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Passover Supper

Date: 03 27 1945
Description: Close-up group portrait of Abe and Sarah Mintz's family gathered around the dining room table for Passover supper, 336 West Wilson Street.
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Passover Supper

Date: 03 27 1945
Description: Abe and Sarah Mintz's family gathered around the dining room table for Passover supper, 336 West Wilson Street.
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Calvary Lutheran Church Lounge

Date: 10 12 1927
Description: Calvary Lutheran Church lounge, 713 State Street.
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Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
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Two Women Praying

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Adelaide and Mrs. August Knoche (Lucille Knoche), mother and daughter, praying at Holy Redeemer Catholic, 128 W. Johnson Street, for the soldiers in Europe...
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Girl with Certificate

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa...
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Fortune Teller

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Description: A studio portrait of two women sitting at a table in front of a painted backdrop. One of the women is dressed as a fortune teller and holds round cards. Th...
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Studio Portrait of Julius Whitegull and Sam Lowe

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in chairs in front of a painted backdrop. Sam Thunderking Lowe (HoChumpHoNoNikKah), on the l...
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 08 1950
Description: Grace Episcopal Church women look over sales reports of used clothing at the Old Rectory Shop. From left are: Mrs. Dorothea Rainey, Mrs. John C. (Mary) Lob...
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Council of Church Women Committee for World Day of Prayer

Date: 01 22 1951
Description: Group portrait of the Council of Church Women's Committee for the annual World Day of Prayer. Seated in foreground left to right: Mrs. A.R. (Pearl) Jenning...
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Blood Drive at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Four St. Mary's hospital nuns participate in the hospital staff blood drive. Red Cross nurse Barbara Zimmerman takes the blood pressure of Sister Mary Virg...
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Catholic Church Bazaar

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Lynn Dudley serves as a model for one of the sweaters which will be on sale at the annual bazaar sponsored by the women of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cat...
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Inter-Faith Tea

Date: 03 21 1956
Description: Group portrait of four of the 200 women who attended the Inter-Faith Tea sponsored by the Madison Council of United Church Women. They include, from left: ...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Three women from the Madison area attend the second annual convention of the Madison diocesan Council of Catholic Women held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Ca...
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St. Peter's Vacation Bible School

Date: 08 1994
Description: "Shirley Widmer conducts a class at St. Peter's Vacation Bible School."
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Catholic Bishop Open House

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: Myrtle Bond and Eileen Kohls visit in a corner of the living room of Bishop William P. O'Connor's residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. They will be help...
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Field Secretary for National Council of Catholic Women

Date: 09 23 1957
Description: Nora Le Tournear, center, a field secretary for the National Council of Catholic Women, is in Madison to speak to Catholic women and give leadership traini...
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Church Women's Tea

Date: 06 19 1957
Description: Women attending the Madison Council of Church Woman's afternoon tea. Pouring at the tea table is Gladys Holloway. Standing left to right are Verna Blodgett...
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Council of Jewish Women Tea

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: The Council of Jewish Women having tea at the home of Molly Feldman. They include, left to right: Felice Goodman, arrangements chair; Rose Glass, vice-pres...
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Northwest Convocation of Episcopal Women

Date: 09 17 1957
Description: Mrs. A.O. Sanders, Milwaukee; Mrs. Ray Buege, Oconomowoc; Mrs. M.C. Hunt, Racine; and Mrs. A.P. Sandschneider, Ft. Atkinson, standing, are some of the out-...

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