11 28 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm (left) inspecting the 21 wheels of Marathon County cheddar cheese and keys to Wisconsin's vacation land on the steps of the Wiscon...
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Hilltop Cheese Factory

Date: 05 30 1964
Description: Landscape view from field of a rolling countryside. A small cheese factory resides on a slope, with a tree, a windmill, two cars and a tractor near an outb...
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Govenors Exchange Gifts

Date: 09 25 1952
Description: Wisconsin Governor Walter Kohler presenting a cheese basket to visiting Florida governor Fuller Warren.
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Deerfield Creamery Company

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the Deerfield Creamery Company. Two cars are parked in the lot in front of the factory. There are storage tanks in the background on the r...
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Swiss Center

Date: 09 23 1954
Description: "Swiss Center," a false building front in the style of a Swiss chalet taken for Swiss Center, a Wisconsin natural cheese gift box mail order company locate...
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Milwaukee Cheese Company

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Cheese Company building at 1133 East Wilson Street. The company was founded by the Zwicky Brothers in 1912 and they opened ...
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We Saw You . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. Maple Grove pupils ob...
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Del Wood's Country Store

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Description: View from parking lot of "Del Wood's Country Store, Cheese, Liquor, Gift Shoppe." Three people are standing on the covered porch near the entrance. Agricul...
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Mt. Horeb Co-op Creamery

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Description: Exterior view of the Mt. Horeb Co-op Creamery at 102 South Second Street, which was operated by the Ryser Brothers. This view shows a Bavarian-style front,...
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First Day of the Farmers' Market

Date: 04 18 2015
Description: View of a crowd of people on the square, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background. One man is carrying a young boy on his shoulders. A tent over ...
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House of Wisconsin Cheese

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Description: Exterior view of a cheese shop with a sculpture of a mouse eating cheese above the entrance located at 101 N. Hamilton Street. Cheese is on display in the ...

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