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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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Albert Mueller, his Mother and Robert Draves

Date: 08 20 1940
Description: Albert Mueller, his mother, and recording technician Robert Draves. Mueller was a Tyrolean zither player.
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Abraham Schmocker Seated Outside His Log Cabin

Date: 1885
Description: Abraham Schmocker, a "hermit" who lived in "Stumptown" near Alma, seated on a bench outside his log cabin, holding a kitty.
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Reverend William Streissguth

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Reverend William Streissguth (1827-1915). Streissguth, a native of Lahr, Germany, trained at the Baseler Missionhaus and was sent by the Refor...
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Reverend Oswald Ragatz

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Description: Portrait of Reverend Oswald Ragatz.
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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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Alma Shooting Society

Date: 1910
Description: A Swiss "Schutenfest" club, affiliated with the Central Shooting Society of Wisconsin, started about 1877 and lasted until about 1920. Group of men posing ...
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New Glarus Swiss Yodelers

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of Swiss yodelers in costume. The gentleman in the center has a distinctive moustache.
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Thoni Family Reunion

Date: 10 16 1949
Description: Three sisters and a brother are reunited for the first time in many years. Mrs. Robert Riesen, 67, of Meiringen, Switzerland, is seated on the left next t...
Postcard

The Return From the Alps

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Description: Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b...
Postcard

A Happy Christmas

Date: 12 24 1908
Description: Christmas postcard of a mountain peak, the Eiger, in Switzerland. In the foreground, a man is dressed in a traditional costume, blowing a horn. Text on the...
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Gustave Ador

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Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Gustave Ador. Caption reads: "Gustave Ador, head of the International Red Cross. The Swiss Federal Assembly, formed by t...
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Swiss Cheese Maker's Family

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of 7 family members and a dog posing outside a home. Caption on envelope reads: "Family of Swiss Cheese makers. 1905."

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