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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View from a pedestrian walkway looking towards the central business area. A concrete four-sided sign is in the center of intersection.
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Street Scene

Date: 1926
Description: View across street of the exterior of the Bank of New Glarus on the corner of the street.
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High School

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior across lawn of the three-story New Glarus high school. The school building features a decommissioned Civil War cannon near the entrance.
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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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Home of PET Milk Factory

Date: 1925
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...
Photograph

Swingli House

Date: 1925
Description: Outside the Swingli House, near a memorial for the first New Glarus settlers.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the New Glarus train depot. In the background is a water tower and a windmill.
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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...
Photograph

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

Vicinity of Berlin, Wisconsin and the Site of Old Mascoutin Village

Date: 1906
Description: A map of Berlin, Wisconsin and the surrounding area, showing the old channel of the Fox River and the site of Mascouten village just south of that city in ...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail

Date: 1969
Description: A map of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail and the surrounding area, showing the townships, the towns of Cashton, Sparta, in the west, and Union Center and Elro...
Photograph

Monroe Rifle Club

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Group portrait of eight members of the Monroe Rifle Club. They took second place at the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League contest. They are holding their rif...
Map or Atlas

Green County, Wisconsin

Date: 1984
Description: On verso: Map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin. Panel title. Shows roads, railroads, and highways. Includes indexes. Also includes advertisements and illustr...
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. "...
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Dog Clearing Bar Table

Date: 11 1946
Description: Four men playing cards at a table with a fifth man seated on a radiator observing at left. In the foreground, a dog clears an empty beer bottle from the ta...
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

Pupils at Farmer's Grove School

Date: 1935
Description: Students pose in front of Farmer's Grove School, District No #3, Towns of York and New Glarus.
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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...
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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...

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