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Cheese in Storage

Date: 1952
Description: Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses.
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McCormick-Deering Milking Machine

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Description: A man demonstrates how to use a McCormick-Deering milking machine.
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Loading Milk Cans into International L Series Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of two men loading milk cans into the back end of International L-120 pickup truck. In the background are two grain silos.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on a new Toledo scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Man weighing a box on a Toledo scale at the Belmont Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man is weighing a bucket on an old scale at the Evans Creamery.
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Bulk Milk Truck

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Description: A bulk milk truck is parked in a farm yard near a barn as three men stand by.
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Cheese Factory

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Description: Building thought to be a cheese factory, with workers and horse-drawn delivery wagons in the front.
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Farmer with Milk Can in Wheelbarrow

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Description: A farmer hauling a milk can on a wheelbarrow.
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Milk Cooler

Date: 11 16 1936
Description: A man places a milk can into a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler on the farm of Mrs. Joe Schmidt.
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McCormick-Deering 8-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 10 08 1936
Description: A man works near an 8-can milk cooler at the Columbia Baking Company.
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Truck Driver William J. Lankford

Date: 03 16 1936
Description: Original caption reads: "Wm. J. Lankford - safe driver Gateway City Transfer Co. Taken by Madison Branch House." Mr. Lankford was likely the winner of a sa...
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Man Entering Walk-In Cooler

Date: 1940
Description: A man carrying milk bottles stands at the doorway to a walk-in cooler at the Eubanks Dairy.
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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Men with Milkers

Date: 1938
Description: Three men, two wearing overalls and one in a suit and hat, stand outdoors in front of a building beside four McCormick-Deering single-unit milkers on the f...
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Man Carrying Milker

Date: 01 17 1938
Description: Mr. E. Bognuda stands in a barn doorway while carrying a McCormick milker. The original caption reads: "Milkers on dairy farm owned by Mr. E. Bognuda locat...
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Dr. Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a stool and milking a cow. Another man stands near the head of the cow. They are in a fenced field near a road, most ...
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Murrow and his Cows

Date: 08 1955
Description: Journalist Edward R. Murrow contemplates his herd of Holstein-Friesian cows on his farm. He sells the milk to a local distributor.
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Stephen Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a small stool and milking a cow as another man holds a harness around the cow's head. They are in a University of Wiscons...

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