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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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Hooping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: Workers hooping the curd to make cheddar cheese at the Plymouth Cheese factory.
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Buckhorn Cheese Company

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Description: Exterior view of the Buckhorn Cheese Company plant. A sign painted on the exterior of the building reads: "Take One Home."
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Stamping Cheeses

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Description: A male worker in a cheese-making factory places a Wisconsin stamp on cheeses.
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Cutting the Cheese

Date: 1950
Description: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture workers cut large blocks of Swiss cheese.
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Cheese Wrapping

Date: 1950
Description: Women wearing white smocks or aprons wrap slabs of cheese for distribution.
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Man on Wagon with Milk Cans

Date: 1872
Description: A farmer driving a horse-drawn wagon with milk cans. Behind him is a frame structure, possibly a cheese factory, with a porch and a full door on the second...
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View of Making Room

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Description: Interior view of the Brodhead Cheese Factory with Kenneth Clark working at the kettles.
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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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Dipping Feeding Cloth

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Description: A man dips a feeding cloth into a kettle.
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Closing Cloth after Dipping

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Description: Men closing up the cloth after dipping it into the kettle.
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Hooking Bag onto Pulley

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Description: Men hook a bag of cheese from a kettle onto a hook with a pulley.
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Squeezing Whey

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Description: Men squeeze whey before pressing.
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Men Retrieving Curd

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Description: Men prepare to retrieve the remainder of the curd from a kettle and add it to the bag.
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Pressing into Mold

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Description: A man presses cheese into a mold.
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Preparing to Turn Wheel

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Description: Men prepare to turn a wheel of cheese.
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Brine Tanks

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Description: Brine tanks and people in the background.
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Grading Cheese

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Description: Cheese being graded by a man with a fedora using a tryor to take a core of cheese.
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Making Room

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Description: Two men in the Brodhead Cheese Factory in a room that contains a separator, vats and stirrers.
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Kenneth Clark and Casper Jaggi with Vats

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Description: Kenneth Clark and Casper Jaggi standing next to vats at the Brodhead cheese factory.

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