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Milk Strike

Date: 01 10 1934
Description: Milk strikers and a pile of empty milk cans next to railroad tracks. Bill Nemeth (left) is pouring out milk in an attempt to create a shortage that would r...
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Delivering Milk by Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Farmers delivering their milk in wagons to a dairy plant on Black Creek Road near Appleton. The advent of automobiles would vastly improve farmers ability...
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Gridley Dairy Milk Wagon

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Description: A man holding a bottle of milk is standing and posing next to a horse-drawn Gridley Dairy milk wagon. Two other men are standing on the left near a brick b...
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Milk Dispenser

Date: 1955
Description: Mr. Robot, a coin operated milk vending machine promoted by the Wisconsin Dairy Caravan, dispenses milk into a paper cup.
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Forest Milk Company Truck

Date: 08 06 1945
Description: Forest Milk Company truck and trailer, showing rear and right side.
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Kennedy Mansfield Milkmen

Date: 03 07 1936
Description: Group portrait of Kennedy Mansfield milk men in uniform carrying milk bottles. They are standing in front of a horse-drawn milk wagon and the Kennedy Mansf...
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Meadow Bloom Co-op Dairy

Date: 01 04 1934
Description: Six delivery trucks parked in front of Meadow Bloom Co-op Dairy, Co. Hwy. T, 1.5 miles from the end of Milwaukee Street. Established for the sole purpose o...
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Cathryn Haight Milking Cow

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Cathryn (Mrs. Ben) Haight sitting on a stool milking a cow by hand on the Capitol View Farm, 5380 Lacy Road.
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Bowman Dairy Truck

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: New "stand-drive" Bowman dairy truck.
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Pet Milk Truck

Date: 10 21 1931
Description: A man is standing outdoors next to a Pet Milk Company tanker truck. Note on negative enveloper: "Tires gone 52,000 miles."
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: Two men weighing milk cans on Toledo scales at the Pet Milk Company.
Postcard

Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: A crowd surrounds a 10-foot mechanical mannequin of Alice in Dairyland at an Alice display for the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The Alice could raise h...
Postcard

Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde...
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Welding a Milk Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Welding a milk truck at the Heil Corporation in Milwaukee. The Heil company was founded by German-born Julius P. Heil in 1901. As the Heil Rail Joint Wel...
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Sani-Dairy Dairy Equipment Cleaner

Date: 02 15 1947
Description: One-half gallon bottle of Sani-Dairy all-purpose dairy equipment milk-scale remover and disinfectant.
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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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Roland Schrap Dairy Farm

Date: 1937
Description: A man stands by a 6 can milk cooler holding a metal basket of milk jars at the Roland Schrap Dairy Farm. To the right of a door is a cream separator. A win...
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Man with Milk Cooler

Date: 06 13 1938
Description: A man in a hat and long coat with rubber protectors over his shoes stands next to a McCormick-Deering cooler. Four milk cans are in the foreground. Origin...
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Richard Brackett with Cooler

Date: 1938
Description: Richard Brackett, President of the Wisconsin Dairyman's Association, stands with a milk can near a McCormick-Deering cooler. Original caption states: "Pre...
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Valecia Evaporated Milk Company

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view from road of the Valecia Evaporated Milk Company, a condensery.

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