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| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Birds-eye drawing of Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, rivers, lakes, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of th... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, from cotton mill tower, Beaver Dam, Wis." Two churches are in the background, and there are smokestacks and a water tower n... |
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| Description: | View of the Van Brunt plant. The Van Brunt Manufacturing Company began in 1860 when brothers George and Daniel Van Brunt patented a design for a combinatio... |
| Date: | 05 05 1962 |
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| Description: | The John Deere farm machinery manufacturing plant. "Bascule" passage between buildings which is raised to let freight cars pass on railroad tracks. |
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| Description: | The finished cheese curds are weighed and poured into forms to make a 40 pound block of cheese. |
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| Description: | CEO Joe Widmer stands in the newly added area used for cheese packaging. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | "Widmer Cheese was a campaign stop for New York Mayor John Lindsay as he looked for votes for president." |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | "A sled was used to convey the milk cans. Shown are Ralph Widmer, Bill Breitag, and Ken Reimer." |
| Date: | 08 18 1949 |
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| Description: | "Corn awaits canning at the Baker Canning Co." |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | "Paul Koll loads empty milk cans at Widmer Cheese Factory." |
| Date: | 09 1949 |
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| Description: | "This view is straight south of Widmer Cheese Factory." |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | "This view is from St. Theresa Catholic Church. Looking north toward Zimmel Implement." |
| Date: | 07 1991 |
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| Description: | "The road is being repaired on West Henni Street." |
| Date: | 02 1995 |
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| Description: | Janet Wendling and Marilyn Zingsheim package brick cheese at Widmer Cheese. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of town with homes and factories. |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a canning factory, with workers lined up out front, and a man standing in a wagon pulled by a team of horses. Railroad tracks are... |
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