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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.
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars

Date: 02 10 1978
Description: "Widmer's Cheese Cellars. (l-r) Harvey Kamrath, Ralph, Joe, and John Widmer scoop brick cheese curds out of the vat. Widmers are now in their 56th year of ...
Photograph

Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese

Date: 1972
Description: "This is a copy of a photograph taken by Milwaukee Journal staff photographer, Ernie Annheuser and was featured in that paper. Ralph Widmer lets Mayor John...
Photograph

Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1972
Description: "Harvey Kamrath washes Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese Factory."
Photograph

Widmer Cheese Display

Date: 1972
Description: "Cheese display. Varieties are Brick, Cheddar, Colby, Swiss, Provolone & Blue."
Photograph

Widmer Cheese Employees

Date: 08 1979
Description: "Widmer Cheese employees. Front; Pat Geschke, Harvey Kamrath, Joe- John- Ralph- Jim Widmer."
Photograph

Cheese Tour

Date: 1976
Description: John J. Widmer gives "Alice in Dairyland," Janice (Findlay) Aiken, a tour of the Widmer Cheese Factory.
Map or Atlas

Monroe, Wisconsin : Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A.

Date: 1970
Description: This pictorial map shows illustrations of historical landmarks and events, some of which include the fairgrounds, churches, the courthouse, Turner Opera Ho...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Illustrated Map

Date: 1974
Description: Map of Wisconsin with drawings illustrating historic places and events throughout the state. The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin appears at the top ri...
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 21 1976
Description: Group portrait of a woman standing between two men. In the background is a Northwest Airlines airplane. The woman is wearing a crown, and a sash that reads...

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