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Dipping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker at the Jorden Cheese factory dips curd to make swiss cheese.
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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
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Pressing Curd

Date: 1941
Description: Two men pressing the curd into a form at the Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Cheese in Storage

Date: 1952
Description: Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses.
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Workers Paraffining Cheese

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Description: Workers paraffining cheese at the Sheboygan County Farmers' Coop cheese factory.
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Kenneth Clark Watching Milk

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Description: Kenneth Clark watches milk being separated, with cream going into the pail, at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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Kenneth Clark with a Milk Kettle

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Description: Kenneth Clark watches milk go into a kettle at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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Kenneth Clark Filling Kettles

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Description: Kenneth Clark filling kettles at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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View of Making Room

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Description: Interior view of the Brodhead Cheese Factory with Kenneth Clark working at the kettles.
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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 Cheese

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Description: Men at the Brodhead Cheese Factory closing the cloth after dipping the 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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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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Fred Wenger Cheese Factory

Date: 06 20 1948
Description: Man and woman standing outside the Fred Wenger cheese factory.
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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.
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Casper Jaggi and Workers

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Description: Casper Jaggi, on right, with cheese harp, and three brothers of the Erb family, (holding stirrers), standing outdoors at the Coldren Cheese factory. They a...
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of Brodhead Cheese Factory with man standing in front. The first Jaggi family factory was known as County Line Co. The business shipped cheese in ...
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Swiss Man Making Cheese

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Description: A man wearing Swiss clothing making cheese in Switzerland.

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