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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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River Baptism

Date: 1888
Description: A baptism in a river in southern Wisconsin.
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Reverend Cutting Marsh

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Reverend Cutting Marsh. Crayon portrait.
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The Badger Milk Train

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Description: A group of men are standing next to the Badger Milk Train, which was part of the Sauk County Milk for Peace program. As the sign behind them notes, this pr...
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Reverend J.W. Carhart

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Rev. J. Wesley Carhart of San Antonio, Texas.
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Father James Groppi

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Father James Groppi.
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Eleazer Williams

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Eleazer Williams.
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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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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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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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Rev. John A. Blaschke

Date: 1895
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reverend John Blaschke of St. Wenceslas Church.
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Rev. Leo Suchy

Date: 1895
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reverend Leo Suchy.
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Reverend C.J. Hendley

Date: 1847
Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype quarter-length profile portrait of Reverend C.J. Hendley. Episcopal clergyman. Married to Jane Olive Kimball, July 20, 1865 i...
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Princeton Theological Semnary Class of 1849

Date: 1849
Description: Daguerreotype composite of the Princeton Theological Semnary Class of 1849. Twenty-seven separate photographs, seven individual and twenty paired. All the ...
Poster

Campaign Poster for Rev. John Cameron

Date: 1964
Description: A campaign poster for Reverend John Cameron, which includes voting information, a call for volunteers, and a portrait of Rev. Cameron.
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Rev. Edward Mathews

Date: 1865
Description: Portrait of Reverend Edward Mathews standing in front of a "Moral Map of the United States." He is holding a long, wooden pointer and is gesturing towards ...
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Rev. David Lowry

Date: 1840
Description: Waist-up portrait of Reverend David Lowry. Lowry was appointed to be a teacher for the Ho Chunk (Winnebago) Tribe by Andrew Jackson. In 1834, he started 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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Snake!

Date: 1916
Description: Three men are displaying a very long snake. Names from left to right: W.A. Holt, Rev. Ernest Wright, and W.M. Comstock. Caption reads: "Snake!"
Print

Bishop Willliam Tufnel Sabine, D.D.

Date: 1907
Description: Profile portrait of Rev. Dr. William Tufnel Sabine, bishop of the Episcopal Church.

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