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View from Slope of New Glarus

Date: 05 27 1961
Description: A view overlooking the edge of the town, taken from an eastern slope, with a farm and cows in the foreground.
Photograph

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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Edna Kern Hauling Water

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern, wife of Ernest G. Kern, hauling water in buckets to the hen house.
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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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Freitag Barn

Date: 1948
Description: Freitag barn with horse and cow weathervanes, about 1.5 miles north of Monticello. There is a windmill above the trees on the right.
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Wisconsin Barn

Date: 1925
Description: Large barn on the farm of Jacob Hablend. According to the original caption, the barn was equipped with "King ventilators."
Postcard

The Cow Bridge

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the Cow Bridge. A farm is on the shoreline on the right. A man is standing on the bridge. Text in the lower right corner reads: ...
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Creamery

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Description: View from road of the exterior of the creamery. The main building features a gable roof, a cupola, two chimneys, as well as a garden in front. There are th...
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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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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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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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Cows in a Pasture

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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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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.
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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...
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Barn Fire Near Brooklyn

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: Firemen are fighting a blaze that destroyed a barn and its contents 2 miles south of Brooklyn.
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Farmstead

Date: 1935
Description: Large branches of an oak tree frame the view of a large farmhouse, barn, and outbuildings. The two-story house has two front dormers and porches on the fro...
Postcard

Farm Scene Near New Glarus, Wis.

Date: 06 1925
Description: Several cows are grazing in a field. In the background are houses, barns, and other buildings. Image caption reads: "Farm Scene near New Glarus, Wis."
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Storm Warning

Date: 1975
Description: Threatening storm clouds over a farm.

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