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Explore the new images of creameries added to the Roseau County Historical Society collection in the Minnesota Digital Library.
The Minnesota Digital Library is pleased to share new images from the Roseau County Historical Society. These black and white photographs depict creameries located in the towns of Warroad, Ross, Roseau, Greenbush, and Strathcona between the years 1900 and 1931.
These photographs document the creameries located in the towns of northwestern Minnesota during a time when the dairy industry operated at the local level. Later, the dairy industry would shift to an organized cooperative network. Farmers organized local cooperatives to combat the low prices of milk and dairy products and the inconsistent practices of private buyers. By 1935, Minnesota had 876 butter plants, of which 635 were cooperatives.
View these photographs in the Roseau County Historical Society collection.
Image credit: Warroad Co-Operative Creamery with new addition, Warroad, Minnesota. 1931. Roseau County Historical Society, collection.mndigital.org/catalog/ros:1379
