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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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Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner"

Date: 02 17 1949
Description: Speaker's table at the annual Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner" held in the Lutheran Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue. Seated left to right:...
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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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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: New Madison residents Dorothy and Donovan Palmquist moved to Madison after Reverend Mr. Palmquist became the new pastor of Central Lutheran Church.
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Council of Catholic Women

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Group portrait of four new officers of the Madison Deanery of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, standing behind Bishop William O'Connor, who ...
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Reverend Nils Otto Tank

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Reverend Nils Otto Tank, seated, facing front and to the right with left elbow on a table. Tank was a Moravian religious l...
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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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Reverend Richard L. Buege, St. Luke's Lutheran Church

Date: 06 17 1965
Description: A man is standing and posing in front of a church altar. He is wearing traditional Lutheran vestments: a stole, crucifix, chasuble, and cassock. He is iden...
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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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Cardinal Francis Spellman

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Description: Portrait of Cardinal Francis Spellman. He is standing next to a chair and is holding a biretta (hat) in one hand and wearing his choir dress. Spellman is a...
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Mortgage Burning Ceremony

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Two men and two women are standing around a plate, over which one man is holding a singed document while another man is holding a match. Caption reads: "Ma...
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Wedding Party

Date: 1905
Description: An available light interior group portrait of a bride and groom with their attendants, an older gentleman, likely the officiant, at far right and a flower ...
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: Reverend Jesse Jackson sitting at a table with his arms folded.
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Reverend Monseigneur P. M. Abbelen

Date: 1890
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Reverend Monseigneur Peter Matthias Abbelen, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and later spirit...
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Carol Brewster and Skip Homeier in Death Valley Days

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Description: Claire Vernon (Carol Brewster) sits on a wooden bench outside a building next to Reverend Ben Darniell (Skip Homeier) in a scene from the episode "The Figh...

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