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Ronald Johnson with Winning Cheese

Date: 11 14 1958
Description: Ronald E. Johnson of Mount Sterling, with world champion cheddar cheese at the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association Contest.
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Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association Contest Winners

Date: 1958
Description: Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association Contest winners Evan Appleman, Carl Huber, Fred Beuer, and Werner Zimmerman, Jr. posing with their entries.
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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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Cutting the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker cuts curd to make Swiss cheese at the Jorden Cheese factory.
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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
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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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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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Workers Paraffining Cheese

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Description: Workers paraffining cheese at the Sheboygan County Farmers' Coop cheese factory.
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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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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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Weighing the Curd

Date: 11 07 1979
Description: Cheesemaker Laurel Ettien, measuring the weight of cheese curd after it was separated from the whey.
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Man with Provolone Cheese

Date: 06 05 1967
Description: Mike Cotch standing holding a provoloni with other shapes of provolone cheese including salomini, salame, and madget hanging from the ceiling at the Burnet...
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Swiss Man Making Cheese

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Description: A man wearing Swiss clothing making cheese in Switzerland.
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Jorden Prairie Cheese Factory

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Description: Interior view of the Jorden Prairie Cheese Factory showing Swiss cheese presses on a bench.
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Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
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Alice in Dairyland at Frigo Cheese Co.

Date: 07 26 1960
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Joan Engh, watching as a man ties a provolone cheese.
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Wheels of Wisconsin Cheese

Date: 1948
Description: Wheels of cheese stacked for curing at a cheese factory.
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Cheese Making

Date: 1967
Description: A man is filling hoops with cheese curd and another man is placing the cloths in the hoops at the Stella Cheese Factory.

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