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Fair Housing March

Date: 08 29 1966
Description: Father James Groppi leading a fair housing march.
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The Reverend John Clayton and Bob Clark

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: The Reverend John Clayton and Bob Clark, looking at a cartoon while sitting on a cot in the boys' hostel at the Samuel Post farm on Middleton Road.
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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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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St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 02 08 1978
Description: "St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church. On the first day of Lent, Pastor Paul Kante preaches to his congregation."
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Lutheran Pastor Ernest B. Steen and His Wife

Date: 06 21 1954
Description: Portrait of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Steen in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. He is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church where a reception will b...
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 1970
Description: "Groundbreaking ceremony at St. Peter's Lutheran Church for parish hall & school rooms. Left to right: Dennis Schuster, Wayne Giese, Ronald Bernard, Marvi...
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 1970
Description: "Pastor Hahn takes a turn with the shovel at the groundbreaking at St. Peter's Lutheran Church."
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St. Peter's Lutheran Congregation

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Description: "Members of St. Peter's Lutheran Congregation for 50 years or more. Seated: William Beck, Fred Beck, Otto Krueger. Standing: Lillie Kallsen, Norma Beck, ...
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Unitarian Anniversary

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ...
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Wedding Party and Pastor

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: Three-quarter-length group portrait of a wedding party with the pastor. The bride is wearing a street-length dress of ivory florentine which featured a bus...
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Alyene Quin and Clare Nesmith

Date: 07 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand next to each other in front of a home in an image taken by a civil rights volunteer.

"Mrs. Alyene Quin, one of the most courageou...

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Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of fourteen people who make up the Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare. They are posed front of a building at the Northe...
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Greeting Parishioners

Date: 08 1984
Description: Pastors John Berg and Bob Hoepner greet parishioners outside Saint Peters Lutheran Church.
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Priesthood Suprise Party

Date: 06 1987
Description: Parishioners surprise Reverend Charles D. Loehr with an anniversary party celebrating 40 years in the priesthood.
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three pastors attend the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. Pictured are Rev. Edwin Erbe, St. John's Catholic Church,...
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870 People Bid Farewell to Dr. Alfred Swan, Minister First Congregational Church

Date: 10 05 1965
Description: 870 people gather at the Park Motor Inn banquet room to honor retiring minister Dr. Alfred Swan of the First Congregational Church. Dr. Swan began as minis...
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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Pictured left to right: Rolf Giere, Galesville; the Rev. Carl A. Becker, Madison, pastoral adviser for the foundation; Evelyn Christenson, Madison, student...
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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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