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Milwaukee Cheese Company Trucks

Date: 06 23 1934
Description: Milwaukee Cheese Company trucks, parked in a row at 301 South Few Street.
Painting

Tractor Trailer for World's Largest Cheese

Date: 1964
Description: The tractor-trailer used to transport and display the world's largest cheese at the 1964 World's Fair held in New York. The 34,591 pound cheddar was made i...
Photograph

Kraft Cheese Delivery Truck

Date: 06 23 1926
Description: International delivery truck with an advertisement for Kraft Cheese, "Decidedly Better," on the side.
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

International Model S Cheese Truck

Date: 08 10 1926
Description: Two men are sitting in the cab of an International Model S truck used to deliver Fieldman's Best Farmer Cheese. Two men are loading packages into the back ...
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Casper Jaggi and his Dog

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Description: Hand-colored image of Casper Jaggi and his dog, ready to deliver a load of Swiss cheese to Monticello. He was delivering 6 tubs of Swiss cheese, each weigh...
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Cheese Day Celebration

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Celebrating the first "Cheese Day" with a parade. A group of spectators gather on the sidewalk near a truck displaying a banner and stove in the back.
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Man with "Goliath" Cheese

Date: 1940
Description: Man posed next to a truck hauling the world's biggest cheese, named "Goliath" by The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Probably taken at the Wisconsin S...
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Man sitting in driver's seat of a Skelly Truck promoting itself with banners and streamers. In the background on the right is a church.
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group portrait of children in costume posed on the back of a truck decorated with streamers for the Cheese Day Parade. Some of the children hold handwritte...
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group portrait of children posed on flatbed truck decorated with streamers as a float for Cheese Day. A sign reads: "Cheese is King," and a boy dressed as ...
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Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group of people posing among round wood cheese boxes on a flatbed truck decorated as a float in the Cheese Day Parade. One person holds a sign that says: "...
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Delivery Truck for Kraft Cheese

Date: 06 25 1926
Description: Right side profile view of a delivery truck with an open door. The sign on the side of the truck reads, in part: "Kraft Chee... 'Decided... ."
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Side View of Delivery Truck for Kraft Cheese

Date: 06 25 1926
Description: Left side profile view of a delivery truck with an open door. The sign on the side of the truck reads: "Kraft Cheese 'Decidedly Better."
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Delivery Truck for Kraft Cheese

Date: 06 25 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a delivery truck. The signs on the truck read: "Kraft Cheese 'Decidedly Better.'"
Photograph

Chalet Cheese Co-op

Date: 1968
Description: A dairy truck is under an awning at a cheese factory. A sign near the top of the two-story building reads: "Chalet Cheese Co-Op." Field crops are growing b...
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Kraft Phenix Plant

Date: 07 1936
Description: Vines are growing on the side of the brick Kraft Phenix cheese factory building at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Edison Street. Raised letters on the frie...

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