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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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St. Luke's Lutheran Church

Date: 1925
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...
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Funeral Service

Date: 03 13 2015
Description: Father Robert Schaller is standing next to a casket holding the body of David Marcou's father, David A. Marcou inside St. James Church. There are flower ar...
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Interior St. Andrews Church

Date: 1911
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...
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Interior of Catholic Church

Date: 1908
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...
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Interior View of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 12 1954
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...
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Blessed Sacrament Church — Dominican Fathers

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Description: Elevated view towards the altar of a Catholic Church located at 2119 Rowley Avenue. The nave has Gothic arches. Caption Reads: "Blessed Sacrament Church &#...
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Reverend Richard L. Buege, St. Luke's Lutheran Church

Date: 06 17 1965
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...
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Blessing Canned Food

Date: 11 28 1957
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...
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First Photos of New Our Lady Queen of Peace Church

Date: 08 12 1955
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.
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Ceremony in Sanctuary of St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 03 24 1959
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...
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Ceremony in Sanctuary of New St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 03 24 1959
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...
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Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels

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Description: Interior of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels at Notre Dame of the Lake.
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New Edgewood College Chapel

Date: 07 03 1958
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 ...
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Scenes from the Life of a Minister's Wife

Date: 03 23 1959
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...
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St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing Crowning Ceremony

Date: 05 21 1959
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...
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Christmas Eve

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of a church service held on Christmas Eve.
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Church Interior

Date: 1910
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 ...
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St. Jude's Chapel

Date: 1960
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-...
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Lutheran Church

Date: 1908
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...

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