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| View Original: | The Kultur House in tiny Helvetia, once a Swiss colony in Randolph County, West Virginia LCCN2015634429.tif.tiff (8688x5792) | |||
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| Keywords: The Kultur House in tiny Helvetia, once a Swiss colony in Randolph County, West Virginia LCCN2015634429.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; The building houses the Helvetia general store post office alpen lodge and Fasnacht mask museum The woodsy community was settled by a group of Swiss and German immigrants who came to the rugged remote hills of West Virginia in 1869 Their numbers in addition to farmers included many craftsmen stone masons wagon and shoe makers carpenters as well as professionals such as a musician a doctor and a teacher The isolated community is known today in 2015 for maintaining Swiss traditions food and folkways 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015634429 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/34400/34413a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 34413 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 34413 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||