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Main Street in New Glarus

Date: 1877
Description: View from hill down the unpaved main street. There is a man and two women standing in front of a fence and house across the street on the right.
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New Glarus from Hill

Date: 1874
Description: View of New Glarus from a neighboring hill. A man, wearing a hat and suit, and five children, girls and boys, are posing along the fence in the foreground....
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1955
Description: Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Home of Edwin Barlow, now city museum. Two women are standing in front of the house.
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Girls in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two young girls dressed in Swiss costumes for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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New Glarus Centennial

Date: 07 16 1945
Description: Part of the crowd celebrating the New Glarus Centennial. In the background is a monument in memory of the first settlers of the Swiss colony of New Glarus ...
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Farmall M with Genius Tractor Plow

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: Paul F. Klassy uses a Farmall M tractor with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow to work in a field.
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G.F. Klassy Operates Farmall M Tractor

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: G.F. Klassy operates a McCormick-Deering Farmall M with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow on his farm on Route 1.
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn towards Norwegian Lutheran Church and cemetery. Well-dressed men and women stand at the entrance to the building. There are graves behind ...
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in...
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Woman in a Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Portrait of a woman in a Swiss costume holding a bouquet of flowers.
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Art Fair

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Description: Artists and vendors are sitting in wooden chairs next to displays of paintings for sale. Two women, dressed in traditional Swiss dresses, are looking at th...
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Woman at the Wilhelm Tell Festival

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Description: A woman with her back turned is posing outdoors and showing the back of her Swiss costume. Her hat is decorated with pins.
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Picnic in New Glarus Woods Picnic Grounds

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and two women have gathered at a picnic table in New Glarus Woods State Park (established 1934). A small bucket and dishes are sitting on the table...

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