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Edgewood May Crowning Mass

Date: 05 29 1942
Description: Students and nuns kneeling outside of Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue during the May Crowning Mass.
Photograph

Graduation Class, Holy Redeemer School

Date: 06 16 1947
Description: Group portrait of graduation class, Holy Redeemer School, with twenty-one children, a nun and a priest.
Photograph

Holy Family Convent and College

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of The Holy Family Convent and College, motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, and liberal arts for the education of Siste...
Print

Notre Dame Convent

Date: 1871
Description: The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse.
Photograph

A Nun Playing a Lute-Like Instrument

Date: 1898
Description: A nun stands near a piano and plays a lute-like instrument in a house on West Washington Avenue.
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Pre-March Rally at Waushara County Courthouse

Date: 1966
Description: A crowd of migrant workers, children and nuns attending at pre-march rally listening to Jesus Salas, union leader, speak in front of the Waushara County Co...
Photograph

Saint Theresa Catholic Church

Date: 10 29 1949
Description: Sauer/Bodden wedding. Nuns on their way to Saint Theresa Catholic Church. Note the cross was damaged in a wind storm.
Poster

War Rages in France

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of refugees moving along a ruined street; one woman is wearing a nun's habit. Text reads: "They cannot fight & raise food at th...
Photograph

Belgian Nuns Return to Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian nuns heading back to Antwerp from refugee camps in the Netherlands.
Photograph

Belgian Nuns Returning Home from Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian nuns returning home from camps in the Netherlands. They are welcomed by their families and friends.
Photograph

Belgian Nuns Fleeing to Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian nuns fleeing to Holland.
Postcard

Returning from Work

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "'Returning from Work.' St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes. St. Francis, Wis." A group of six women holding implements and a nun are ...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Panel Pamphlet with Photographs

Date: 1960
Description: A two-sided four panel folded pamphlet. The photographs are, from left to right: view looking out of an open doorway toward two children titled: "Like Birt...

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