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| Date: | 07 17 1971 |
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| Description: | The moving of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue from West Washington Avenue to James Madison Park. Crowds line the streets, and a crane is in the background. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Winter scene overlooking town, showing Baptist church in background. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a man sitting on the steps of Town Hall. The Catholic church is in the background. Caption reads: "Town Hall and Church, La P... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Old Mission Residence at La Pointe, Madeline Island. |
| Date: | 05 10 1929 |
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| Description: | View from across street of the Christ Presbyterian Church, located at 124 Wisconsin Avenue at Dayton Street. |
| Date: | 06 27 1935 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the Calvary Lutheran University Church at 713 State Street. |
| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Saint Raphael's Cathedral, 216 West Main Street, with the Dane County Courthouse, 207 West Main Street, in the right background and the Pa... |
| Date: | 07 09 1870 |
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| Description: | Irish people on the way to mass, including children surrounding the priest. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower. |
| Date: | 03 13 1946 |
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| Description: | First Unitarian Society Meeting House, 125 Wisconsin Avenue, being razed by Arneson Wrecking Company. View is from Wisconsin Avenue. On the left is the edu... |
| Date: | 05 29 1942 |
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| Description: | Students gathering in front of Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue, waiting for Mass to begin, with May Crowning procession in the foreground. |
| Date: | 06 22 1941 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Bethel Lutheran Church, 318 Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 05 13 1941 |
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| Description: | St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 2460 Atwood Avenue. |
| Date: | 01 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Emerson school junior civic league posing outdoors. The group of children and adults are posing outside of the synagogue. |
| Date: | 12 30 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the St. Barnabas Catholic Church. Snow is on the ground. |
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