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World's Largest Cheese, Made by Steve's Cheese
1965
Colored postcard view of Mr. & Mrs. Steve Siudzinski, owners of Steve's Cheese, in front of a 34,591 pound block of cheddar cheese draped with prize winning ribbons that the company made. This famo...
Tractor Trailer for World's Largest Cheese
1964
The tractor-trailer used to transport and display the world's largest cheese at the 1964 World's Fair held in New York. The 34,591 pound cheddar was made in Denmark, Wisconsin by Steve Siudzinski. ...
Alice in Dairyland and World's Largest Cheese
1964
Alice in Dairyland, and two employees of Steve's Cheese, sample a piece of the World's largest cheese. The gigantic piece of cheese was part of Wisconsin's exhibit at the 1964 World's Fair held in ...
Cheese-Mobile
1964
Principals in the "world's largest cheese" promotion, study the artist's sketch of the "Cheese-Mobile" that will send the cheese to the New York World's Fair in early April. They are, from left: St...
Steve's Cheese Letterhead
Letterhead of Steve's Cheese of Denmark, Wisconsin, with a man standing amidst seven large (300-12,000 lbs.) wheels of cheese on individual pallets, and a footer image of a three-quarter view of th...
Peerless Hotel
1908
Slightly elevated view toward the Peerless Hotel, mostly obscured by trees. A group of women are in the park in the foreground. Caption reads: "Peerless Hotel, Fox Lake, Wis."
