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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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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
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Zesto Malt Shop

Date: 1956
Description: Waiter making a malt in the Zesto Malt Shop at 658 State Street.
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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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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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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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Flipping Pancakes

Date: 06 11 1989
Description: Man flipping pancakes at "farm breakfast" as part of "June is Dairy Month" promotion in Washington County.
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Vending Machines

Date: 1955
Description: Vending and dispensing machines display. Banner above also reads: (Increased dairy sales and better health for your community."
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Milk Dispenser

Date: 1955
Description: Mr. Robot, a coin operated milk vending machine promoted by the Wisconsin Dairy Caravan, dispenses milk into a paper cup.
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Woman Operating Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall operating a belt-driven cream separator. The separator is powered by an International engine.
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Girl Eating Ice Cream

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Two views of a girl eating ice cream at a soda fountain. She is wearing a headband and a choker.
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Roadside Milk Bar

Date: 09 11 1945
Description: Interior of Roadside Milk Bar with soda fountain, service island, and booths. The business was located on Middleton Road (University Avenue), just before t...
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Interior of Ice Cream Bar

Date: 09 11 1945
Description: Ice Cream Bar interior, on Milwaukee Street, showing fountain, and booths along the all on the left, with several people sitting.
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Ice Cream Bar in Variety Store

Date: 09 14 1945
Description: Kennedy Mansfield Dairy Co. ice cream bar in the Carlson's 5¢ to $1.00 Store, 2524 East Washington Avenue.
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Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Co. Display

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Co. booth at the East Side Business Men's Association Fall Festival, featuring a winter display of bears eating ice cream and a dai...
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Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Co. Booth

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Left hand section of Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Company booth at East Side Business Men's Association Fall Festival, featuring a winter landscape with three b...
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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, located at 507 State Street. Prominent in the view is a Oscar Mayer Coolerator food display case.
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McCoy Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: A soda jerk pouring a malt into a glass as three women are sitting at the counter of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, located at 507 State Street.
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McCoy Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: Three women are drinking malts at the counter of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, 507 State Street. A sign on the wall reads: "A Balanced meal in every glassful! ...
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Richard McVicar Enjoys Ice Cream

Date: 07 05 1934
Description: Richard McVicar, son of the photographer, sitting at a table and eating ice cream from a stemmed dish, under a sign advertising Crystal Ice Cream that read...

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