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Father James Groppi at NAACP March

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue.
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Father Groppi and Demonstrators

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation"
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Reverend Richard Kiefer Plays Bingo

Date: 08 06 1934
Description: Reverend Richard Kiefer of Sacred Heart monastery in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, joins in the bingo competition at a Catholic picnic, as women and children a...
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Baptism at Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 02 09 1958
Description: The Reverend Erwin G. Tieman baptizes infants as part of a Lutheran crusade for Christ evangelism.
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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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Chasid Rabbi

Date: 1919
Description: An unidentified man dressed as a Chasid Rabbi.
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Chasid Rabbi

Date: 1919
Description: An unidentified man dressed as a chasid rabbi.
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Chasid Rabbi

Date: 1919
Description: An unidentified man dressed as a chasid rabbi, sitting at a desk.
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Chasid Rabbi

Date: 1919
Description: An unidentified man dressed as a chasid rabbi.
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St. Francis Seminary

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the seminary of St. Francis of Sales. Caption reads: "Seminary of St. Francis of Sales, St. Francis, Wis."
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St. Francis Seminary

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the St. Francis seminary.
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Groppi Protesting Eagles Club

Date: 03 1966
Description: Father James Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council demonstrating outside the Eagles Club at night beneath a marquee advertising a Duke Ellington performance.
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Carl F.W. Gausewitz

Date: 11 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Carl F.W. Gausewitz, Milwaukee pastor.
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Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Milwaukee Archbishop.
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Gustav Stearns

Date: 05 12 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reverend Gustav Stearns, Milwaukee pastor.
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William Walter Webb

Date: 02 28 1914
Description: =Quarter-length studio portrait of Reverend William Walter Webb, Milwaukee clergyman.
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NAACP March with Police Escort

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ...
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Father Groppi Resting with Marchers

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi sitting with several of his fellow marchers, some in Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council shirts. Groppi has taken off one of his shoes.
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Hotel Room Dedication

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: A man wearing a suit and bow tie is standing at a podium, speaking and gesturing with his hands. A lectern scarf is draped over the podium with the word "P...
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Missionary Association of Catholic Women Convention

Date: 10 13 1959
Description: Two men in clerical collars (and one wearing a biretta, cross, cassock, and cincture) examining a monstrance held by a woman. Several clerical vestments ar...

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