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Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Milwaukee Archbishop.
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Four women attend the second annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Seated, left t...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Group portrait of three of the leaders of the second annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Ca...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 08 09 1956
Description: Portrait of the new members of the board of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Left to right: Johnette G, Finnegan, Mrs. Carroll Bremner, Kath...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 08 09 1956
Description: Portrait of three area deanery presidents of the Madison Diocsean Council of Catholic Women. Left to right: Mrs. George Sauer, Watertown, Jefferson deaner...
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Opus Dei Fun-O-Rama

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: Kathryn Schaefer (left), Catherine Ahern, and Janet Fleury look over a collection of costume jewelry which will be featured at the upcoming Fun-o-rama. The...
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Catholic Women's Club Banquet

Date: 04 21 1959
Description: Three members of a committee plan the annual spring banquet of the Catholic Women's club. Seated at center is Jean Riley, at left is Ann Hilsenhoff, and ri...
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We Saw You . . . Catholic Women

Date: 05 04 1959
Description: Madison Catholic Women's Club's spiritual director, Rev. Thomas Lourim of Mazomanie, shares a joke with Alice Hippee and Helen Grant before the club's annu...
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We Saw You . . . Catholic Women

Date: 05 04 1959
Description: Two members of the decorating committee for the Madison Catholic Women's Cub's banquet, Helene McAndrews (right) and Mildred Morganson, talk while seated.
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Council of Catholic Women

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Group portrait of four new officers of the Madison Deanery of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, standing behind Bishop William O'Connor, who ...
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St. Mary's Hospital Open House

Date: 08 11 1960
Description: Sister M. Geraldine, S.M., administrator of St. Mary's hospital, explains the tour guide to volunteer planners of the fall open house and membership tea. S...
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Models for Edgewood Flamethrowers Benefit Event

Date: 05 1961
Description: Two models, Cathy Rogers (left) and Beth Goodman, attend "Fiesta for Santa Cruz," a benefit sponsored by the Edgewood Flamethrowers. The Flamethrowers are ...
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Edgewood May Day Ceremony — Double Exposure

Date: 04 1953
Description: Margaret Dunn placing a floral crown on a statue of the blessed Virgin Mary at the end of the annual May ceremony at Edgewood High School. Other high schoo...
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Ten Year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Jean Austin, right, pins a name card on Dorothy Behnisch at the ten year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion. The class presented a check as a gift ...
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Cardinal Raymond Burke

Date: 12 2010
Description: The Cardinal Raymond Burke, then head of the Vatican Supreme Court, posing for a portrait in Bishop’s Vestry, Saint Joseph the Workman Cathedral. He is wea...
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Wedding Processional, Bride and her Father

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: The bride, Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and her father, Alois F. Kustermann (1901-1993), walk down the aisle of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She wor...
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Wedding Recessional

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser smiling and walking back up the aisle after their marriage ceremony at St. Catherine Catholic Church. She is we...
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Wedding Party

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Group portrait of the Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser wedding party taken at St. Catherine's Catholic Church. The wedding party included Susan ...
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Missionary Association of Catholic Women Convention

Date: 10 13 1959
Description: Two men in clerical collars (and one wearing a biretta, cross, cassock, and cincture) examining a monstrance held by a woman. Several clerical vestments ar...
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Adelborg of th...

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