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Cheese Being Served to University of Wisconsin Basketball Team

Date: 03 19 1947
Description: Woman serving cheese to members of the University of Wisconsin championship basketball team members at the train depot before their departure for the NCAA ...
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Wisconsin Cheese Makers Legislative Dinner

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Len Kopitzke (right), an officer of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, with Assembly Speaker Donald C. MacDowell (R - Soldiers Grove), at a legislati...
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Wisconsin Cheese Makers Legislative Dinner

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: State Senator Rudolph Schlabach (R - La Crosse) with another man at a legislative dinner sponsored by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.
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Harold E. Stassen President Campaign Tour

Date: 03 06 1948
Description: Harold E. Stassen (center), in Monroe, receiving a block of cheese from District Attorney Rudolph P. Regez.
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Harold E. Stassen President Campaign Tour

Date: 03 06 1948
Description: Harold E. Stassen at the speaker's table at a campaign luncheon in Monroe. Seated (left to right) are: Mrs. R.L. Rote, Rev. E.C. McCollow, District Attorne...
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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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Cheese Factory

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Exterior view of a cheese factory.
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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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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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Junior Division of the University League

Date: 09 28 1953
Description: Sylvia Graf and children Eric, 3 years, and Siri, 9 months, taste cheese. Sylvia is the social sewing chairman for the Junior Division of the University Le...
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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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Swiss Center Cheese

Date: 09 23 1954
Description: Cheese gift box from Swiss Center Cheese, "Wisconsin's Famous Cheese House," located at 2805 University Avenue.
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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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Men Who Cook

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: William H. Siemering stands in a kitchen grating cheese while wearing the traditional chef's apron, hat, and neckerchief. His specialty is "Eggs Wisconsin....
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Ronald E. Johnson Wins World Cheddar Cheese Championship

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Ronald E. Johnson of Mt. Sterling in Crawford County, Wisconsin, was named the winner of the World Cheddar Cheese Championship at the Hotel Loraine. He rec...
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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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