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Dipping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker at the Jorden Cheese factory dips curd to make swiss cheese.
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Blumer Brewery

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Exterior view of the Blumer Brewery building. Two men are standing in the left background at the corner of the building. The porch of a building is on the ...
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Pet Milk Truck

Date: 10 21 1931
Description: A man is standing outdoors next to a Pet Milk Company tanker truck. Note on negative enveloper: "Tires gone 52,000 miles."
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
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Milking the Cows

Date: 1929
Description: A woman runs the milking operation at the G.L. Hamon dairy farm.
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Woman at Screen Door

Date: 1976
Description: Woman looking out from behind a screen door, leaning on the door.
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Washing Windows

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
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Hans A. Bringager and Erik Sviggum stand with Guests

Date: 1875
Description: Left to right, standing: Hans A. Bringager and Erik Sviggum; Seated: C. Gulson, Annie Pedersen, Mary Gulson Brager and her mother Thora Gulson; all gathere...
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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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New Glarus from a Distance

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

Date: 1874
Description: View of the town which was founded by Swiss settlers in 1845. A group of women and children stands in front of a fence at 130 5th Avenue, the Gabriel Schi...
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Nichols House

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of Nichols House with a group of people on and around the porch.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of Congregational church.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of Main street with the public library and storefronts.
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Fire Station with Bell Tower

Date: 1963
Description: View towards the Fire Station, with garage doors and a bell tower on the roof. A road is on the right.
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Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn

Date: 1905
Description: View of entrance way to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Monroe Courthouse Square

Date: 1870
Description: West side view of the Courthouse Square, with Hassinger & Chandler Dry Goods in the foreground.
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The business shipped cheese in barrels, which were at first stored in the op...
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Brodhead Cheese Factory taken from a nearby road, with a truck in front of the building.

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