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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1920
Description: View across lawn towards Norwegian Lutheran Church and cemetery. Well-dressed men and women stand at the entrance to the building. There are graves behind ...
Map or Atlas

Topographic Map of Green County

Date: 1926
Description: A topographic map of Green County, showing by contours and spot heights the topographic and natural features of the county. The contour intervals are 20 fe...
Map or Atlas

Map of Green County Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: Shows townships and sections, landowners, and woodlands. Includes inset maps of Monroe, Brodhead, Albany, Cadiz, Decatur, Dayton, Clarence, Springfield, Tw...
Map or Atlas

Map of Green County, Wisconsin : Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1911
Description: Shows roads, railroads, post offices, schools, houses, churches, and routes. Includes distant chart and explanation. "Price 35 cents"--Upper left margin. "...
Map or Atlas

Street Map of the City of Monroe, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Map features advertisements for local businesses on the left and bottom. Map includes a "LEGEND" and "DIRECTORY OF CHURCHES". Streets are labeled as are so...
Photograph

Henry Otto Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Henry Otto Elmer, wearing a cap and bib overalls, poses in front of his large dairy barn. There are twin silos on the right with a decorative pattern in th...
Photograph

Postville School

Date: 1935
Description: A prominent sign identifies the Postville School, District No. 1. The school is brick, with twin gables in the front; vines grow up the walls. The gables h...
Photograph

Selma Eidsmoe and Her Mother

Date: 1935
Description: Selma Eismoe, the teacher at Farmer's Grove School, poses with her mother, Mrs. H.O. Eidsmoe. Mrs. Eidsmoe stands on concrete porch steps. A curtain blows ...
Photograph

Alvin Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Alvin Elmer, age 15, holds a model airplane and coal truck that he made. His teacher at Farmer's Grove School wrote on the reverse of the photograph, "This...
Photograph

Girl with Guitar

Date: 1935
Description: Arlene Elmer, 14, poses outside the Farmer's Grove School with a guitar. On the reverse of the photograph is written "This pupil is leader in plays and gam...
Photograph

Cows in a Pasture

Date: 
Description: View over fence of Guernseys cows grazing in a pasture near New Glarus. In the background is a farmhouse, windmill on a hill, barns and other outbuildings.
Photograph

80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
Postcard

Scene at Browntown

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Description: Photographic postcard view of an intersection with commercial buildings on both corners. Several horses and carts are on the street, and a windmill is in t...
Photograph

Two School Buildings

Date: 1963
Description: Old high school building partly demolished and reflected in the windows of a new school building being constructed.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Storage Buildings

Date: 1963
Description: Storage buildings along the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad siding and station.
Photograph

Civil War Monument

Date: 1910
Description: The Soldiers and Sailors Civil War Monument on the grounds of the Green County Courthouse. A sculpture of a soldier stands atop the massive base made of Mo...
Postcard

Woody's Dew Drop Inn, Highway 92

Date: 1953
Description: Two interior views and one exterior view of Woody's Dew Drop Inn. Text on back reads, in part: "Specializing in Excellent Food ... On State Highway 92 and ...
Photograph

Railroad Tracks

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Description: View down railroad tracks that lead to industrial buildings and a smokestack. A caption on the image reads, "Zink (Zinc) Works, Mineral Point, Wis."
Photograph

The Washburn and Woodman Bank Building

Date: 02 16 2012
Description: Exterior view from across the street of the Washburn and Woodman Bank building on a cloudy winter day.

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