Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 174

Photograph

Henry Mathews

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas...
Photograph

Visitors to the Iron Ridge Mine

Date: 1900
Description: Visitors, dressed in their Sunday best, contrast with the rough garb of the miners. Left to right, miners were: Charles Kanass, Robert "Beaver" Smith (hold...
Photograph

Brauer Bakery

Date: 1937
Description: A man stands in front of a 4 can milk cooler with two milk jars in his hands at the Brauer Bakery. Loaves of bread are on a table with a scale, a cake, an...
Photograph

Roland Schrap Dairy Farm

Date: 1937
Description: A man stands by a 6 can milk cooler holding a metal basket of milk jars at the Roland Schrap Dairy Farm. To the right of a door is a cream separator. A win...
Photograph

Workers Begin Assembling a Stove

Date: 
Description: Two workers at the Malleable Iron Range Company begin assembling a stove. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 13 The beginning of the building process. The ...
Photograph

Polishing Machine

Date: 
Description: A man operates the polishing machine at Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 11 One of the automatic polishing machines which s...
Photograph

Workers in the Polishing Room

Date: 
Description: Workers prepare castings for further assembly at the Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 10 One section of the polishing room,...
Photograph

Packing Castings to be Annealed

Date: 
Description: Two men pack castings to be heated in the annealing oven. Caption on stereograph reads, "No.8 Packing hard-iron castings in the annealing pot preparatory t...
Photograph

Pig Iron Storage Yard

Date: 
Description: A worker in the pig-iron storage yard at Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 1 A section of the pig-iron storage yard, Monarch...
Photograph

Moulders Filling their Ladles

Date: 
Description: Four workers gather around the malleable iron furnace and fill their ladles. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 5 Moulders filling their ladles at the mall...
Photograph

Men Working at Furnace

Date: 
Description: View of the furnace at Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 4 One side of the Malleable Iron furnace. Note the provision for sk...
Photograph

Workers in Warehouse

Date: 
Description: Two workers stock the warehouse at the Malleable Iron Range Company. Caption on stereograph reads, "No. 17 A corner of the warehouse where immense stocks a...
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Milk Storage

Date: 
Description: After the milk is picked up at the farm, it is stored in tanks that hold up to 25,000 lbs. and is held at temperatures of 38 to 40 degrees.
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Pasturization

Date: 
Description: The milk is pasteurized for the first step in the cheesemaking process. Milk is heated to 161 degrees, held at that temperature for 15 seconds, and then co...
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Coagulation

Date: 
Description: Two men working in a vat that has been filled with pasteurized milk and to which rennet (an extract from a calf's stomach) has been added, which coagulates...
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Curds and Whey

Date: 
Description: The milk, after cutting, has been transformed into curds and whey. The curds are comprised of the solids in the milk and the remaining whey is the liquid p...
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Brick Cheese Forms

Date: 
Description: Workers are busy filling the stainless steel Brick Cheese forms with curds.
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Brick Cheese Production

Date: 
Description: Each Brick of cheese weighs out at approximately 5 pounds. The general rule of thumb is that it takes 10 pounds of milk to produce 1 pound of cheese. A 5 p...
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Forming Brick Cheese

Date: 
Description: After the curds are leveled off in each form, they are turned so that each side of the Brick is pressed. During the course of the day, each form is turned ...
Photograph

Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Brick Cheese

Date: 
Description: Brick Cheese derives its name from the bricks used to press the curds.

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:

feedback@wisconsinhistory.org