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View from Slope of New Glarus

Date: 05 27 1961
Description: A view overlooking the edge of the town, taken from an eastern slope, with a farm and cows in the foreground.
Photograph

Calves in Pasture

Date: 08 1929
Description: Young dairy cows feeding in a clover pasture with farm buildings in the background.
Map or Atlas

Monroe, Wis.

Date: 1871
Description: Birds eye map of Monroe, WI, depicts street names and street locations, houses, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map shows the locations of ...
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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....
Photograph

New Glarus from a Distance

Date: 1874
Description: View, from a distance, of New Glarus. A hill, trees and fences are in the foreground.
Photograph

Swiss Settler Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Monument to the first settlers in this Swiss colony, 1845.
Photograph

Swiss Reformed Church

Date: 1895
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Swiss Reformed Church, destroyed in 1899. Snow is on the ground.
Photograph

Houses on Hillside

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at houses below.
Photograph

Zwingli Reformed Church

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of the Zwingli Reformed Church.
Photograph

New Glarus Swiss Yodelers

Date: 
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of Swiss yodelers in costume. The gentleman in the center has a distinctive moustache.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Interrupted Road Construction

Date: 01 1981
Description: Empty snowy plains soon to be turned into Rt. 81. Hills and a few poles are in the far distance.
Map or Atlas

Map of Decatur Township

Date: 1861
Description: A detail from a map of Green County, showing only Decatur.
Postcard

Scene on Sugar River

Date: 06 13
Description: Photographic postcard of the Sugar River. Elevated view of buildings and trees lining the shoreline. Two men can be seen standing next to the dam among a p...
Postcard

Dr. Whitcomb's Sanitarium

Date: 01 02 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards a tree-covered shoreline near Dr. Whitcomb's Sanitarium. Two men are sitting in a rowboat near another man ...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the high school. Front view of the school includes a flag pole and bare trees on the lawn surrounding the sch...
Photograph

Davis Junction

Date: 
Description: View uphill of a log house with a "Davis Junction" sign on the porch.

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