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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth 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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Charles Pfeifer, Deutsche Apotheke (German Apothecary)

Date: 1888
Description: Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them.
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Pfeifer's Drugstore

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior view of Charles Pfeifer's Drugstore, founded in 1858. From left to right are Charles Pfeifer, Fred Pfeifer, Mrs. Adam Heeb, Fulda Pfeifer, Mrs. Ch...
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Making Cheese

Date: 10 1929
Description: Corner of Swiss cheese-making room, showing a cheesemaker stirring ingredients in a copper kettle.
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Preparing Cheese Molds

Date: 10 1929
Description: A man gets brick molds ready as part of the process of making cheese at the Wisconsin Cheese Producers Federation.
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Albert Schwark

Date: 1913
Description: Albert Schwark posing in front of a horse-drawn carriage.
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Mullet River

Date: 1868
Description: A view taken from the elevation on the south side of the Mullet River.
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Smith Residence

Date: 1915
Description: View across yard towards the Horatio Nelson Smith residence.
Postcard

Mullet River

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Mullet River, with an bridge and an industrial building in the background. A sign reads, in part: "MFG. CO."
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Indian Trail Marker, Plymouth, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: An Indian trail marker erected "in honor of our pioneers". This trail later became the Plank Road between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The first h...
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Indian Trail Marker

Date: 1924
Description: An Indian trail marker erected "in honor of our pioneers". The trail later became the Plank Road between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The first ho...
Postcard

High School and Grade School

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the High School and Grade School. Caption reads: "FHigh School and the Grades, Plymouth, Wis."
Postcard

First Congregational Church

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the First Congregational Church, and parsonage. Caption reads: "First Congregational Church, and Parsonage, Plymouth, Wis."
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Tree-lined Dirt Road

Date: 1915
Description: A view looking down a tree-lined dirt highway, with an open field on one side and a mountain in the distance.
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The Old Powder House

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Description: The Old Powder House, the original site from 1770. A stone building was erected in 1920 in honor of the Pilgrims' descendants and their fight for American ...
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National Monument to the Forefathers

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Description: A view of the National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly the Pilgrims monument. The stone structure has three pedestals at the base with seated statues...
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Old Burial Hill

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Description: A view of Old Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Main Street Park

Date: 1915
Description: View of main street from a city park, including parked cars and store fronts.
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Plan of Plimouth Including Bays, Harbors and Islands . . .

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Description: Hand-drawn map of the area at the time of Pilgrim landing, drawn by Charles Blaskowikz. Includes commemorative historical notes.

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