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Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye drawing of New Glarus.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Swiss Settler Monument

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

Monument to First Settlers

Date: 1920
Description: Monument to the first settlers in this Swiss colony, 1845. View of monument with partial view of Swiss Reform Church in the background.
Photograph

Swiss Reformed Church

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

Swiss Reformed Church

Date: 1895
Description: Swiss Reformed Church (second church), demolished in 1899.
Photograph

Jacob Gasser Family

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the Jacob Gasser family standing in front of the farmhouse at Tower Rock Farm.
Photograph

New Glarus Centennial

Date: 07 16 1945
Description: Part of the crowd celebrating the New Glarus Centennial. In the background is a monument in memory of the first settlers of the Swiss colony of New Glarus ...
Photograph

Swiss Reform Church near Downtown

Date: 04 1925
Description: A church is in the distance at the end of the road. On either side of the street are homes and stores, with a street light suspended above the street in t...
Photograph

Swingli House

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

We Saw You at YWCA Garden Tea

Date: 06 14 1960
Description: The home of Sybil Hanks at 525 Wisconsin Avenue was the setting for the Madison YWCA garden tea. The program centered around various nationalities. Left to...
Postcard

A Happy Christmas

Date: 12 24 1908
Description: Christmas postcard of a mountain peak, the Eiger, in Switzerland. In the foreground, a man is dressed in a traditional costume, blowing a horn. Text on the...

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