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Parishioners Outside New Fellowship Church of God

Date: 1939
Description: Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street.
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Centennial Celebration for Madeline Island Mission

Date: 1935
Description: Father Gumbly and Sisters, with three Native Americans in ceremonial dress, standing outdoors in front of altar.
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Fair Housing March

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Description: March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.
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Msgr. E.C. O'Reilly at Airport

Date: 06 23 1947
Description: Rt. Rev. Msgr. E.C. O'Reilly, retired pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Baraboo, is shown boarding an airliner at Madison Municipal Airport. On the ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
Photograph

Episcopalians Commemorate Founders

Date: 06 23 1948
Description: Clarence Lester, Mrs. Arthur (Agnes) Peabody, and the Reverend Edward Potter Sabin, admiring a bronze memorial plaque commemorating the first vestry and fo...
Photograph

CROP Train

Date: 07 13 1948
Description: Group portrait of Governor Rennebohm with nine men looking at a boxcar of the CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program) train. The nine-carload train contain...
Book or Pamphlet

Ku Klux Klan Pamphlet Cover

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Description: Cover of a pamphlet featuring a question mark and the text "Why How What Who And You, KKKK" with a drawing of a Ku Klux Klansman wearing a conical hat and ...
Photograph

Beth Israel Center Cornerstone Laying

Date: 10 30 1949
Description: As the cornerstone of Beth Israel Center was lowered into place, representatives of the oldest Madison Jewish congregation participated in the ceremony. Th...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Wagon

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Description: Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women in a wagon pulled by a two-horse team. They are probably about to cross the bridge toward the Mission at the intersecti...
Photograph

The 'Hixton House' and the Methodist Church

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Description: Portrait of several buildings and a snowy landscape, probably in Hixton. A man is standing outside the first building on the left, which has a sign on the ...
Photograph

Zion Lutheran Church 50th Anniversary

Date: 07 30 1950
Description: The five surviving charter members of Zion Lutheran Church, 247 Division Street, stand in front of a banner at the picnic celebrating the church's 50th ann...
Photograph

Veterans Presentation

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: The Dane County 40 and 8 Chapter Number 684 World War I veterans group presents its annual contributions to four county child welfare programs. Left to rig...
Photograph

Ku Klux Klan Members

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Description: Two people in robes and hoods standing beneath a triangular flag with an image of a dragon on it. The robes and part of the flag are hand-colored in purple...
Photograph

Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee Parade

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: The Madison 4th degree team of the Knights of Columbus, wearing formal clothing with top hats, vests and capes and carrying walking sticks, marching in for...
Print

Liberty or Death

Date: 1860
Description: A rattlesnake labeled "SECESSION," with an arrow through its neck, is in front of a federal shield. The shield is protecting the Constitution and the Holy ...
Photograph

Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
Photograph

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...
Print

Peace On Earth

Date: 1962
Description: Holiday card with representatives of six of the world's religions. In the center is the text: "Peace On Earth." On the inside (not shown) the sender is the...
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Bombing in North Vietnam

Date: 1967
Description: Bombed street and Catholic Church in Phat Diem, North Vietnam. American journalist David Schoenbrun, who visited the city in August 1967, reported that the...

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