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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A large crowd at the Milwaukee Road depot, perhaps to greet William Jennings Bryan on the incoming train. The malthouse can be seen in the distance. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Two horse-drawn carts are parked near the mill. One horse-drawn cart is parked near a loading dock under a roof. On the left the road goes over a bridge, w... |
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| Description: | The finished cheese curds are weighed and poured into forms to make a 40 pound block of cheese. |
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| Description: | CEO Joe Widmer stands in the newly added area used for cheese packaging. |
| Date: | 08 15 1997 |
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| Description: | "The Buckhorn Restaurant is located several miles southeast of Fox Lake on Cty. Tr. A." From left to right; John Bodden, Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Rudy... |
| Date: | 10 23 2009 |
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| Description: | "This is Crabby Joe's Pub and Grill. When we visited this place on January 16, 2004, it was known as Schuyler Street Pub, in Uptown Neosho. The address is ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | "The Widmer milk truck gets bogged down in the Bill Breitag driveway, north of Theresa." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | "Digging out the milk truck in the Breitag Road." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | "A sled was used to convey the milk cans. Shown are Ralph Widmer, Bill Breitag, and Ken Reimer." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | "This was an early bulk truck for picking up milk. The box had room for a whey tank, to return whey to the farm." |
| Date: | 06 24 1948 |
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| Description: | "Leroy Koll removes milk cans from the conveyor at Widmer's Cheese Factory." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | "Erhard Luhn comes to the cheese factory in a sleigh." |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | "Paul Koll loads empty milk cans at Widmer Cheese Factory." |
| Date: | 03 1959 |
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| Description: | "Erhard Luhn, Richard Sigler, & Howard Greiner are bringing milk to Widmer Cheese Factory in a horse-drawn sleigh." |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer." |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Pioneer Beer, G. Weber Brewing Co." Under this in the center is a leaf with the lett... |
| Date: | 05 1980 |
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| Description: | "On a hillside off McArthur Road, waste water from Widmer Cheese Factory is dumped into a ridge & furrow disposal system." |
| Date: | 03 1975 |
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| Description: | "For pumping out the milk at each farm, a small gas engine was used to power the truck's pump. Myron Weninger checks the pump on the Widmer Cheese bulk tru... |
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