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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Four women in Swiss costume, three of whom are holding flags, at the Wilhelm Tell Festival. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Second generation Swiss-Americans dressed as Swiss immigrants for 1905 60th Anniversary of the founding of New Glarus. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Sign welcoming people to the city of New Glarus. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Two young girls dressed in Swiss costumes for the Wilhelm Tell Festival. |
| Date: | 08 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Six men on the speaker's stand at the New Glarus Centennial celebration. From the left are: Reverend Walter J. Stuckey, pastor of the Swiss Evangelical and... |
| Date: | 07 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Five men on the speaker's stand at the New Glarus Centennial celebration. From the left are: Gilbert Hoesly, Mayor of New Glarus; Ulrich R. Beusch, Swiss V... |
| Date: | 07 16 1945 |
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| 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 ... |
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| Description: | Group of people in Swiss costume with large wheel of Swiss cheese, alpine horn and other instruments, and a St. Bernard in front of the Chalet of the Golde... |
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| Description: | Statue in front of the Swiss Reform Church commemorating the first Swiss colony in 1845. |
| Date: | 05 19 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Swiss Reform Church. Monument commemorating the first Swiss colony in 1845 stands in front of the church. A small sign in the grass wa... |
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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. |
| Date: | 07 1931 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival. |
| Date: | 04 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 01 1949 |
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| Description: | The New Glarus chalet home of Ernest Thierstein. It is an example of authentic Bernese architecture of canton Bern in Switzerland. |
| Date: | 03 01 1949 |
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| Description: | Ernest Thierstein relaxing in his Swiss-style chalet home in New Glarus. He came from the village of Boviel in the Emmental valley in the canton of Bern, S... |
| Date: | 06 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Paul F. Klassy uses a Farmall M tractor with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow to work in a field. |
| Date: | 06 05 1944 |
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| Description: | G.F. Klassy operates a McCormick-Deering Farmall M with a Number 15 Genius tractor plow on his farm on Route 1. |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of men, women, and children gathers outdoors to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Swiss settlement in New Glarus. |
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