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Blessed Sacrament Convent Dedication

Date: 11 10 1949
Description: Posed in the chapel of the new Blessed Sacrament Convent are, (left to right): Reverend John B. Schneider, pastor of Blessed Sacrament church; Reverend Joh...
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Madison Knights of Columbus 50th Anniversary Procession

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a procession being led out of St. Raphael's Cathedral by Bishop William P. O'Connor in honor of the Madison Knights of Columbus 5...
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Boy Scouts Receiving Ad Altare Dei Medal

Date: 02 11 1951
Description: Five Catholic boy scouts from two Janesville parishes receiving the Ad Altare Dei Medal from Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison diocese in St. Rapha...
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Edgewood Elementary School Groundbreaking

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new elementary school building on the Edgewood campus are left to right, foreground: Mother Evelyn Mot...
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Main and Carroll Streets Intersection — Anaglyph

Date: 1868
Description: View of the intersection of Main and Carroll Streets in Madison, showing the home of Nathaniel Dean (where the Inn on the Park Hotel is now located), and S...
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Edgewood Grade School

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Edgewood Grade School.
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St. Raphael Cathedral Remodeling

Date: 09 08 1953
Description: Martin Baaken, Dennis Meronek, and Paul Brantmeyer remove pews from one section of St. Raphael Cathedral as a historic remodeling project gets under way at...
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St. Raphael Cathedral Remodeling

Date: 09 08 1953
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...
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700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 700 block of State Street. Lake Street parking ramp and University of Wisconsin Extension building are vi...
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Crowning the May Queen

Date: 05 04 1954
Description: Jacqueline Porter is wearing a long veil and is standing atop a step stool while placing a flower crown on the head of a St. Mary statue inside an unnamed ...
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St. Mary Of The Lake Catholic Church Dedication

Date: 08 01 1954
Description: The Most Revered William P. O'Conner, bishop of the Madison Catholic diocese, enters the new St Mary of the Lake church in Westport for a dedication ceremo...
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St. James Volunteers

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Group portrait of twenty men who volunteered their time to help remodel a home at 1129 Mound Street into a new convent for the nuns of St. James' Parish.
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St. Patrick's Church and Convent

Date: 05 06 1958
Description: Exterior view of St. Patrick's Church at 410 East Main Street and the nearby convent.
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Little Badgers

Date: 11 30 1957
Description: Vern Woodward (left), U.W. Madison's assistant boxing coach and director of the Little Badgers program, talking to one of his classes of more than 25 littl...
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St. James School Groundbreaking

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Rev. Louis Scheuring, pastor of St. James' Catholic Church, breaking ground for the new school after blessing the ground. Five altar boys assist Fr. Scheur...
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Ground Breaking Ceremony at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: A group gathering for the ground breaking ceremonies for the St. Thomas Aquinas parish auditorium. Rev. Arnold Lehman, pastor, shown with shovel; sacristan...
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Book Fair at Blessed Sacrament School

Date: 02 08 1960
Description: Two parents preview books to be sold to stock the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School library. Joy Genter (left) and Dorothy Clark consider which books to bu...
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We Saw You . . . at Opus Dei Fun-o-Rama

Date: 02 01 1960
Description: Madison Cooperators of Opus Dei gave their third annual Fun-o-Rama event at the Catholic Community Center. Shown (left to right) at the candy booth are: Mr...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor Dedicates New St. Maria Goretti Parish Center Building

Date: 06 18 1961
Description: Madison Diocese Bishop William P. O'Connor dedicates the new St. Maria Goretti Parish Center building. The parish center building, the first phase of a par...
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Edgewood College De Ricci Hall Open House

Date: 03 24 1961
Description: Standing in the vestibule of Edgewood College's new classroom and administration building called De Ricci Hall is the five-member committee who are plannin...

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