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Postal Employees Picket

Date: 08 1919
Description: Postal workers demonstrate to demand salary increases to meet war-time cost of living increases.
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Holy Redeemer Church Interior

Date: 1913
Description: Interior view of the Holy Redeemer Church, also called the "German Catholic" church, decorated for Father Dreis's funeral.
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Group in Front of A Norwegian Church

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Description: A group of well-dressed people posing with bicycles in front of the Waupun Norwegian Lutheran Church, also called the Norske Evangelical-Lutherske Kirke, w...
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Elevated View down State Street

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Description: Elevated view down State Street. The Orpheum Theatre sign is visible, and in the distance is Lake Mendota.
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Construction Workers

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Description: Construction workers on the job, with horse-drawn wagons in the background.
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Horse-drawn Hearse in the Snow

Date: 1910
Description: Martin Keefe, owner of the livery stable, drives a horse-drawn hearse, which has sled runners. The hearse was for the funeral of Mrs. Tom Hill. The buildin...
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Truax Field Honor Guard Leads Truax Contingent on Armed Forces Day

Date: 05 16 1953
Description: View down the 700 block of State Street towards the Truax Field Honor Guard marching past the State Barber Shop on Armed Forces Day. Park Street and the bo...
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Aerial View of the Capitol Square

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol and Square.
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First Congregational Church

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Description: Exterior view of the First Congregational Church, with bell tower. Snow is on the ground.
Postcard

Interior of Seminary Chapel

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Description: Hand-tinted postcard showing the interior of a seminary chapel [Saint Francis de Sales Seminary], with pews, nave, altar, altarpiece, altar rail, statue, a...
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Camillian Novitiate, Durward Glen

Date: 1932
Description: Exterior of the novitiate house of the Order of Saint Camillus, in Durwards Glen. The bell tower and chapel exterior are visible, with cross at tower apex ...
Postcard

Carmelite Monastery and New Church

Date: 1930
Description: Postcard showing the Carmelite monastery and church at Holy Hill. The postcard identifies this as the "new church," which suggests the photograph was taken...
Postcard

Parry Norw[egian] Luth[eran] Church

Date: 1881
Description: Exterior of Perry Lutheran Evangelical Church, which is misspelled in the caption as "Parry Norw. Luth. Church." The photograph was taken some time between...
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Danish Lutheran Church, Rutland

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior of a wooden church, with bell tower. Caption reads: "Dane Co., Wis. Danish Lutheran Church, Center Road, Rutland Twp., between Old Stone Road & Ol...
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Pigeon Creek Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, Parish House Dining Room

Date: 1913
Description: Interior of a dining room, with a wood stove and tables. Caption reads: Pigeon Falls, Wis. 1913. Parish house dining room of Pigeon Creek Norwegian Evangel...
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Ephraim Moravian Church

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Ephraim Moravian Church, with steeple. Caption reads: "Moravian Church, Ephraim, Wis. From picture loaned by H. R. Holand."
Postcard

Interior, St. Matthews Church

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Description: Interior view looking towards the altar, nave, pulpit, and several statues. A priest is standing at the pulpit. Caption reads: "Interior, St. Matthews Chur...
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Methodist Church, Greenbush, Wis.

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of a Methodist church, with a sign that reads: "Methodist Church" over the doorway.
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East Wiota Lutheran Church

Date: 1955
Description: Exterior view looking uphill towards the East Wiota Lutheran Church. A gate in the fence has a metal sign with the name of the church.
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Lutheran Church and Parish House, Pigeon Falls

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior view of a church and a two-story building. Snow is on the ground and the trees are bare. Caption reads: "Pigeon Falls, Wis. 1913. Lutheran Church ...

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