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Senator Roseleip Taking Taste Test

Date: 06 24 1965
Description: Senator Gorden Roseleip taking the oleo/butter taste test, administered by Senator Martin Schreiber.
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Cutting the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker cuts curd to make Swiss cheese at the Jorden Cheese factory.
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Ice Cream Vendors

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Group portrait of 22 disabled American veterans who are Forget-Me-Not ice cream bars vendors. They are posing in front of 503 State Street with boxes of ic...
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Methylene Blue Milk Test

Date: 1928
Description: Dairyman conducting Methylene blue test on a can of milk. Notice in background reads: "For all milk which passes the quality requirements of this factory, ...
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Dairy Exterior

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Description: Exterior view of a dairy. Two cars and a horse-drawn wagon loaded with milk cans are parked in front of building.
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Zesto Malt Shop

Date: 1956
Description: Waiter making a malt in the Zesto Malt Shop at 658 State Street.
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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Milk — The Best Bargain

Date: 1963
Description: Milton C. Geuther, Illinois American Dairy Association Manager, holding a glass of milk in one hand and a bag of cow manure in the other. Geuther claimed t...
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Flipping Pancakes

Date: 06 11 1989
Description: Man flipping pancakes at "farm breakfast" as part of "June is Dairy Month" promotion in Washington County.
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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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Delivering Milk with International C-15 Truck

Date: 09 23 1936
Description: Milkman unloading crates from an International C-15 truck in front of "Tecumseh Cabins Lunches, & Coffee". The front of the restaurant and store features s...
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Interior of Ice Cream Bar

Date: 09 11 1945
Description: Ice Cream Bar interior, on Milwaukee Street, showing fountain, and booths along the all on the left, with several people sitting.
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Ice Cream Bar in Variety Store

Date: 09 14 1945
Description: Kennedy Mansfield Dairy Co. ice cream bar in the Carlson's 5¢ to $1.00 Store, 2524 East Washington Avenue.
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Bancroft Dairy

Date: 09 16 1935
Description: Four milk delivery trucks and drivers at Bancroft Dairy, 1010 South Park Street. The driver on the far left is Martin Kelly, and the third driver from the ...
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Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars Vendor

Date: 06 28 1933
Description: Portrait of disabled World War I veteran Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars vendor, who was arrested for selling on the street.
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Eat More Ice Cream Shop

Date: 08 07 1931
Description: Interior of Eat More Ice Cream Shop, opened by Hans P. Schleicher, under the direction of Eleanor Owens, at 1301 Williamson Street.
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Old Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using an old scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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William Horlick

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length outdoor portrait of William Horlick (1846-1936), co-founder of Horlick's Malted Milk Company of Racine, Wisconsin.
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Bottling Line at Horlick's Malted Milk Corporation

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Description: Caption on rear: "Modern production line methods such as this are praised by packaging experts for their efficiency and cleanliness."

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