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Georgetown University

Date: 1912
Description: Seated statue of John Carrol, first Archbishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University. The sculpture has a small pedestal and part of the stone...
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Marquette Statue

Date: 1909
Description: Close-up of a bronze statue honoring the French Jesuit missionary priest, Father Jacques Marquette in the park named after him. Unveiled in 1909 the statue...
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Low-Level Perspective of Town

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Description: A low-level perspective looking down a sidewalk in the Shaker community, which was organized in 1794. There are numerous houses on both sides, and a windmi...
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Hermit's Peak

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Description: Wooden crosses at the top of Hermit's Peak.
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Portrait of Father Frederic

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Description: Portrait of Father Janssoone Frederick (11/9/1838 - 8/4/1916) (Le Bon Pere Frederic), missionary at Trois Rivideres, Canada, wearing a robe with a waist co...
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Notre Dame Convent

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Description: Slightly elevated interior view from the back of a classroom in Notre Dame Convent. There are rows of desks, windows along the left wall, a lamp hanging fr...
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Academy of Jesus and Mary

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Description: Interior view from the back of a classroom in the Academy of Jesus and Mary, including desks, chalkboards, and a large statue of the Virgin Mary.
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American Friends Mission

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Description: Elevated exterior view of the girls' training home and gardens at the American Friends (Quaker) Mission. Girls appear to be hanging laundry on a line in th...
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Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Date: 1912
Description: Girls at camp read around the fire at Camp St. Helene with the Franciscan missionaries of Mary. A forty-eight star flag, plants, and a religious statue can...
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Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

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Description: Campers cook apples around a campfire at St. Joseph's Burghardy, a small convalescent care center for children, with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.
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Youth in Costume

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Description: A view of a boy and a girl clad in "costumes worn by brothers and sisters". The boy on the left is holding a Bible in his left hand.
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The Visitation

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Description: The sculpture, The Visitation, by Luca della Robbia (1400-1482) an Italian sculptor from Florence.
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Children's Nativity Scene

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Description: Children acting in a living nativity scene at St. Michael's Home. The three children represent an angel, Joseph, and Mary, and are gathered around a manger...
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Children's Nativity Scene

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Description: Children acting in a live nativity scene at St. Michael's Home. The five children represent the three wise men, and Joseph, and Mary. They are gathered aro...
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St. Michael's Industrial School

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Description: A view of the exterior of St. Michael's Industrial School, with teachers and students gathered in front of the building.
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Masonic Temple

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Description: A view of an altar and seating in the Memorial Lodge room of the Masonic Temple. Caption reads: Memorial Lodge Room, Masonic Temple, Waterbury, Conn."
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Masonic Temple

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Description: A view of an altar and seating in a Masonic Temple of the Asylum Knights Templar, an international philanthropic chivalric order affiliated with Freemasonr...
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Masonic Temple

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Description: A view of an altar and an organ in a Masonic Temple of the Asylum Knights Templar, an international philanthropic chivalric order affiliated with Freemason...
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Masonic Temple

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Description: A view of chairs and tables in the social parlor of a Masonic Temple. Caption reads: "Social Parlor, Masonic Temple, Waterbury, Conn."
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House of David

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Description: Front view of a bridge between two Victorian dwellings of The House of David, a religious commune founded in 1903. The bridge reads, "The House of David 19...

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