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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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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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Vending Machines

Date: 1955
Description: Vending and dispensing machines display. Banner above also reads: (Increased dairy sales and better health for your community."
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Horlick's Food Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Horlick's Food Company of Racine, Wisconsin, from the 1890s, showing the Horlick's factory, a dairy maid with a cow and a container of Ho...
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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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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Alice in Dairyland, Merrie Barney

Date: 1959
Description: Merrie Barney, the 1959 Alice in Dairyland, helps a young boy eating a cream puff, always a favorite treat at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
Postcard

Creamery in Clear Lake

Date: 1910
Description: View of the side of the creamery, with two men standing at an open door at the end of the building on the left. Caption reads: "Creamery Clear Lake Wis."
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Two Men at Brine Tanks

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Description: Two men working with cheese at the brine tanks.
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Washing Cheese

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Description: Men preparing cheese to wash.
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Cheese in Cooling Room

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Description: Cheese in the cooling room, with aged cheese in the upper left corner.
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Cheese Cooling Room

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Description: Two men stand with cheese in the cooling room.
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Man Draining Curd

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Description: a man drains curd with a cheddar curd mill.
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Frieda Jaggi at First Factory

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Description: Hand-colored photograph of Frieda Jaggi at county line factory, the first family factory, which had a wood frame and heated kettles. It was common for Fri...
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Coldren Factory

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Description: Men work at the Coldren Cheese Factory.
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The Cooling Room at Coldren

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Description: Men stand in the cooling room at Coldren which stored the wheels of cheese on lids on pipe shelves to keep mice away.
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Frieda Jaggi in Cooling Room

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Description: Frieda Jaggi and some children in the cooling room.
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Dipping Feeding Cloth

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Description: A man dips a feeding cloth into the kettle with his ankles held by a T-bar.

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