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Dipping the Curd

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

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Exterior view of the Blumer Brewery building. Two men are standing in the left background at the corner of the building. The porch of a building is on the ...
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Stamping Cheeses

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Description: A male worker in a cheese-making factory places a Wisconsin stamp on cheeses.
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Pet Milk Truck

Date: 10 21 1931
Description: A man is standing outdoors next to a Pet Milk Company tanker truck. Note on negative enveloper: "Tires gone 52,000 miles."
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Weighing the Cheese

Date: 11 15 1929
Description: A worker weighing a wheel of cheese on a balance scale for the National Cheese Products Federation.
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Wheel of Cheese

Date: 11 15 1929
Description: A worker weighs a wheel of cheese on a Toledo scale for the National Cheese Products Federation.
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Monroe, Wis.

Date: 1871
Description: Birds eye map of Monroe, WI, depicts street names and street locations, houses, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map shows the locations of ...
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Mrs. Edna Kern

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Mrs. Edna Kern, a farm wife, standing in her kitchen holding a pie. Her husband is Ernest G. Kern.
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The Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory with a truck in front.
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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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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The business shipped cheese in barrels, which were at first stored in the op...
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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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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Brodhead Cheese Factory taken from a nearby road, with a truck in front of the building.
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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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