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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted postcard showing detail of the high altar at the church on Holy Hill. Caption reads: "High Altar, Holy Hill, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the main altar of St. Rose Chapel. Flanked by statues and a fresco above. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Interior of church, towards altar, pulpit, baptismal font, and pews. Rev. E.F. Scherbel is standing surrounded by baskets of flowers and a banner that read... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of an ornate altar with religious statuary and Gothic arches. A crucifix is hanging from the top of the arch over... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down aisle towards the altar of a Catholic Church. A statue of Mary is on the left, and one of Jesus is on the right. Caption reads: "Interior, Cathol... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Night time elevated interior view of Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue. Taken from an elevated vantage point in the balcony, th... |
| Date: | 06 17 1965 |
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| Description: | A man is standing and posing in front of a church altar. He is wearing traditional Lutheran vestments: a stole, crucifix, chasuble, and cassock. He is iden... |
| Date: | 11 28 1957 |
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| Description: | A man wearing an alb and chasuble is blessing a collection of canned goods on an altar. Caption reads: "Canned food collected for the St. John's Home for A... |
| Date: | 08 12 1955 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the altar and tabernacle in the contemporary sanctuary of the new Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church at 401 South Owen Drive. |
| Date: | 03 24 1959 |
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| Description: | Parishioners gathered in the newly built sanctuary of St. Bernard's Catholic Church on University Avenue in Middleton for a ceremony in which Bishop Willia... |
| Date: | 03 24 1959 |
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| Description: | During a ceremony to bless the altar in the newly built St. Bernard's Catholic Church on University Avenue in Middleton, Bishop William O'Conner seals a pi... |
| Date: | 07 03 1958 |
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| Description: | Rear view looking towards altar of two nuns sitting in a pew in the new St. Joseph Chapel at Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart. The design was inspired ... |
| Date: | 03 23 1959 |
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| Description: | When Joan Carlton of Oakpark, Illinois married Reed Forbush of Appleton, Wisconsin she was skeptical of life as a minister's wife. Now, as a series of phot... |
| Date: | 05 21 1959 |
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| Description: | Students of St. Mary's hospital School of Nursing held their annual May crowning ceremony by crowning the statue of the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flo... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a church service held on Christmas Eve. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Real Photo Postcard of the sanctuary of a church. The sanctuary has very ornate woodwork, a statue of Jesus and two stained glass windows. On either side ... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Text on back reads: "Lovely, rustic Chapel, dedicated to St. Jude, the Patron Saint of the Impossible. Hand-carved Altar and Communion Rail. Artistic hand-... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Lutheran Church, Seymour, Wis., Pastor, F.W. Ohlrogge." An interior view of the Immanuel Lutheran Church. The Congregation was organi... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "First United Lutheran Church, 2401 Kohler Memorial Drive, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 53081." Three views of a Lutheran Church, one panor... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Chapel, Saint Clara College, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin." Interior view of a chapel with beautiful ornamentation. |
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