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| Date: | 02 09 1958 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Erwin G. Tieman baptizes infants as part of a Lutheran crusade for Christ evangelism. |
| Date: | 02 15 1953 |
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| Description: | Historic evening mass at St. Raphael Cathedral, a stately two-hour ceremony closing the parish's annual 40 Hours' Devotion. This was the first evening mass... |
| Date: | 01 21 1947 |
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| Description: | Charter members of the Holy Name Society, Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, at their swearing-in ceremony. Pictured seated from the left are: Louis Fiore, so... |
| Date: | 06 23 1948 |
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| Description: | Clarence Lester, Mrs. Arthur (Agnes) Peabody, and the Reverend Edward Potter Sabin, admiring a bronze memorial plaque commemorating the first vestry and fo... |
| Date: | 12 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Participants in the ground breaking ceremonies for the new Calvary Gospel church located at 3822 Mineral Point Road. Men standing with shovels, are, from l... |
| Date: | 02 20 1949 |
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| Description: | Lay officers and church dignitaries listen as Charles Pollock, senior warden of Grace Episcopal Church parish, read letters of donation and endowment at sp... |
| Date: | 01 19 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the principal participants in a mortgage burning ceremony at First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue. The congregation is cel... |
| Date: | 05 03 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Men stand on a platform during the cornerstone-laying dedication ceremony for the reconstructed Norway Grove Lutheran church. Taking place in the ceremony,... |
| Date: | 10 28 1951 |
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| Description: | Members of the Westminster Presbyterian church assist in the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new church at 4100 Nakoma Road. Kneeling are James G. Mars... |
| Date: | 01 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of pastors and lay officials gathered for the installation of the Rev. John R. Collins, third from left, as the new pastor of the University... |
| Date: | 01 27 1958 |
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| Description: | The Rev. Fr. Paul Z. Hoornstra (right) receives the keys to the church from Senior Warden Charles Burdick (second from left). At left is Junior Warden J. N... |
| Date: | 02 12 1959 |
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| Description: | A cornerstone was laid for the new Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Raymond Road and Whitney Way. Setting the stone in place is Stanley Bokelmann, 337 Orchar... |
| Date: | 05 01 1960 |
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| Description: | Two pastors and two laymen cutting a cake, probably at the consecration services at the new St. Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5700 Pheasant Hill R... |
| Date: | 10 1955 |
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| Description: | Participants with lit candles in a mortgage-burning ceremony at Trousdal Methodist Church located at 1125 Vilas Avenue, include Rev. R.D. Robinson (pastor ... |
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