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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | An interior view of St. John's Lutheran Church, looking from the back of the church towards the altar, at 320-322 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Interior, with main altar in the apse. Ornate interior, decorated with sculpture and painting. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A privately built and decorated chapel in the Norwegian style. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Interior of chapel on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two brightly lit chandeliers hang from an arched ceiling over rows of pews. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Twins Marie Johanna and Friedrich Wilhelm Ginnow pose in front of a decorated altar on their confirmation day. This was the last confirmation class at the ... |
| Date: | 08 06 1951 |
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| Description: | The Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, Catholic bishop of Madison, officiates at the sixth annual Holy Hour held at Edgewood College campus, Monroe Street. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of the study hall at St. Joseph's Academy of Maine, which appears to be connected to or double as a chapel. A bookshelf holding a bust sculpture is ... |
| Date: | 03 29 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of thirty-nine members of the Luther Memorial confirmation class. Reverend Charles A. Puls is pastor of the church. |
| Date: | 06 28 1953 |
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| Description: | The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Feider placing a missal on the candlelighted altar at the new chapel at St. Coletta school for exceptional children in Jefferson. |
| Date: | 09 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Carpenters install a four-story wall to close off the front of the St. Raphael's sanctuary during the remodeling project that will rebuild the sanctuary an... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Presbyterian Church chancel decorated for Christmas. There are several decorated Christmas trees, an arch and crosses covered wi... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Reverend Antonio Parroni standing at the altar of the Chiesa Italiana Methodist Church at 103 South Lake Street where he was minister from 1929... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Romola (played by Lillian Gish) and Tito Melema (William Powell) standing before the altar during their wedding in a scene still for Henry King's productio... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Saint Paul's Catholic Church. Tree leaves cover the top-right corner of the image. There is a street sign for "Fourth St." on a power line pole... |
| Date: | 06 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor shows off his chapel at his residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. The two ladies will be assisting with hospitality at an open... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View down center aisle towards the altar. Pews are on both sides of the aisle, and chandeliers hang from the center of the ceiling. There are sculptures of... |
| Date: | 10 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Two Edgewood students, Tom Kuehn and George Bernauer, prepare the altar in the school auditorium for Mass. |
| Date: | 01 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Catholic Mass at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Chaplain is using the hood of a jeep as an altar. Several soldiers can be are in th... |
| Date: | 01 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Catholic Mass at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Chaplain is using the hood of a jeep as an altar. Many soldiers surround the jeep a... |
| Date: | 10 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Chaplain Captain Allan R. Fredine holds a Protestant church service in a roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. He is us... |
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