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Milk Strike

Date: 01 10 1934
Description: Milk strikers and a pile of empty milk cans next to railroad tracks. Bill Nemeth (left) is pouring out milk in an attempt to create a shortage that would r...
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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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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...
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Milkman Exiting International Model M-2 Milk Truck

Date: 1933
Description: Milkman delivering bottles of milk and other dairy products to a residential home from an International Model M-2 milk truck. The truck was owned by Pevely...
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Irish Milk Boy

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Description: A young boy drives a donkey-powered cart with a large milk can as cargo in Fermoy, Ireland.
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Dutch Milk Wagon

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Description: A milkman pauses to dispense milk from the tap of a large milk can on his dog-powered delivery cart in Rotterdam, Holland.
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Kennedy Mansfield Milkmen

Date: 03 07 1936
Description: Group portrait of Kennedy Mansfield milk men in uniform carrying milk bottles. They are standing in front of a horse-drawn milk wagon and the Kennedy Mansf...
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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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RBA-140 Milk Delivery Truck

Date: 1953
Description: View of a milkman using an International RBA-140 Milk Delivery Truck to complete his route.
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Milk Delivery Man

Date: 01 17 1948
Description: Milk delivery man in work clothes being greeted at the door of a residence by a woman and young girl as he delivers milk and dairy products. Shown in the ...
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Coss Dairy Driver and Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Cab of an International model D-15-M truck with 102 inch wheelbase and Metro body. The delivery man is standing inside the cab on the passenger side of the...
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Roland Schrap Dairy Farm

Date: 1937
Description: A man stands by a 6 can milk cooler holding a metal basket of milk jars at the Roland Schrap Dairy Farm. To the right of a door is a cream separator. A win...
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Milk Cooler at Walter & Thompson

Date: 1937
Description: Two men standing next to a McCormick-Deering cooler at Walter & Thompson, an International Harvester dealership. The man pointing to the cooler is P.H. Tho...
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Chas. A. Woodson

Date: 1938
Description: Charles A. Woodson, dressed in overalls, is sitting on the corner of a 6 can electric milk cooler inside a wooden building. Two metal pails are on the righ...
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Man with Milk Cooler

Date: 06 13 1938
Description: A man in a hat and long coat with rubber protectors over his shoes stands next to a McCormick-Deering cooler. Four milk cans are in the foreground. Origin...
Book or Pamphlet

International M-2 Truck Brochure

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International Model M-2 truck. Features a photograph of a man carrying bottles back to a milk truck in a residenti...
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Milk Delivery

Date: 1959
Description: "Leroy Koll picks up milk at the William Sellnow farm, located on Allen Road. Weight of the milk when can is full is 85 pounds. Weight of the can is an add...
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Widmer Milk Truck

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Description: A man loads a Widmer delivery truck with milk cans.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: "Leroy Koll removes milk cans from the conveyor at Widmer's Cheese Factory."
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1958
Description: "Erhard Luhn comes to the cheese factory in a sleigh."

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