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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 08 1947
Description: "Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Children Visit the Farm

Date: 04 1987
Description: City children visit the O'Connor farm for a hands-on experience.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Salting Cheese Curds

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Description: Salt is sprinkled on the newly cut cheese curds.
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1972
Description: "Harvey Kamrath washes Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 09 1949
Description: "This view is straight south of Widmer Cheese Factory."
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The Gorden Berg Farm

Date: 1987
Description: Open house at the Gordon Berg farm where the Bergs show off their Holsteins.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Brick Cheese Forms

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Description: Workers are busy filling the stainless steel Brick Cheese forms with curds.
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Brick Cheese

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Description: Brick Cheese derives its name from the bricks used to press the curds.
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Grantman Barn — Interior

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Description: Gordan Grantman stands in the barn which was once used by the Paul Dirks family.
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Widmer Cheese Display

Date: 1972
Description: "Cheese display. Varieties are Brick, Cheddar, Colby, Swiss, Provolone & Blue."
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Milking Cows

Date: 04 1960
Description: "Paul Koll is busy as his cows are being milked."
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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1960
Description: "Ralph Widmer receives milk at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Cheddaring

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Description: When making Cheddar Cheese, slabs of cheese are turned and packed, which is called, "Cheddaring."
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Curd Mill

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Description: The slabs of cheese are put through a curd mill, which makes the popular Cheddar Cheese Curds.
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Koll Barn — Interior

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Description: Paul and Evangeline Koll have 27 stanchions in their barn. They ceased milking cows May 26, 1988.
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Weninger Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Rosie Weninger standing inside the barn, which has 35 stanchions. The last time cows were milked here was in 1991.
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Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: "John O. Widmer shows visitors from Nebraska what Brick Cheese looks like."
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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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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1968
Description: "Paul Koll loads empty milk cans at Widmer Cheese Factory."
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Theresa Lions Club Tenth Anniversary Pin

Date: 05 1986
Description: "An image of Widmer's Cheese Factory adorned a Theresa Lions Club Pin."

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