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Milk — The Best Bargain

Date: 1963
Description: Milton C. Geuther, Illinois American Dairy Association Manager, holding a glass of milk in one hand and a bag of cow manure in the other. Geuther claimed t...
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McCoy Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: A soda jerk pouring a malt into a glass as three women are sitting at the counter of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, located at 507 State Street.
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Bottling Line at Horlick's Malted Milk Corporation

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Description: Caption on rear: "Modern production line methods such as this are praised by packaging experts for their efficiency and cleanliness."
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Tri-State Ice Cream Co. General Manager

Date: 03 16 1936
Description: Original caption reads: "Ralph W. Page, G.M. [of] Tri-State Ice Cream Co. Taken by Madison Branch House."
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Edgar C. Lyman with Milk Pails

Date: 1941
Description: Edgar C. Lyman stands on a platform and uses a stainless steel pail to pour milk into a supply tank.
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Bottling Milk

Date: 1938
Description: Two dairy workers run a milk bottling machine at Golden Guernsey Dairy.
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Man Weighing Milk

Date: 1947
Description: A man writes information on a chart as he weighs a can of milk in a barn. A row of cows standing in stalls is behind him. The man may be working at Interna...
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Men in Dairy Barn

Date: 12 16 1946
Description: Two men empty buckets of milk into cans in a dairy barn. A row of cows standing in stalls is in the background. The original caption reads: "McD [McCormick...
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Man Entering Walk-In Cooler

Date: 1940
Description: A man carrying milk bottles stands at the doorway to a walk-in cooler at the Eubanks Dairy.
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Man Weighing Milk

Date: 1940
Description: A man inside a building uses a hanging scale to weigh a can of milk. He writes the weight on a chart hanging adjacent to the scale.
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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Harvey Schmidt with Portable Milker

Date: 03 30 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt stands amongst a row of cows in a barn to use a portable milking machine.
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Children with Cream Separator

Date: 05 25 1927
Description: A boy is holding a drinking glass up to the spout of a cream separator as a man is pouring a metal milk pail into the device. A young girl is sitting on a ...
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Camp-girls Buying Ice Cream

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Description: Camp-girls buying ice cream cones from a woman at the Camp Sherwood Shoppe. Candy bars and lollipops are on the counter, and a Camp Sherwood pennant is in ...
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Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Irving Bielby operating a cream separator run by a gasoline engine at Babcock farm.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Ball Bearing Cream Separators

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for "McCormick-Deering Ball Bearing Cream Separators with Stainless Steel Discs." Features a photograph of a man using a c...
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Woman Using Cream Separator

Date: 10 1923
Description: A woman using a cheesecloth to strain the contents of a bucket into a cream separator at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm (Harvester Fa...
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Woman Operating Cream Separator

Date: 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall is using a gasoline engine to run a cream separator on the Babcock farm. The cream separator is driven by belts that are attached to the ...
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Worker Stocking Freezer Cabinet with Ice Cream

Date: 1977
Description: A routeman for Lilly Ice Cream of Bryan, Texas, is stocking a freezer cabinet with a sign that reads: "Lilly Ice Cream." The man is wearing dark blue slack...

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