Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections

The Human Factor

Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library

• Introduction
• The Exhibition
  • The Request
  • The Response
    • Chapter Introduction
    • Chapter Images
  • The Collection
  • The Medium
  • The Message
  • The Product
  • The Production
  • The Worker
  • The Audience
• Bibliography

Where flavor development begins

Ninety two-hundred-pound Swiss “wheels” (three deep) in one of the “salt baths” at the Kraft Antigo plant. This is the first step in the development of the distinctive Swiss flavor. The “wheels” float around in a salt brine solution for three days, are then placed on shelves for several months to cure, where they are turned regularly and rubbed with salt.

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