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Dipping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker at the Jorden Cheese factory dips curd to make swiss cheese.
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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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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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International Harvester Exhibit at National Dairy Show

Date: 10 1927
Description: International Harvester's exhibit of McCormick-Deering ball-bearing cream separators at the National Dairy Show. The exhibit features a giant demonstrator ...
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Dealer Points out Features of McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler

Date: 04 16 1937
Description: Dealer pointing out the features of a McCormick-Deering milk cooler at the dealership of Wisehaupt Sons & Co. Also pictured are a McCormick-Deering Type LA...
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Consumer's Co-op Dairy

Date: 01 12 1937
Description: Consumer's Co-op Dairy. Interior view of vats.
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Bowman Dairy Pasteurizing Room

Date: 04 12 1933
Description: Bowman Dairy, on Fish Hatchery Road. View of the pasteurizing room showing three vats, a churn, and a bottle filling machine.
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4-H Milking Champion

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, 1931 National 4-H milking champion, milking a cow. She is a member of the Maple Knoll 4-H Club north of Sun Prairie.
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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Display Window of New Clean Easy Milker

Date: 03 25 1929
Description: Display window of New Clean Easy Milker manufactured by Ben H. Anderson at the Madison Association of Commerce at 122 W. Washington Avenue.
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Alice in Dairyland, Barbara Brown

Date: 1955
Description: Alice in Dairyland for 1955, Barbara Brown, milking a cow by hand.
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Dairy Equipment Dealer Demonstrates Product

Date: 1937
Description: McCormick-Dealer dairy equipment dealer Lyal H. Watkins demonstrates to Ernie Deensford how to clean a milker hose.
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IHC Cream Separator Display at Iowa State Fair

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Men, women, and children at an International Harvester cream separator exhibit at the Iowa State Fair. A company representative appears to be pointing out ...
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Milking Cows at the Pima Agency

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Description: Several men milk cows at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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Century of Progress Queen Feeds Mechanical Cow

Date: 06 30 1933
Description: Miss Lillian Anderson, "Queen" of the Century of Progress world's fair, pretending to feed a mechanical cow. The cow was used to demonstrate McCormick-Deer...
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Dairy Display at "A Century of Progress"'

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Cream separators, milkers and a mechanical cow on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Caption in "T...
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Mechanical Milker and Cow at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 03 24 1933
Description: Two men examining a mechanical milker and cow in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Radio Stars with Mechanical Cow at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 03 24 1933
Description: Radio stars Jack Pearl and Cliff Hal posing with a mechanical cow and milker in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's ...
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Dairy Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 28 1933
Description: A crowd gathers around the International Harvester dairy display at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. The display included cream separator's, mecha...
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IH Drinking Fountain at Ohio State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: Two boys drink from water fountains cooled with International Harvester milk coolers at the Ohio State Fair. The sign by the water fountain reads, "Here's ...

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