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Coldren Factory

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Description: Men work at the Coldren Cheese Factory.
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The Cooling Room at Coldren

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Description: Men stand in the cooling room at Coldren which stored the wheels of cheese on lids on pipe shelves to keep mice away.
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Frieda Jaggi in Cooling Room

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Description: Frieda Jaggi and some children in the cooling room.
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Dipping Feeding Cloth

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Description: A man dips a feeding cloth into the kettle with his ankles held by a T-bar.
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Dipping Feeding Cloth

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Description: A man dips a feeding cloth into a kettle.
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Closing Cloth after Dipping

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Description: Men closing up the cloth after dipping it into the kettle.
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Hooking Bag onto Pulley

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Description: Men hook a bag of cheese from a kettle onto a hook with a pulley.
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Squeezing Whey

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Description: Men squeeze whey before pressing.
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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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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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Ice Cream Eating Contest

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Description: Actor Jack Carson and two boys competing in an ice cream eating contest at the State Fair. The boys are identified as John Schroeder of West Bend and Jacki...
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Casper Jaggi in Cheese Store

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Description: Casper Jaggi in a cheese store.

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