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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: In the foreground, Erik Jensen, a minister with his hat in hand, shakes K. Doxstad's hand. Nearby a toddler pulls his own baby carriage. Two carriages, a b...
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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: The K. Doxstad family is posed in their yard around a table covered with heavy books. A baby carriage is on the left and an older woman with her knitting i...
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Meeting of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod

Date: 1877
Description: A group seated around a table in the yard drinking coffee. Pastor Even Johnson Homme (1843-1903), the founder of the Wittenberg Orphan's Home, is on the le...
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Winnebago County Eastern District Norwegian Synod

Date: 1877
Description: View across road of the Eastern District Norwegian Synod, May 31-June 6, 1877, at the Immanuel Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church (2 1/2 miles west of L...
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First Congregational Church Pastor

Date: 11 09 1947
Description: First Congregational Church Pastor, Reverend Alfred W. Swan, in pastoral robe.
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Methodist Bishop Edwin H. Hughes

Date: 11 10 1947
Description: Portrait of Methodist Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, acting bishop of the Wisconsin area of Methodists.
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Madison United Givers's Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: L.E. Rolefson, director of the Lutheran Welfare Society, seated, shows the Reverend E.J. Van Handel, director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau, and two Unite...
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Westminster Presbyterian Church Dedication

Date: 02 17 1952
Description: Dedication services for the new Westminster Presbyterian Church, 4100 Nakoma Road, were held at the church. Left to right are: Rev. Richard Pritchard, pres...
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St. Anthony's Church

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Description: View down aisle toward the altar, and the murals surrounding the altar and on the arched ceiling at St. Anthony's church. The sanctuary consists of a main ...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: Two Trappist monks pray at the Stations of the Cross hanging on a hallway wall in the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. A statue of the Madonna and Child is...
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Don Bosco College

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Description: A view of a mass held at the grotto shrine on the Salesian grounds. The priest faces the altar, which is in a grotto, and a statue of Mary stands to the ri...
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Christian Character Research Project

Date: 09 10 1954
Description: Three persons attending the Christian character research project workshop at the First-University Methodist Church discuss the program with the executive s...
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State Commission on Human Rights Officers

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Newly elected officers of the State Commission on Human Rights. "They are, left to right, the Rev. Perry Saito, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stev...
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Immaculate Heart of Mary Athletic Banquet

Date: 06 01 1959
Description: Group portrait of dignitaries at the annual Immaculate Heart of Mary athletic banquet. Seated, left to right, are: Dick Reinhold, Dan Ryan, Dennis Patterso...
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Episcopal Churchwomen Convocation

Date: 09 17 1959
Description: Bishop Donald A.V. Hallock (right) of the Milwaukee diocese of the Episcopal church is shown with officers of the Episcopal Churchwomen of the Northwest Co...
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Bethany Methodist Church Open House

Date: 12 06 1959
Description: Rev. Robert Adams (left), pastor; Rev. Gordon and Agnes Amphlett; Shirley Tuttle and Ann Mogford attend an open house at the newly built education wing of ...
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Bethany Methodist Church Open House

Date: 12 09 1959
Description: Rev. Deane Irish (left), district superintendent; William and Bette Johnston, and Marie Eberman attend an open house at the new education wing of Bethany M...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches' Annual Business Meeting

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: Shown from left are: meeting principal speaker Dr. Douglas Horton, former dean of Harvard Divinity School; Rev. Carl Stromberg, new council president; and ...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three clergymen visit during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA. Left to right are: Rev. George Grotkin of St. Mary's Catholi...
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Madison School of Religion

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Three officials discuss the recently completed six-week term of the Madison School of Religion at the First Congregational Church. Dean of the school is Re...

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