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| Description: | View of a young girl presenting a crown of flowers to a woman who will place it on the statue of Mary at Holy Family Academy, built in 1909. A pew is in th... |
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| Description: | View down aisle toward the altar, which is covered with an ornamented textile and is contained in an apse with a pointed archway. Behind this is a crucifix... |
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| Description: | View looking down aisle toward the altar. The columns that run the length of the aisle have light fixtures and are decorated with garland. The sanctuary c... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two Trappist monks pray at the Stations of the Cross hanging on a hallway wall in the abbey of Our Lady of the Valley. A statue of the Madonna and Child is... |
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| Description: | View from balcony of Ocean Grove Auditorium, built in 1894. The vast seating provided space for the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. A platform stands... |
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| Description: | Interior of an auditorium at Lake Chautauqua, founded in 1874. The audience observes a group of people on a platform in the center. A flag hangs from the c... |
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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 ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b... |
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| Description: | A view of the altar with the body of St. Paula beneath. Two statues flank the crucifix. A row of pews is on the left. |
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| Description: | View of a biology laboratory at College Misericordia, established by the Sisters of Mercy on August 15, 1924. There are two rows of tables with lamps, and ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of Hathorn Hall at Bates College. Completed in 1857, the hall is a small brick building featuring a bell tower. A man is seen walking on the sidewalk ... |
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| Description: | View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p... |
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| Description: | Interior of Memorial Hall at Jefferson College, chartered in 1802. The walls are lined with framed portraits hanging from picture rails, with chairs below.... |
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| Description: | Interior of an art museum. The view includes a bench and table in the middle of the room and walls lined with paintings. Potted plants stand on either side... |
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| Description: | Interior of Tillman Administration Building, built in 1894. The building, part of Winthrop College, established in 1886, features photographs and sculpture... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of a small library at Saint Joseph's Academy of Maine, opened in 1912. Chairs are gathered around a table near bookcases. In the room are religiou... |
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| Description: | Interior of Wellesley College Library, founded in 1870. The view includes long study tables, and paintings and busts are displayed throughout the room. Boo... |
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| Description: | Interior of the library at Washington Irving High School, built in 1913 and designed b C.B.J. Snyder. Students study at tables and take books from the shel... |
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| Description: | Interior of the reading room at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded by the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1847. Bookshelves line the walls and a... |
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| Description: | Interior of the library reading room at Holy Angels School, established in 1924. A piano stands against the left wall, and busts, figurines, and bookshelve... |
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