The Cheese Factory at Brasie Corners, a hamlet of the town Macomb. The factory was owned by Albert Hazelton. Pictured is Mr. Hazelton and his son Arnold, daughter Lois, and a hired helper, standing in front of the cheese factory and next to a large wooden water holding tank used to supply water to the […]
Charles Lenox and his wife Phoebe Smith-Lenox inside the Ruby Corners Cheese Factory. They stand behind a large tank filled with blocks of cheese curd. Circa 1910. Ruby Corners in the town of Macomb, NY.
The interior of the Wilna Farms Company Butter and Cheese Factory, part of the Carter Family Dairy, run by A. Byron Carter. Note milk cans. Circa 1900. Carthage, NY.
Unidentified man and woman outside the Grimm Cheese Factory in Harrisville. On right is a winch which was used to lift fifty gallon milk cans up. Round pressing boards, used for pressing wheels of cheese, are scattered around the yard. Cheesecloth was hung out to dry (doorway of building). Circa 1890-1900. Harrisville, NY.
Building on the left is grist mill and boarding house; on the right is a cheese factory. Both part of the Jerden/Jordan Falls tannery operation, circa 1920. Town of Diana, NY.
Cheese factory near Nye home. Fifty gallon milk cans seen on milk wagon, being lifted by winch for unloading. Caption says: Uncle Jerome Nye wearing white shirt, Uncle is driving Old Bill. Circa 1890s. Harrisville, NY.
Thousand Island Cheese factory picturing the milk receiving dock. Circa 1900. Chippewa Bay in Hammond, NY.
Exterior shot of the Dairymen’s League Cooperative Milk Plant in Hammond, which shows washed milk cans being conveyed out of the plant – full cans would have been received on the other side of the building. Circa late 1940s. Hammond, NY. Related story, here.
Dan Babcock (who lived from 1849-1916) in front of one of his cheese factories (one in Chippewa and one in Pleasant Valley). Circa 1900. Chippewa Bay, NY.
Workers at Limerick Cheese Plant, left to right: Alice Stano, ruthKizzer, unknown, Mickey Gracey, Helen (unknown last name). Circa 1960. Limerick, NY. Audio clip is of John Stano, Alice Stano’s son, remembering his mother’s time working at the plant.
