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Mount Zion Baptist and St. Paul's A.M.E. Choirs

Date: 04 11 1937
Description: Group portrait of African American choirs from Mount Zion Baptist Church and St. Paul's A.M.E. Church, taken at Mount Zion, 548 W. Johnson Street. (?) Top...
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First Baptist Church Youth Banquet

Date: 02 02 1950
Description: 35 teens and adult leaders from First Baptist Church pose for a portrait at a youth banquet.
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First Baptist Church, Madison

Date: 03 07 1951
Description: Interior view of the new First Baptist Church located at 518 North Franklin Avenue, showing the sanctuary with laminated wood beams and Gothic proportions.
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Holm-Smith Wedding Party

Date: 06 20 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Holm-Smith wedding party and minister at First Baptist Church. The bride is Joan Marie Holm and the groom is Peter Byrd Smith. The Re...
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Youth Sunday Participants

Date: 01 30 1956
Description: President Dick Caswell, and last year's president Nancy Thielen, members of the youth fellowship at First Baptist church, plan four consecutive days of you...
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United Church Women

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Group portrait of those attending the May Fellowship Day of the Madison Council of United Church Women at First Baptist Church. They include, from left to ...
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United Church Women

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Attending the May Fellowship Day of the Madison Council of United Church Women at First Baptist Church and the churches they represent are, standing, left ...
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United Church Women

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Attending the May Fellowship Day of the Madison Council of United Church Women at First Baptist Church are, from left to right: Rev. Robert Towner, First B...
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United Church Women

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Guest speaker, Mrs. John Gray Rhind, Waukesha; Eva Brewster, First Methodist, and Vera Browne, Grace Episcopal, attend the May Fellowship Day of the Madiso...
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D.A.V. Presents Flag to Mt. Zion Church

Date: 05 21 1961
Description: The Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans presents a 50-star flag in honor of John Parrish, center, a member of the newly built Mt. Zion Church...
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First Baptist Church School Teachers Honored

Date: 04 22 1964
Description: A large audience is looking up at a raised stage where church teacher Lynnda Cunningham has popped out of a large lidded cardboard box (in imitation of a j...
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First Baptist Church Children's Day Art Exhibit

Date: 06 10 1964
Description: Ralph Webb, 6, sitting on the floor in front of three of his works of art on display at the First Baptist Church Children's Day art exhibit. Ralph's art w...
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: Elevated view of a large group of African-American children. They are attending summer Bible school at their church, Second Baptist Church at 827 Mound str...
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: Three African-American pre-school girls peer out from behind a church pew at summer bible school.
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: A group of African-American children singing hymns at their church, Second Baptist Church at 827 Mound street. One girl is looking toward the photographer ...
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: A group of children attending Bible school. In the foreground a 3 year old boy is sucking his thumb as he is leaning into the embrace of an older sister be...
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Mortgage Burning Ceremony

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Two men and two women are standing around a plate, over which one man is holding a singed document while another man is holding a match. Caption reads: "Ma...

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