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| Description: | Group of people in Swiss costume with large wheel of Swiss cheese, alpine horn and other instruments, and a St. Bernard in front of the Chalet of the Golde... |
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| Description: | Statue in front of the Swiss Reform Church commemorating the first Swiss colony in 1845. |
| Date: | 05 19 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Swiss Reform Church. Monument commemorating the first Swiss colony in 1845 stands in front of the church. A small sign in the grass wa... |
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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. |
| Date: | 07 1931 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a celebration to commemorate the 640th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Switzerland and the 86th anniversary of the foundin... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival. |
| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| Description: | A church is in the distance at the end of the road. On either side of the street are homes and stores, with a street light suspended above the street in t... |
| Date: | 03 01 1949 |
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| Description: | The New Glarus chalet home of Ernest Thierstein. It is an example of authentic Bernese architecture of canton Bern in Switzerland. |
| Date: | 03 01 1949 |
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| Description: | Ernest Thierstein relaxing in his Swiss-style chalet home in New Glarus. He came from the village of Boviel in the Emmental valley in the canton of Bern, S... |
| Date: | 06 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Paul F. Klassy uses a Farmall M tractor with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow to work in a field. |
| Date: | 06 05 1944 |
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| Description: | G.F. Klassy operates a McCormick-Deering Farmall M with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow on his farm on Route 1. |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of men, women, and children gathers outdoors to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Swiss settlement in New Glarus. |
| Date: | 05 27 1961 |
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| Description: | A mosaic lawn decoration made of various objects set in cement. The decoration is approximately thirty inches in diameter and revolves on a post. |
| Date: | 02 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the New Glarus boys basketball team in uniform, with coach, James W. Stevens, and manager, Werner Bodenman. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down a commercial street, with Engler's store located on the left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from a pedestrian walkway looking towards the central business area. A concrete four-sided sign is in the center of intersection. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View across street of the exterior of the Bank of New Glarus on the corner of the street. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior across lawn of the three-story New Glarus high school. The school building features a decommissioned Civil War cannon near the entrance. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A log cabin and park car at the Tourist Free Camp Ground. The cabin has a sign that reads, "New Glarus Settled 1845." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down the road leading to the PET evaporated milk factory. A painted sign on the factory's exterior wall claims PET evaporated milk is "milk at its bes... |
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