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| Date: | 05 27 1961 |
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| Description: | A mosaic lawn decoration made of various objects set in cement. The decoration is approximately thirty inches in diameter and revolves on a post. |
| Date: | 02 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the New Glarus boys basketball team in uniform, with coach, James W. Stevens, and manager, Werner Bodenman. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down a commercial street, with Engler's store located on the left. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from a pedestrian walkway looking towards the central business area. A concrete four-sided sign is in the center of intersection. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View across street of the exterior of the Bank of New Glarus on the corner of the street. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior across lawn of the three-story New Glarus high school. The school building features a decommissioned Civil War cannon near the entrance. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A log cabin and park car at the Tourist Free Camp Ground. The cabin has a sign that reads, "New Glarus Settled 1845." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down the road leading to the PET evaporated milk factory. A painted sign on the factory's exterior wall claims PET evaporated milk is "milk at its bes... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Outside the Swingli House, near a memorial for the first New Glarus settlers. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards the New Glarus train depot. In the background is a water tower and a windmill. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A stone monument dedicated to the Old Lead Road. The marker reads: "The Old Lead Road. In 1828, ox-teams, guided along an ancient Winnebago Indian Trail, b... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards Norwegian Lutheran Church and cemetery. Well-dressed men and women stand at the entrance to the building. There are graves behind ... |
| Date: | 11 1946 |
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| Description: | Four men playing cards at a table with a fifth man seated on a radiator observing at left. In the foreground, a dog clears an empty beer bottle from the ta... |
| Origin of New Glarus, Wisconsin |
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| Discover the history of New Glarus, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Skunk grease made by Henry Blumer as a home health remedy for Adolph Strahm of Green County, Wisconsin, c. 1920. (Museum object #2006.1.1A-B) |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Dress worn by Marti Hall to the spring prom at Madison West High School in 1966. (Museum object #2004.135.1) |
| View images of regional singers and musicians from the Helene Stratman-Thomas folk music project. |
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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. |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 08 16 1925 |
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| Description: | View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in... |
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