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Side View of First Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 1876
Description: View of the front and side of the First Norwegian Lutheran Church. Trees along the sidewalk have protective wooden trellises. This view is part of a set o...
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Five Churches

Date: 1876
Description: Five churches, including the First Norwegian Lutheran Church, in the foreground, part of a set of stereographs entitled "The Synod at Decorah, 1876" from D...
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Winnebago County Eastern District Norwegian Synod

Date: 1877
Description: View across road of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod, May 31-June 6, 1877, at the Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (2 1/2 miles west of L...
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View of the Interior of a Church

Date: 08 30 1876
Description: "View of the interior of the church" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." The church was d...
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Interior of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 1876
Description: Interior view of the Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue.
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Crowd around Brick Church

Date: 1869
Description: View down road towards the exterior of a large brick church with a stone foundation, belfry and steeple. A group of people stand in front of the white boar...
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Church Interior

Date: 1874
Description: View of a church interior looking up the aisle between the pews towards the altar and a small organ. Twin stove pipes run along the side walls.
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Interior of Norwegian-American Lodi Church

Date: 1871
Description: View of the interior of the Norwegian-American Lodi Church, looking up the aisle and towards the Acanthus design altar, which is surrounded by a wooden rai...
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Men on Farm Machinery Near St. Paul Liberty Church

Date: 1872
Description: Men sit on farm machinery at the side of the parsonage of the St. Paul Liberty Church. The church is visible in the distance. The town of Deerfield is fou...
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Church across Cornfield

Date: 1874
Description: View across a cornfield towards the left side of a frame church. There is elaborately patterned shingling on the steeple. Men are posing in and near open w...
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Frame Church

Date: 1873
Description: Finely detailed frame church with vestibule and steeple, enclosed with picket fencing with a hitching post in front.
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Church with Poplar Trees

Date: 1874
Description: A frame church is enclosed in board fencing. Lombardy poplars line the fence.
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Union Congregational Church

Date: 1870
Description: View of the front of the Union Congregational Church, a Greek Revival structure, built in 1862. A carriage shed and cemetery are adjacent to the church.
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Church Decorated for Wedding

Date: 1876
Description: View of church interior looking up the aisle towards an altar decorated with garlands, possibly for a wedding. A young man stands at the left of the altar....
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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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East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church

Date: 1872
Description: East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church, built in 1868. The church was formerly the Norsk Evangelisk Lutheranisk Kirke.
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Lodi Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 1871
Description: Lodi Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, built in 1872 for three thousand dollars. A circular stained glass window is in the front of the building abov...
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Methodist Church

Date: 1874
Description: Albion Prairie Methodist Church, built in 1871 or 1872. It is surrounded by cornfields.

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