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Making Cheese

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Corner of Swiss cheese-making room, showing a cheesemaker stirring ingredients in a copper kettle.

Date Created:
October 1929

Publication Information

Date Created October 1929

Physical Description

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Collection Information

Source Collection Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012AWA
Legacy ID
WHi 23658

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