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Calves in Pasture

Date: 08 1929
Description: Young dairy cows feeding in a clover pasture with farm buildings in the background.
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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 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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Swiss Settler Monument

Date: 1915
Description: Monument to the first settlers in this Swiss colony, 1845.
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Swiss Reformed Church

Date: 1895
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Swiss Reformed Church, destroyed in 1899. Snow is on the ground.
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Houses on Hillside

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at houses below.
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Zwingli Reformed Church

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of the Zwingli Reformed Church.
Postcard

Scene on Sugar River

Date: 06 13
Description: Photographic postcard of the Sugar River. Elevated view of buildings and trees lining the shoreline. Two men can be seen standing next to the dam among a p...
Postcard

Dr. Whitcomb's Sanitarium

Date: 01 02 1909
Description: Photographic postcard view across water towards a tree-covered shoreline near Dr. Whitcomb's Sanitarium. Two men are sitting in a rowboat near another man ...
Postcard

High School

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the high school. Front view of the school includes a flag pole and bare trees on the lawn surrounding the sch...
Photograph

Davis Junction

Date: 
Description: View uphill of a log house with a "Davis Junction" sign on the porch.
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Cottages at Park

Date: 1912
Description: Two cottages at a park near Brodhead. One has a sign that reads, "Davis Junction."
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of Browntown. In the foreground are farm buildings.
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Depot

Date: 
Description: The Browntown train depot. The depot offers Wells Fargo & Company Express delivery and Western Union telegraph service. There are two carts on the platform...
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Bridge and Dam

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a stream with a dam and a bridge. There is a small fenced garden along the water. In the distance is a hillside with houses.
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Main Street

Date: 
Description: A view down Main Street. Shops are on either side of the street. Farmer's Bank is down the hill on the right.
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Tourist Free Camp Ground

Date: 1925
Description: A log cabin and park car at the Tourist Free Camp Ground. The cabin has a sign that reads, "New Glarus Settled 1845."
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Boy Milking a Cow

Date: 1935
Description: Ivan Rhyner, 13, milks a Brown Swiss cow out of doors, near a gate on his father's farm. Other cows observe from the opposite side of the fence. The photog...
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Children Playing

Date: 1935
Description: Children have clasped hands and formed a circle in a game of "Drop the Handkerchief." They are in the schoolyard of Farmer's Grove School, District No. 3, ...
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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.

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