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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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Cutting the Cheese

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese.
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Grading and Sorting Cranberries

Date: 1970
Description: Cranberries being loaded onto a conveyor belt. Women are sorting cranberries as they move along the belt.
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Cranberry Washing

Date: 1970
Description: A large bath of cranberries being washed and loaded onto a conveyor belt for processing. Women are working on a conveyor belt in the far background.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars

Date: 02 1995
Description: Janet Wendling and Marilyn Zingsheim package brick cheese at Widmer Cheese.
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Widmer Cheese Employees

Date: 08 1979
Description: "Widmer Cheese employees. Front; Pat Geschke, Harvey Kamrath, Joe- John- Ralph- Jim Widmer."
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Widmer Cheese Factory Interview

Date: 10 1990
Description: "Mike Jacobs of Milwaukee Journal TV4 interviews Ralph Widmer."
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars

Date: 02 10 1978
Description: "Widmer's Cheese Cellars. (l-r) Harvey Kamrath, Ralph, Joe, and John Widmer scoop brick cheese curds out of the vat. Widmers are now in their 56th year of ...
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Cheese Wrapping

Date: 1950
Description: Women wearing white smocks or aprons wrap slabs of cheese for distribution.
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Traditional Swiss Cheese Production at the West Middleton Cheese Cooperative

Date: 06 03 1954
Description: Cheese makers Alfred Abplanalp (right) and Bernard Cupp perform the old-time Swiss cheese making method of using cheese cloth to skim the curd from the top...
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Traditional Swiss Cheese Production at the West Middleton Cheese Cooperative

Date: 06 03 1954
Description: Cheese makers Bernard Cupp (right) and Alfred Abplanalp (left) completing the process of skimming curd from a vault of whey by lifting the cheese cloth bag...
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Canning Factory

Date: 1977
Description: Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and g...
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Ralph Widmer

Date: 06 2000
Description: Ralph Widmer, an excellent spokesman for Widmer Cheese, talks about curing cheese.
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Alice in Dairyland at Frigo Cheese Co.

Date: 07 26 1960
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Joan Engh, watching as a man ties a provolone cheese.
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Sausage Making

Date: 1944
Description: Four women operating sausage-making equipment at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
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Fred Wenger Cheese Factory

Date: 06 20 1948
Description: Man and woman standing outside the Fred Wenger cheese factory.
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Cheesemakers at Work

Date: 1910
Description: Cheesemakers in a small local factory. The man on the right is stirring a large kettle.
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Working at the Parker Pen Factory

Date: 10 16 1952
Description: A worker is using a machine to cut metal strips for fountain pen nibs at the Parker Pen factory.
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Oscar Mayer Casing Workers

Date: 10 17 1939
Description: Group portrait of female workers in the casing department of Oscar Mayer & Company, located at 910 Mayer Avenue.
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Casper Jaggi and Workers

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Description: Casper Jaggi, on right, with cheese harp, and three brothers of the Erb family, (holding stirrers), standing outdoors at the Coldren Cheese factory. They a...

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