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Dipping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker at the Jorden Cheese factory dips curd to make swiss cheese.
Photograph

Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
Photograph

Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
Photograph

Pressing Curd

Date: 1941
Description: Two men pressing the curd into a form at the Swiss Cheese Factory.
Photograph

Milking machine

Date: 
Description: Man in hat posing with milking machine.
Photograph

Cheese in Storage

Date: 1952
Description: Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Milking Machine

Date: 
Description: A man demonstrates how to use a McCormick-Deering milking machine.
Photograph

Rockdale Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Rolla B. Shurfelt Farm

Date: 1900
Description: Barnyard scene on the Rollo Shurfelt farm with people milking the cows. Several horses are in the yard as well.
Photograph

Loading Milk Cans into International L Series Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of two men loading milk cans into the back end of International L-120 pickup truck. In the background are two grain silos.
Poster

IHC Lines

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster for various International Harvester "Farm machines with quality to recommend them." Color illustrations of manure spreaders, wagons, har...
Poster

Cream Separator Advertising Poster

Date: 1914
Description: South American advertising poster for the Bluebell(?) cream separator. Includes color illustrations and the text: "La Famosa 'Descremadora' La 'Favorita' ....
Photograph

Farmer Pouring Milk into McCormick-Deering Cream Separator

Date: 07 07 1925
Description: Man pouring milk into a McCormick-Deering cream separator.
Poster

Primrose Cream Separator Advertising Poster

Date: 1921
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester's Primrose cream separator featuring a photographic illustration of a cow under the title "Give the Cow a Ch...
Poster

Community Plate

Date: 1924
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Primrose Dealers. The ad tells of a prize Primrose dealers are able to compete for. The poster was made for use in...
Photograph

Woman Operating Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall operating a belt-driven cream separator. The separator is powered by an International engine.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Farmer Pouring Milk for Son

Date: 03 1924
Description: Farmer Hal Ament pouring milk from a pail into a glass for his young son as they stand at the gate of their farmhouse.
Poster

Ball-Bearing Cream Separators

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Ball-Bearing Cream Separators. Thecolor illustration provides a detailed image of the separator, showing its many ...

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