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Horlick's Malted Milk Factory

Date: 1914
Description: Horlick's Malted Milk Factory.
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Waiting For Pure Fresh Milk

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph of a posed scene showing a woman milking a cow as two other women stand waiting at an open barn door. On the left a man at a hand-pump is behin...
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Kenneth Clark Watching Milk

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Description: Kenneth Clark watches milk being separated, with cream going into the pail, at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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Kenneth Clark with a Milk Kettle

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Description: Kenneth Clark watches milk go into a kettle at the Brodhead Cheese Factory.
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Fritz Friedly Dumping Milk

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Description: Fritz Friedly dumping milk with a can wash in front.
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Fritz Friedly Dumping Milk

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Description: Fritz Friedly dumping milk by a can washer.
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Fritz Friedly Dumping Milk

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Description: Fritz Friedly dumping milk by a can washer.
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McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Designer

Date: 08 23 1935
Description: Mr. Borgut, designer of the McCormick-Deering milk cooler, explains his product to eight Detroit dairy equipment salesmen at International Harvester's West...
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Tractor Works Cafeteria

Date: 1940
Description: Workers stand behind a food service counter at the Tractor Works (factory) cafeteria. The counter is loaded with dishes, cups and saucers. One woman is mov...
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Powdered Milk Plant

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Description: Elevated view of a powdered milk plant.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Coagulation

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Description: Two men working in a vat that has been filled with pasteurized milk and to which rennet (an extract from a calf's stomach) has been added, which coagulates...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Curds and Whey

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Description: The milk, after cutting, has been transformed into curds and whey. The curds are comprised of the solids in the milk and the remaining whey is the liquid p...
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Carnation Milk Products Company Plant

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Description: Exterior view of the Carnation Milk Products Company plant as seen from across railroad tracks.
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Milk Delivery

Date: 1958
Description: "A sled was used to convey the milk cans. Shown are Ralph Widmer, Bill Breitag, and Ken Reimer."
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

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

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Valecia Condensery Milk Company factory. The company's sign is painted on the crow-stepped gable wall of the factory. The sign reads, "Vale...
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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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Worker at Milk Bottle Filling Station

Date: 1977
Description: A man is standing near a machine filling milk bottles. A conveyor line in front of him is bringing empty milk bottles to the machine where they are filled ...

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