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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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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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Coates House

Date: 1948
Description: The Coates house.
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Barlow Chalet of the Golden Fleece

Date: 1940
Description: The structure was built as a home by Edwin Barlow, and later given to the town for use as a museum of Swiss memorabilia.
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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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Farmall M with Genius Tractor Plow

Date: 06 05 1944
Description: Paul F. Klassy uses a Farmall M tractor with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow to work in a field.
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Prairie House

Date: 1925
Description: Clothes dry on a line behind the Prairie House Inn north of Monroe. The house has an exposed stone lower level and a porch wrapping around the two sides w...
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Railroad Yard

Date: 05 18 1963
Description: View across a railroad yard with several railroad cars and four storage tanks in the background.
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Interrupted Road Construction

Date: 01 1981
Description: Empty snowy plains soon to be turned into Rt. 81. Hills and a few poles are in the far distance.
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Old Clarance Bridge

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the Old Clarance Bridge, a covered bridge. Text in red in the upper right corner reads: "Old Clarance Bridge, Brodhead, Wis."
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Davis Junction

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Description: View uphill of a log house with a "Davis Junction" sign on the porch.
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A Pretty Residence Street

Date: 1917
Description: View down middle of a wide dirt road in a residential area. Trees line both sides of the street along the sidewalks.
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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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Methodist Evangelical Church

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Description: View across lawn of the exterior of church building. In the background on the right a tent is pitched in the lot between the church and a house.
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Bird's Eye View

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Description: Elevated view of Browntown. In the foreground are farm buildings.
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Bridge and Dam

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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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Old Lead Road Monument

Date: 1920
Description: A stone monument dedicated to the Old Lead Road. The marker reads: "The Old Lead Road. In 1828, ox-teams, guided along an ancient Winnebago Indian Trail, b...
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Open Fields

Date: 1900
Description: View looking down hill of open, grassy fields and houses on a hill in the distance. At the bottom of the hill in the foreground is a stream running through...
Postcard

Smocks Cave

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of a cave entrance. Caption reads: "Smocks Cave, Monroe, Wis."

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