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Mockrud Family in Church

Date: 04 24 1949
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Mockrud and their eight children sitting in a front pew at Bethel Lutheran Church while the pastor is standing in the pulpit. The youngest chi...
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Upson Family

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Group portrait showing christening of Richard Upson. From left: Pat Upson, wife of Lieutenent Commander Richard Upson, holding her ten month old son, Richa...
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Bishop Schuyler E. Garth

Date: 09 14 1944
Description: Rev. Doctor Schuyler E. Garth, newly appointed Methodist Bishop for the Wisconsin area, seated at a desk.
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Reverend Charles Renfrow Bell, Jr.

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Portrait of the Reverend Charles Renfrow Bell, Jr., new pastor of the First Baptist Church, 201 N. Carroll Street.
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Reverend Erling Ylvisaker

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Reverend Erling Ylvisaker, pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross, Milwaukee Street. He preached to the returning veterans...
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All-Campus Rally on the Palestine Question

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Professor Walter Agard addressing an all-campus rally on the Palestine question held at the Memorial Union. Seated left to right: Elaine Sermopskie, Topeka...
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Methodist Pastors Greet New Bishop

Date: 03 16 1947
Description: Newly installed Methodist Bishop, Ernest G. Richardson (center), is greeted by Rev. J. Pierce Newell, on left, Southern District Superintendent, and Rev. M...
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Skelton-Hacker Wedding

Date: 02 01 1947
Description: John E. Skelton and Kathleen Hacker wedding ceremony at the altar of St. Raphael's Church, with the Rt. Reverend William Mahoney officiating, the maid of h...
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Annual Banquet

Date: 03 01 1949
Description: Group portrait of Zion Evangelical Lutheran church members posed at banquet table at 247 Division street. Seated left to right are: Francis Goold, congreg...
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Bethel Lutheran Church School Building Campaign

Date: 03 18 1949
Description: Group portrait of seven men involved in the Bethel Lutheran Church campaign to raise $100,000 in 100 weeks for a new Sunday school building. Seated left to...
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West Side Methodist Church Dedication

Date: 03 26 1949
Description: The Reverand Harold Huff (left), pastor; Bishop H. Clifford Northcott (center), and Reverand W. Ross Connor (right) leading a special morning service to de...
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Matiss Briedis Family

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: The Matiss Briedis family, from Latvia, with some of the Madison men and women who have found them a new home in Madison. Seated are Matiss, 42, former Lat...
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Lutheran Student House

Date: 09 18 1949
Description: Three men instrumental in the building of the recently built University of Wisconsin Lutheran Student Home. Shown at the dedication of the home, left to r...
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Red Arrow Division Veterans

Date: 09 22 1949
Description: Veterans of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division honor Rev. Gustav Stearns, Milwaukee, who served as a chaplain with the 127th Infantry of the division during Wor...
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First Resident of Oakwood Village Lutheran Home

Date: 10 23 1949
Description: The Reverend Otto J. Wilke (left), president of the Oakwood Lutheran Home Association, is shown greeting Mike Anderson, the first resident of the Oakwood L...
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First Congregational Church Mortgage Burning

Date: 01 19 1950
Description: Group portrait of the principal participants in a mortgage burning ceremony at First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue. The congregation is cel...
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Pilgrim Congregational Church Men's Club Turkey Feast

Date: 03 01 1950
Description: Pictured seated at the speakers' table are some of the attendees at the annual turkey feast of the Men's Club of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, 953 Jen...
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Dedication Ceremonies for Hillel Foundation Student Center

Date: 03 25 1950
Description: Group portrait of participants in a ceremony to dedicate the site of the Hillel foundation student center, which was part of the 25th anniversary of the Fo...
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First Baptist Church Cornerstone Ceremony

Date: 05 03 1950
Description: The Reverend Charles R. Bell Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church, is assisted by a group of church officials as he lays the cornerstone for the new bui...
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Teaching Staff of the Madison Inter-Church Leadership Training School

Date: 09 21 1950
Description: Members of the teaching staff of the Madison Inter-Church Leadership Training School gather around a table at a luncheon meeting. Seated, from left, are: R...

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