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Pressing Curd

Date: 1941
Description: Two men pressing the curd into a form at the Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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S.M. Babcock and Tester

Date: 06 09 1928
Description: S.M. Babcock, on the right, and his original milk butterfat tester at an honorary ceremony.
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University of Wisconsin Dairy School Laboratory

Date: 1915
Description: Large group of Dairy School students, all men, testing samples in the laboratory.
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 10 1968
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Bobbie Thoreson, holding a platter of cheese, poses with four men at the World Food Expo.
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4-H Milking Champion

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, 1931 National 4-H milking champion, milking a cow. She is a member of the Maple Knoll 4-H Club north of Sun Prairie.
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Dairy Laboratory Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men standing at the rear of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture dairy laboratory truck, which has wooden steps leading up to the open rear doors.
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Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker

Date: 04 1998
Description: "In ceremonies at Madison, Joe Widmer was named a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker. His mentor was his uncle, Ralph Widmer."
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Stephen Babcock Milking a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Stephen Moulton Babcock seated on a small stool and milking a cow as another man holds a harness around the cow's head. They are in a University of Wiscons...
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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Portrait of A.J. Glover

Date: 02 01 1950
Description: A portrait of A.J. Glover, a pioneer Wisconsin dairy leader, was presented to the University of Wisconsin college of agriculture. His son, W.H. Glover, is ...
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Dairy Day at Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Beverly Rabas (center) of Algoma, WI, looking at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity's scrapbook with two of its members. On left is Klaus Nixdorf from Rolandis...
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Dairy Day at Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Alpha Gamma Rho members talking with Dale Bruhn of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Left to right: John Mitchell (Hillsboro), Dale Bruhn, Wesley Fa...
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Dairy Day at Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Marvin Woerpel (left) of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is the main speaker for Alpha Gamma Rho's Dairy Day banquet. Shown with him, left to righ...
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University of Wisconsin — Hiram Smith Hall

Date: 06 30 1893
Description: Exterior view of front of Hiram Smith Hall, a stone and timber, Queen Anne-style structure. It was the first dairy education building in the western hemisp...
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West German Farmers Visit Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 06 17 1960
Description: A group of 75 West German farmers visit Madison on a week-log tour of mechanized farming operations in the Midwest. The group stops at the Bowman Farm Dair...
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Palestinian Admires Holstein Cow

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Charles Brace, Lonerock, fieldman for the National Holstein-Friesian Association, showing a Holstein cow to L.E. Shmaragd, Palestine, at the University of ...
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University of Wisconsin — Dairy Barn

Date: 06 30 1898
Description: The University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn and silo, with an man standing on the elevated ramp on the right. Another man is standing on top of a load of hay on...
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Twila Nolen Given a Silver Dollar

Date: 06 26 1958
Description: Twila Nolen, a waitress at Rohde's Steak House, is shown after receiving her second silver dollar from the Madison Chamber of Commerce. It is part of a Jun...
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Dairy Conference Registration

Date: 06 21 1953
Description: Catherine Clayton (left) is handling money and the cash box, while Ernest Corley (center) is examining identification at the beginning of a three-day conf...

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