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Property Record

18 & 28 6TH AVENUE

Community: New Glarus
County: Green
Historic Name: Wisconsin House
Reference Number: 93975
Historical Essay

New Glarus

Origin of New Glarus, Wisconsin
Discover the history of New Glarus, Wisconsin.
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Stamping Cheeses

Date: 
Description: A male worker in a cheese-making factory places a Wisconsin stamp on cheeses.
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Group of Usherettes

Date: 1950
Description: Usherettes perform Swiss folk dances for the annual William Tell Festival.
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Broken Star Quilt

Date: 1931
Description: A quilt made by Elda Strahm, a student at Farmer's Grove School, town of York and New Glarus, is displayed hanging outdoors on a clothes line. There is a ...
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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.
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
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Swiss Reformed Church

Date: 1944
Description: Exterior of Swiss Reformed Church.
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1940
Description: Barlow "Chalet of the Golden Fleece," New Glarus, Wisconsin. Built as a home by Edwin Barlow, it was later given to the town for use as a museum of Swiss m...
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Wilhelm Tell Festival Flag Bearers

Date: 1952
Description: Four women in Swiss costume, three of whom are holding flags, at the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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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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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.
Property Record

116 5TH AVENUE

Community: New Glarus
County: Green
Historic Name: KLEEMAN BLOCK
Reference Number: 230426
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Farmstead

Date: 1935
Description: Large branches of an oak tree frame the view of a large farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings. The two-story house has two front dormers and porches on the fro...
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Woman at the Wilhelm Tell Festival

Date: 
Description: A woman with her back turned is posing outdoors and showing the back of her Swiss costume. Her hat is decorated with pins.
Property Record

318 11TH AVENUE

Community: New Glarus
County: Green
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 68418
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Rainbow for Girls

Date: 05 14 1960
Description: Sixteen-year old Linda Schiesser poses in the outfit she wore at her installation as a Worthy Advisor of the New Glarus International Order of the Rainbow ...
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Lawn Decoration

Date: 1961
Description: Homemade decorative star wheel set curbside. The object consists of an assortment of pottery sherds and other discarded bits set in cement within a circula...
Property Record

600 2ND AVENUE

Community: New Glarus
County: Green
Historic Name: NEW GLARUS HOME
Reference Number: 230390
Property Record

319 7TH AVENUE

Community: New Glarus
County: Green
Historic Name: DON OTT
Reference Number: 230267

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