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Men Retrieving Curd

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Description: Men prepare to retrieve the remainder of the curd from a kettle and add it to the bag.
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Pressing into Mold

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Description: A man presses cheese into a mold.
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Preparing to Turn Wheel

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Description: Men prepare to turn a wheel of cheese.
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Brine Tanks

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Description: Brine tanks and people in the background.
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Grading Cheese

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Description: Cheese being graded by a man with a fedora using a tryor to take a core of cheese.
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Making Room

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Description: Two men in the Brodhead Cheese Factory in a room that contains a separator, vats and stirrers.
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Kenneth Clark and Casper Jaggi with Vats

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Description: Kenneth Clark and Casper Jaggi standing next to vats at the Brodhead cheese factory.
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Brodhead Cheesemaking Room

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Description: Interior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory with a man by a vat.
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Dipping the Curd

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Description: Two men dipping the curd in a cheese kettle.
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Draining Whey

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Description: Interior of the making room as the workers drain whey.
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Men with Cheesecloth

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Description: Casper Jaggi and Jake Wurtz working with cheesecloth in 110 degree weather and no internal factory cooling system.
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Casper Jaggi Pressing Cheese

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Description: Casper Jaggi pressing cheese.
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Casper Jaggi in Cheese Store

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Description: Casper Jaggi in a cheese store.
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Dipping Cheese

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Description: Men at the Brodhead Cheese Factory closing the cloth after dipping the cheese.
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Man Squeezing Whey

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Description: Man squeezing whey from a cheese cloth.
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Men Squeezing Whey

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Description: Two men squeezing whey from a cheese cloth.
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Men Preparing to Turn Wheel

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Description: Men prepare a wheel of cheese to be turned.
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Casper Jaggi Pressing Cheese

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Description: Casper Jaggi presses cheese.
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June Swensen at Register

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Description: June Swensen at a register cutting a wheel of cheese.
Postcard

Greetings From Monroe, Wis.

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Description: A postcard with the text "Greetings From Monroe, Wis.," as well as images including postcard views of Wisconsin's pioneer cheese maker Niklaus Gerber, a co...

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