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Dairy Cooperative Supports Packinghouse Workers Strike

Date: 03 22 1948
Description: A driver for Dairy Distributors, Inc. cooperative of Watertown, Wisconsin delivering milk to strikers' soup kitchen.

"Several dairies have volunteered to...

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Farmer Milking Cow

Date: 03 1924
Description: Man sitting on a crate milking a cow by hand inside a barn on the farm of Hal Ament.
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Manor Dairy Truck

Date: 12 27 1934
Description: Manor Dairy truck and uniformed driver with milk in front of the dairy office in Kennedy Manor apartment building, 1 Langdon Street.
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International Trucks with Metroette Dari-Van Bodies

Date: 1960
Description: Advertising brochure for International AB-series trucks with Metroette Dari-Van bodies. Models covered include the AB-120 and AB-140 drop-frame chassis mil...
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Loading Milk Cans

Date: 1937
Description: A man unloads milk cans from a Ford Model T pickup truck at a creamery receiving station.
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Grocery Store Shoppers

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: A father and two children at the Kroger grocery store check out counter purchase Dean's milk, Red Dot potato chips, Kroger pancake mix, macaroni, and bread...
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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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Feeding Milk to a Calf

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Description: A farming man and woman holding a horse and feeding milk to a baby cow.
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Farmer with Milk Can in Wheelbarrow

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Description: A farmer hauling a milk can on a wheelbarrow.
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Wisconsin Central Airlines Dedication

Date: 08 03 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, at left, christens the "Northliner Alice in Dairyland" with a bottle of milk at the Madison municipal airport, with N...
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Spitler Bros. Dairy

Date: 1937
Description: Two men are standing in a room with a cooler and milking equipment. Original caption identifies the equipment as "McCormick-Deering 6 Can Cooler and Mc[Cor...
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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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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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Joe Santana Milking Cows

Date: 1946
Description: Joe Santana kneels beside a dairy cow in a barn to use a McCormick-Deering milker. The original caption reads: "Joe Santana, 326-S, Studebaker St., at Norw...
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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 Milking Cows

Date: 1940
Description: Roger Thomas uses a McCormick-Deering milker on a Holstein cow at the Lee Thomas farm.
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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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Boy Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: A boy wearing a hat, boots, and overalls sits on a wooden stool to milk a cow by hand. The original caption reads: "Son of Thomas Ridgman, Dousman, Wis."
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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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