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Milk — The Best Bargain

Date: 1963
Description: Milton C. Geuther, Illinois American Dairy Association Manager, holding a glass of milk in one hand and a bag of cow manure in the other. Geuther claimed t...
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An Eye for Ice Cream

Date: 06 19 1983
Description: Tina Polley looked through a pair of large clown eyeglasses as she ate an ice cream cone at an Ice Cream and Pie Social at St. Francis Episcopal Church.
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Man with Provolone Cheese

Date: 06 05 1967
Description: Mike Cotch standing holding a provoloni with other shapes of provolone cheese including salomini, salame, and madget hanging from the ceiling at the Burnet...
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Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Irving Bielby operating a cream separator run by a gasoline engine at Babcock farm.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Ball Bearing Cream Separators

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for "McCormick-Deering Ball Bearing Cream Separators with Stainless Steel Discs." Features a photograph of a man using a c...
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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 ...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 01 17 1957
Description: The Alice in Dairyland holding a tray of glasses of milk, posing with three men.
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Dogs Eating Ice Cream

Date: 07 1956
Description: Dogs in a car being fed ice cream cones by a man standing on the sidewalk and a woman sitting inside the car. The car is a Rambler Custom. Across the stree...
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 02 02 1993
Description: "Tour guide, Ralph Widmer, displays a Swiss cow bell to visiting AFS students at Widmer's Cheese Factory. Students were from Thailand, Yugoslavia, Germany,...
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Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 08 1993
Description: "One of the staples at the Wisconsin State Fair is cream puffs. Shirley Widmer is enjoying one."
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Workers Packing Ice Cream Sticks in Shipping Boxes

Date: 1977
Description: Two women are standing at the end of a machine which is packaging Lilly Ice Cream sticks. The machine is placing ice cream sticks in individual wrappers, a...
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Tom & Jerry Batter Mixing

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Description: A man wearing a white t-shirt, white pants, and paper hat, is standing and holding a container in his left hand and operating a lever with his right hand f...
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Taste Test

Date: 1950
Description: Five men, each with a small dish in front of them, are sitting around a table in the chemistry laboratory of the Robert A. Johnston Company. Several of the...

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