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Wisconsin Cheese Billboard

Date: 09 28 1942
Description: Highway billboard advertising Wisconsin cheese for the Department of Agriculture and Markets.
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Cheese Poster

Date: 09 05 1940
Description: Cheese advertising poster - Woman holding cheese platter and the words "Say Merry Christmas with Aged Select Natural Wisconsin Cheese in gift packs $1.00 p...
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Kraft-Phenix Cheese on Display

Date: 1933
Description: A Grocery Convention provides the forum for a display of Kraft food products.
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Cheese & Butter Table

Date: 1937
Description: Advertising brochure for Wisconsin's dairy industry issued by the State Department of Agriculture. It depicts Wisconsin as the table upon which cheese and...
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Kraft Cheese Ad

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Description: Advertisement promoting Kraft cheese as a picnic food for visitors to Kraftwood Gardens. The advertisement is on the inside back cover of A guide to Kr...
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Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory

Date: 1909
Description: Men with horses and wagons gathered outside the Faville Grove Farmers' Co-Operative Cheese Factory. A poster advertising the State Fair is pasted to the wa...
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America's Dairyland

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Description: Wisconsin promotional decal with a map of the state, with many cities marked and drawings of some Wisconsin icons: cheese, cows, deer, beer, Wisconsin Dell...
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Wisconsin State Fair Cheese Display

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Description: Wisconsin State Fair display promoting Wisconsin "dated" cheese sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. The display features a shelf full of ...
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Kaukauna Klub, Label

Date: 02 24 1934
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration by the South Kaukauna Dairy Company. Cheese Food product which is a mixture of aged ch...
Print

Dairy Queen Cheese Food, Label

Date: 09 06 1944
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Features an image of a woman wearing a crown. Label is in blue with a cream backgroun...
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Loyd Cheese Factory

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior of the two-story Loyd Cheese Factory. A barn on the left of the factory features an advertisement for Star Tobacco.
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Welcome To America's Dairyland

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Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture billboard promoting Wisconsin cheese with a picture of several cows on a farm.
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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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Wisconsin Pavilion Attractions

Date: 1964
Description: Sign outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair advertising a steak house, a beer garden, and the world's largest cheese. A portion of the pav...
Poster

This Year Give Wisconsin Centennial Cheese Packs

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Description: Poster with an illustration of a block of 2 Pounds Select Cheddar, and Santa Claus eating a piece of cheese. Text reads: "This year give Wisconsin Centenni...
Poster

Treat Yourself to a Wisconsin Natural Cheese Sandwich

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Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman wearing a nurses uniform, and a knife with slices of cheese cut from a block of Wis-Cheese Sandwich Cut. Text reads:...
Book or Pamphlet

Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1986
Description: Brochure advertising the 1986 Wisconsin State Fair with cartoon images of a cow, a wheel of cheese, Ferris Wheel, musicians, and children with pie and crea...

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