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Swiss Cheese Maker's Family

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of 7 family members and a dog posing outside a home. Caption on envelope reads: "Family of Swiss Cheese makers. 1905."
Photograph

Gustave Ador

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Gustave Ador. Caption reads: "Gustave Ador, head of the International Red Cross. The Swiss Federal Assembly, formed by t...
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Group of Usherettes

Date: 1950
Description: Usherettes perform Swiss folk dances for the annual William Tell Festival.
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Swingli House

Date: 1925
Description: Outside the Swingli House, near a memorial for the first New Glarus settlers.
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Wilhelm Tell Festival Flag Bearers

Date: 1952
Description: Four women in Swiss costume, three of whom are holding flags, at the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Reverend Oswald Ragatz

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Description: Portrait of Reverend Oswald Ragatz.
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Iva and Otto Rindlisbacher

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of Iva and Otto Rindlisbacher standing with various musical instruments. Otto is in Swiss costume.
Poster

Swiss Day Celebration Poster

Date: 07 1931
Description: Advertisement for a celebration to commemorate the 640th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Switzerland and the 86th anniversary of the foundin...
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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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Cabin Built by Jacob Rieder

Date: 1948
Description: Cabin built by Jacob Rieder, an early Swiss settler of New Glarus.
Photograph

Swiss Reformed Church

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

Two Women in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
Photograph

Reverend William Streissguth

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Reverend William Streissguth (1827-1915). Streissguth, a native of Lahr, Germany, trained at the Baseler Missionhaus and was sent by the Refor...
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.
Map or Atlas

Swiss Colony of New Glarus, Wisconsin

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

Mathilde Anneke and Mary Booth

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Description: A studio portrait taken in Zurich of Mathilde Anneke, who is standing next to Mary Booth. Booth is seated.
Document

Swiss Baptismal Certificate

Date: 1812
Description: Swiss baptismal certificate, Glarus.
Photograph

Swiss Man Making Cheese

Date: 
Description: A man wearing Swiss clothing making cheese in Switzerland.
Photograph

New Glarus Swiss Yodelers

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a group of Swiss yodelers in costume. The gentleman in the center has a distinctive moustache.
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Alma Shooting Society

Date: 1910
Description: A Swiss "Schutenfest" club, affiliated with the Central Shooting Society of Wisconsin, started about 1877 and lasted until about 1920. Group of men posing ...

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