Contributed by Dixfield Historical Society
Description
This image shows the cheese aging room at the Dixfield Centre Cheese Factory Co. near Dixfield Common around 1880. Pictured are Lula Chase, Dan Newton, and Nettie Holman. Dan Newton was in charge of running the factory which operated during summer months only. Most of the production was made in twenty pound wheels. The dairy farms in the surrounding area sold their milk to the factory.
About This Item
- Title: Cheese wheels produced at Dixfield Centre Cheese Factory, Dixfield, ca. 1880
- Creation Date: circa 1880
- Subject Date: circa 1880
- Location: Dixfield Common, Dixfield, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11.5 cm x 16.5 cm
- Local Code: 2014-97
- Collection: Reference Photograph Collection #058 (DHS)
- Object Type: Image
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- Interiors
- Dairy processing--Maine--Dixfield
- Cheesemaking--Maine--Dixfield
- Factories--Maine--Dixfield
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For more information about this item, contact:
Dixfield Historical Society59 Main Street, PO Box 182, Dixfield, ME 04224
(207) 562-7595
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