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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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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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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.
Postcard

Cheese Row

Date: 1945
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Cheese Row. Automobiles and trucks are parked near the buildings. Caption reads: "Cheese Row, Monroe, Wis."
Photograph

Jacob Karlan Block

Date: 1955
Description: The Jacob Karlan block, built in 1893 on the north side of Monroe Street. The Karlan block was erected on the site of the old United States Hotel, adjoinin...
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Severtson Swiss Cheese Factory

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior of the Severtson Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Harold E. Stassen President Campaign Tour

Date: 03 06 1948
Description: Harold E. Stassen (center), in Monroe, receiving a block of cheese from District Attorney Rudolph P. Regez.
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Harold E. Stassen President Campaign Tour

Date: 03 06 1948
Description: Harold E. Stassen at the speaker's table at a campaign luncheon in Monroe. Seated (left to right) are: Mrs. R.L. Rote, Rev. E.C. McCollow, District Attorne...
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Man with Bottle Collection

Date: 03 01 1949
Description: A man is standing next to shelves housing his bottle collection.
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Depot and Creamery

Date: 1913
Description: The train depot with a creamery next door.
Print

Golden Glow, Beer Label

Date: 1943
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Golden Glow Pilsner Beer, Brewed in the Swiss Cheese capital of the U.S.A., Since 18...
Print

Hi-Brau Beer, Label

Date: 1943
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Golden Glow, Hi-Brau, A Pure-All Grain, Beer." Brewed and bottled by the Blumer Brew...
Print

Golden Glow, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blumer's Golden Glow Beer, 'It's the After Glow', Blumer Products Co." The center of...
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Home of PET Milk Factory

Date: 1925
Description: View down the road leading to the PET evaporated milk factory. A painted sign on the factory's exterior wall claims PET evaporated milk is "milk at its bes...
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Dog Clearing Bar Table

Date: 11 1946
Description: Four men playing cards at a table with a fifth man seated on a radiator observing at left. In the foreground, a dog clears an empty beer bottle from the ta...

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