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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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Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
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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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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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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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Ernest Albert Hilfiker, Cheesemaker

Date: 1950
Description: Ernest Albert Hilfiker (1905-1993) poses with copper kettles in the making room of the Tuscobia cheese factory.
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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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International Model S Cheese Truck

Date: 08 10 1926
Description: Two men are sitting in the cab of an International Model S truck used to deliver Fieldman's Best Farmer Cheese. Two men are loading packages into the back ...
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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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