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Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
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Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker

Date: 04 1998
Description: "In ceremonies at Madison, Joe Widmer was named a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker. His mentor was his uncle, Ralph Widmer."
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Annual Meeting of Wisconsin Cheese Makers' Association

Date: 11 04 1958
Description: The 67th annual meeting of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers' Association is held in Madison at the Hotel Loraine. The meeting included the 2nd annual World's Ch...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Exterior

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Description: Widmer's Cheese Cellars, located in in the Wisconsin village of Theresa, has been in the Widmer family since 1922.
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Magnolia Cheese Factory

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Description: Interior view of the Magnolia Cheese Factory.
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Severtson Swiss Cheese Factory

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior of the Severtson Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Rural Cheese Factory

Date: 04 30 1971
Description: The cheese factory owned by Bernard Herndel located on rural State Highway 13 in Marathon County.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 08 1947
Description: "Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Dipping the Curd

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

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

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Description: Workers paraffining cheese at the Sheboygan County Farmers' Coop cheese factory.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1972
Description: "Harvey Kamrath washes Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 09 1949
Description: "This view is straight south of Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Widmer Cheese Display

Date: 1972
Description: "Cheese display. Varieties are Brick, Cheddar, Colby, Swiss, Provolone & Blue."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1960
Description: "Ralph Widmer receives milk at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Making Cheese Curds

Date: 1937
Description: View of two men wearing work clothes, wearing overalls and hats, working at a machine, mostly likely making cheese curds. Another man wearing a suit and ti...
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Cheese Factory

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Description: The Silverfield cheese factory located on US Highway 10 and State Highway 110. A variety of dairy products are for sale.
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 10 1968
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Bobbie Thoreson, holding a platter of cheese, poses with four men at the World Food Expo.
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Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: "John O. Widmer shows visitors from Nebraska what Brick Cheese looks like."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: "Leroy Koll removes milk cans from the conveyor at Widmer's Cheese Factory."

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