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Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 06 20 1942
Description: Altar of Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue where Father Paul N. Flad is celebrating his first Mass.
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Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 05 20 1942
Description: Father Paul N. Flad faces the congregation during his first Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue, with priests and altar boys kneeling in p...
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Church Decorated for Wedding

Date: 1876
Description: View of church interior looking up the aisle towards an altar decorated with garlands, possibly for a wedding. A young man stands at the left of the altar....
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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

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Description: Elevated view of people in the pews facing towards the altar of the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.
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Bishop O'Connor Inauguration

Date: 03 12 1946
Description: Elevated view of the altar and congregation in St. Raphael's Cathedral during the inauguration of Most Rev. William P. O'Connor as the first bishop of Madi...
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Immaculate Heart Academy Chapel

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Description: View up aisle toward the altar in the chapel in Immaculate Heart Academy. Six women wearing veils kneel in pews, facing the altar. Above the altar are the ...
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Catholic Bishop Open House

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor shows off his chapel at his residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. The two ladies will be assisting with hospitality at an open...
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Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of a group of worshipers at a shrine featuring a Madonna.
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Marriage Ceremony

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: An interior image of St. Catherine Catholic Church during the marriage ceremony of Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934).
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St. Luke's Lutheran Church

Date: 1925
Description: Interior of church, towards altar, pulpit, baptismal font, and pews. Rev. E.F. Scherbel is standing surrounded by baskets of flowers and a banner that read...
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Ceremony in Sanctuary of St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 03 24 1959
Description: Parishioners gathered in the newly built sanctuary of St. Bernard's Catholic Church on University Avenue in Middleton for a ceremony in which Bishop Willia...
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New Edgewood College Chapel

Date: 07 03 1958
Description: Rear view looking towards altar of two nuns sitting in a pew in the new St. Joseph Chapel at Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart. The design was inspired ...
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Scenes from the Life of a Minister's Wife

Date: 03 23 1959
Description: When Joan Carlton of Oakpark, Illinois married Reed Forbush of Appleton, Wisconsin she was skeptical of life as a minister's wife. Now, as a series of phot...
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Christmas Eve

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of a church service held on Christmas Eve.
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Church of the Saints

Date: 1930
Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Church of the Saints Maria-Anna." Interior of a church with an ornate altar and statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary on the left a...

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