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Cheese in Storage

Date: 1952
Description: Cheesemaker standing on ladder putting cheese on storage shelf, along with rows of other cheeses.
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McCormick-Deering Milking Machine

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Description: A man demonstrates how to use a McCormick-Deering milking machine.
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Loading Milk Cans into International L Series Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Color photograph of two men loading milk cans into the back end of International L-120 pickup truck. In the background are two grain silos.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on a new Toledo scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Man weighing a box on a Toledo scale at the Belmont Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man is weighing a bucket on an old scale at the Evans Creamery.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a large container on a Toledo platform scale at the Federation Creamery.
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First Dairy School

Date: 1920
Description: Building used for the first dairy school at the University of Wisconsin as it appeared in 1920.
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Bulk Milk Truck

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Description: A bulk milk truck is parked in a farm yard near a barn as three men stand by.
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Cheese Factory

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Description: Building thought to be a cheese factory, with workers and horse-drawn delivery wagons in the front.
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Cream Separator Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Cream separators on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Vacuum Pump and Milker on Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 03 1933
Description: McCormick-Deering single-cylinder vacuum pump (above) and a double-unit milker, part of the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" ...
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Dairy Display at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: A cream separator and power unit milker with mannequin on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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Wisconsin Gold Nuggets Exhibit

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Description: Two scouts look at a dairy exibit entitled Wisconsin Gold Nuggets at the Wisconsin State Fair. From left to right are Warren Sheard of Troop 35 in Burlingt...
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Farmer with Milk Can in Wheelbarrow

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Description: A farmer hauling a milk can on a wheelbarrow.
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Milk Cooler

Date: 11 16 1936
Description: A man places a milk can into a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler on the farm of Mrs. Joe Schmidt.
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McCormick-Deering 8-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 10 08 1936
Description: A man works near an 8-can milk cooler at the Columbia Baking Company.
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Truck Driver William J. Lankford

Date: 03 16 1936
Description: Original caption reads: "Wm. J. Lankford - safe driver Gateway City Transfer Co. Taken by Madison Branch House." Mr. Lankford was likely the winner of a sa...
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Man Entering Walk-In Cooler

Date: 1940
Description: A man carrying milk bottles stands at the doorway to a walk-in cooler at the Eubanks Dairy.
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Man Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.

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