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West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

Date: 1878
Description: West Koshkonong Lutheran Church and cemetery. Octagonal stone church built in 1852, rebuilt in 1893, seating 800 people.
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West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

Date: 1878
Description: West Koshkonong Lutheran Church, an octagonal stone church built in 1852 and cemetery. The headstone of Cecilia Martins Datter is legible. Further refere...
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Hans Christianson next to Wife's Grave

Date: 1873
Description: Norwegian-American farm laborer, Hans Christianson (age 44), stands next to the grave of his childless wife, Karen Luis Christianson, born 1829, who died J...
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Spring Prairie Lutheran Church

Date: 1872
Description: View of the Spring Prairie Lutheran Church, built in 1853 and replaced in 1886.
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McFarland Lutheran Church and Cemetery

Date: 1869
Description: View of the McFarland Lutheran church and cemetery. The church was started in 1869 and in use in 1873. It was dedicated on January 23, 1876. The church w...
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Vermont Lutheran Church

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Description: Exterior view of Vermont Lutheran Church with a cemetery in the back. Caption reads: "Vermont Lutheran Church Near Black Earth, Wis."
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German Evangelical Association Church

Date: 1920
Description: German Evangelical Association Church and adjacent cemetery, also known as Zion Evangelical Church. When services were discontinued in the early 1920s the...
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
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German Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1890
Description: German Methodist Episcopal Church with a cemetery. The congregation was organized in 1859 and the church was put up in the early 1860's. The church is no l...
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Beaver Creek Lutheran Church

Date: 1945
Description: View of a rural church on a hill and its adjacent cemetery. Beaver Creek Lutheran Church was or still is a Norwegian church.
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Lutheran Church

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view across fence and field towards the Lutheran church and cemetery of a German or Norwegian settlement near the intersection of Highway 16 and C...
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 09 11 1927
Description: A view of the Norwegian Lutheran Church and cemetery, built in 1852. The building was originally built with logs and was later faced with boards.
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Norwegian Lutheran Church

Date: 09 11 1927
Description: A view of the Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery on the site of the Norwegian Lutheran Church, founded in 1852.
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St. Mary's Cemetery

Date: 1992
Description: Crucifixion statue in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Lucille Ballweg Funeral

Date: 08 02 1948
Description: Scene in the cemetery near Martinsville during the internment of Lucille Ballweg, victim of a tornado.
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New Monument in Calvary Cemetery

Date: 11 12 1948
Description: Rev. J.B. Schneider, O.P., pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, looking at a newly installed bust of St. Dominic de Guzman, Spanish priest who foun...
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Funeral for Fire Victims

Date: 12 01 1948
Description: The funeral for the fire victims of the Bedford Street fire was finalized in the Middleton Junction Cemetery. The caskets are shown as the mourners await t...
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St. John's Church

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Description: View of the church from the cemetery, which has a large monument. A clergyman stands in the doorway of the church. The building is brick, with vines traili...
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Garden of Joseph of Arimathea and Tomb #1713

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the garden of Joseph of Arimathea and the tomb where Jesus is believed to be the buried. A Ro...
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Evangelical Church

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view from road of church. The church building features arched doors and windows, stained glass, and a bell steeple. There is a cemetery behind the...

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