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Photograph

Dipping the Curd

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

Hooping the Curd

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

Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
Photograph

Pressing Curd

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

Cheese in Storage

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

Barron Coop Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Two men pose at the Barron Coop Creamery next to the churns full of butter, which is ready to be packed into the small barrels nearby.
Photograph

Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
Poster

IH "Milker Service Day" Advertising Poster

Date: 1950
Description: Advertising poster promoting "Milker Service Day" at International Harvester dealerships. Includes the text: "Our trained milker service men will adjust an...
Photograph

Rolla B. Shurfelt Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well.
Photograph

Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
Photograph

International Harvester Exhibit at National Dairy Show

Date: 10 1927
Description: International Harvester's exhibit of McCormick-Deering ball-bearing cream separators at the National Dairy Show. The exhibit features a giant demonstrator ...
Photograph

Caught at the Milk Station

Date: 1913
Description: Mr. J.E. Waggoner, International Harvester Company Agricultural Extension Dept. employee, delivering roadside alfalfa lecture to a crowd of farmers arrivin...
Photograph

Loading Milk Cans into International L Series Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of two men loading milk cans into the back end of International L-120 pickup truck. In the background are two grain silos.
Poster

IHC Lines

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for various International Harvester "Farm machines with quality to recommend them." Color illustrations of manure spreaders, wagons, har...
Poster

Cream Separator Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: South American advertising poster for the Bluebell(?) cream separator. Includes color illustrations and the text: "La Famosa 'Descremadora' La 'Favorita' ....
Book or Pamphlet

The Cow, the Mother of Prosperity

Date: 1921
Description: Cover illustration for a publication by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department featuring a photograph of a cow chewing hay under the t...
Poster

Primrose Cream Separator Advertising Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Advertising poster for the Primrose cream separator with the text: "It makes your work easier -- your profits more certain." Features color illustration of...
Photograph

Farmer Pouring Milk into McCormick-Deering Cream Separator

Date: 07 07 1925
Description: Man pouring milk into a McCormick-Deering cream separator.
Poster

Primrose Cream Separator Advertising Poster

Date: 1921
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester's Primrose cream separator featuring a photographic illustration of a cow under the title "Give the Cow a Ch...
Photograph

Dairy cows on exhibit

Date: 1930
Description: Row of dairy cows on exhibit at the University of Wisconsin.

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