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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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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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