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Cutting the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker cuts curd to make Swiss cheese at the Jorden Cheese factory.
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Kraft Cheese Display

Date: 12 08 1933
Description: A Kraft cheese display at the Kroger Store located at 3 Pinckney Street.
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McCoy's Ice Cream Shop

Date: 02 22 1938
Description: Two clerks and a customer in McCoy's Ice Cream Shop, 507 State Street, with Oscar Mayer Coolerator food display case.
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Harp and Kettle Cheese House Restaurant

Date: 09 04 1954
Description: Close-up of the Harp and Kettle Cheese House drive-in restaurant and store with roadside sign advertising "Aged Cheese, Retail, Mail Orders, Gift Boxes."
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Two Men at Brine Tanks

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Description: Two men working with cheese at the brine tanks.
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Washing Cheese

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Description: Men preparing cheese to wash.
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Cheese in Cooling Room

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Description: Cheese in the cooling room, with aged cheese in the upper left corner.
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Cheese Cooling Room

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Description: Two men stand with cheese in the cooling room.
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Man Draining Curd

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Description: a man drains curd with a cheddar curd mill.
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Frieda Jaggi at First Factory

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Description: Hand-colored photograph of Frieda Jaggi at county line factory, the first family factory, which had a wood frame and heated kettles. It was common for Fri...
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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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