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Casper Jaggi and Workers
Casper Jaggi, on right, with cheese harp, and three brothers of the Erb family, (holding stirrers), standing outdoors at the Coldren Cheese factory. They are all wearing long aprons and boots.
Widmer's Cheese Cellars
February 10, 1978
"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 cheesemaking."
Making Cheese
October 1929
Corner of Swiss cheese-making room, showing a cheesemaker stirring ingredients in a copper kettle.
