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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of Brodhead Cheese Factory with man standing in front. The first Jaggi family factory was known as County Line Co. The business shipped cheese in ...
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Cheese Factory

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Description: Horses and wagons carrying aluminum barrels are standing outside the cheese factory. Workers pause from work to pose. Each worker wears overalls and a hat.
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Cheese Factory

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Description: A man poses outdoors in front of a cheese factory. Behind him next to the building is a large wooden tub on stilts, perhaps for holding water.
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Widmer Cheese

Date: 1972
Description: "Widmer Cheese was a campaign stop for New York Mayor John Lindsay as he looked for votes for president."
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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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Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1968
Description: "Paul Koll loads empty milk cans at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Widmer Cheese Bulk Truck

Date: 03 1975
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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Widmer Cheese Employees

Date: 08 1979
Description: "Widmer Cheese employees. Front; Pat Geschke, Harvey Kamrath, Joe- John- Ralph- Jim Widmer."
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Widmer Cheese Factory Interview

Date: 10 1990
Description: "Mike Jacobs of Milwaukee Journal TV4 interviews Ralph Widmer."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 02 02 1993
Description: "Tour guide, Ralph Widmer, displays a Swiss cow bell to visiting AFS students at Widmer's Cheese Factory. Students were from Thailand, Yugoslavia, Germany,...
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Theresa Parade

Date: 08 1995
Description: "Parade in Theresa, corner of Milwaukee and Henni Street." Image features the Widmer cheese wagon.

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