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Bulk Truck

Date: 1958
Description: "This was an early bulk truck for picking up milk. The box had room for a whey tank, to return whey to the farm."
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Milk Delivery

Date: 1959
Description: "Leroy Koll picks up milk at the William Sellnow farm, located on Allen Road. Weight of the milk when can is full is 85 pounds. Weight of the can is an add...
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Widmer Milk Truck

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Description: A man loads a Widmer delivery truck with milk cans.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: "Leroy Koll removes milk cans from the conveyor at Widmer's Cheese Factory."
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1958
Description: "Erhard Luhn comes to the cheese factory in a sleigh."
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Alice in Dairyland Candidates

Date: 06 1956
Description: Four candidates for Alice in Dairyland pose together drinking bottles of milk with straws. From left to right are: Betsy Bachhuber of Mayville, Cheeril Hop...
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Milking Cows

Date: 04 1960
Description: "Paul Koll is busy as his cows are being milked."
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Farm Buildings: Concrete Block Milkhouse

Date: 1924
Description: A woman and her dog standing at the doorway of a concrete block milk house.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1960
Description: "Ralph Widmer receives milk at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Condensed Milk Factory

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Description: Exterior of a two-story condensed milk factory. Two men are driving horse-drawn wagons on the road on the left. Other men are under a roof covered loading ...
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Valecia Condensery Milk Company

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior of the Valecia Condensery Milk Company factory. The company's sign is painted on the crow-stepped gable wall of the factory. The sign reads, "Vale...
Print

Superior Milk Dealers Assn., Blueprint

Date: 02 14 1935
Description: Blueprint submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration from the Superior Milk Dealers Association. Features a drawing of the bottle and b...
Postcard

Winnebago Dairy Farm

Date: 10 18 1939
Description: Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't...
Document

Fred. C. Mansfield Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Fred. C. Mansfield Company of Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, with contoured lettering, a can of evaporated milk, a hand pouring evaporated mil...
Photograph

Widmer Cheese Bulk Truck

Date: 03 1975
Description: "For pumping out the milk at each farm, a small gas engine was used to power the truck's pump. Myron Weninger checks the pump on the Widmer Cheese bulk tru...
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Nestle Food Condensery

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior of the Nestle Food Condensery plant.
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Old Milk Wagon

Date: 08 1979
Description: "This old milk wagon will be in Theresa Firemen's parade."
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Home of PET Milk Factory

Date: 1925
Description: View down the road leading to the PET evaporated milk factory. A painted sign on the factory's exterior wall claims PET evaporated milk is "milk at its bes...
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Sarah Krueger Bhend Feeding Cats

Date: 1899
Description: Sarah Krueger Bhend feeding kittens in front of a farm building.
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Two Boys and a Woman Holding Milking Machinery

Date: 10 1906
Description: Two boys dressed in dark work shoes, overalls, and button-up shirts are standing on either side of a woman in front of a doorway. The woman is dressed in a...

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