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Evangelical Lutheran Church at Hope

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Description: The Evangelical Lutheran Church with a cemetery in the churchyard. Caption reads: "Ev. Luth. Church at Hope, Dane Co., Wis." Also known as Hope Lutheran C...
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Castle Rock Lutheran Church After the Memorial Service

Date: 07 18 2015
Description: View up slope towards men and women walking along a grass path through a cemetery towards a church. The church is a one-room brick building with a steeple....
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Recording Angel

Date: 1971
Description: A bronze statue of a female angel holding a large book in her lap is in front of a marble gravestone. Gravestones are in the background on the right.
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Katherine Legge Memorial

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: View across lawn, with shrubs and trees, towards a memorial, in stone, in the grass. A containers of flowers are in front of the memorial.
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St. Paul's Luth. Church

Date: 1908
Description: Postcard showing exterior of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with bell tower and gravestones in yard visible. Caption reads: "St. Paul's Luth. Church, Marxsvil...
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Rush River Lutheran Church, Centennial

Date: 06 09 1955
Description: Exterior of church, with cemetery and steeple visible. A sign identifying it as Rush River Luth[eran] hangs over the door. Cars are parked outside the chur...
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St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Description: Exterior of a small church, with a cemetery in the foreground. Caption reads: "St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Built 1864, Town of Dane, Dane Count...
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Washburn Monument Oak Grove Cemetery

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Description: View of the Washburn Monument obelisk surrounded by a fence in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption at the top reads: "La Crosse, Wis." Caption at the bottom reads:...
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Advanced Dressing Station

Date: 09 01 1918
Description: Soldiers adorning the grave of a fallen comrade at the advanced dressing station, the farthest point to which ambulances would travel. A sign on an ambulan...
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Ojibwa Graves

Date: 07 1936
Description: Wooden roof-like grave covers and fences mark the graves in a Madeline Island cemetery. There is also a wooden cross on the right. Originally named St. Jo...
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Burial Service

Date: 03 13 2015
Description: Father Robert Schaller is reading a blessing over the closed casket of David Marcou's father, David A. Marcou, which is awaiting burial in Gate of Heaven C...
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Oschwald Tomb

Date: 1935
Description: The tomb of Rev. Ambrose Oschwald (1801-1873), faced with fieldstone, is built into the hillside behind the Loretto chapel at St. Nazianz cemetery. White ...
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Examining Vandalized Tombstones

Date: 05 21 1979
Description: Two women are standing between rows of gravestones in a cemetery. Some of the gravestones have been knocked over. One woman is pointing over her shoulder w...
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Veterans Memorial Mound, Holy Sepulcher Cemetery

Date: 10 16 1962
Description: View towards a group of people standing in a cemetery around an altar and a flagpole with an American flag. A clergyman in an alb and chasuble standing in ...
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Cemetery Trim

Date: 06 14 1984
Description: A man is using a lawn mower between rows of gravestones. He has turned from it and is looking at the ground. Caption reads: "CEMETERY TRIM - Roger Reif, of...
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Unearthed Vault at Riverside Cemetery

Date: 1982
Description: Two men in suits are standing in a cemetery, looking at a metal grave vault. The vault is supported by two wooden beams. Caption reads: "A 12 gauge Clark m...
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View in Mound Cemetery

Date: 1888
Description: View towards a wooden walkway over a stone wall, perhaps a spillway, crossing a body of water. A bridge is in the background.
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Wisconsin Memorial Park

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: View of a wrought iron structure in an "island" garden in the middle of an entryway, with the Great Memorial Building in the background.
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GAR Daughters Honor Civil War Veterans

Date: 06 26 1958
Description: A group of the Wisconsin Section of the National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic organization laying a memorial wreath to Civil War veterans at...
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Brumder Burial

Date: 05 1910
Description: Floral tributes, including wreaths and a cross, form a large display at the base of the obelisk marking the Brumder family plot in Forest Home Cemetery. O...

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