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Mockrud Family in Church

Date: 04 24 1949
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Mockrud and their eight children sitting in a front pew at Bethel Lutheran Church while the pastor is standing in the pulpit. The youngest chi...
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Reverend William H. Gentz

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Reverend William H. Gentz, assistant pastor at Bethel Lutheran Church, 318 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Lutheran Student Foundation

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: Pictured around the fireplace in the Lutheran Student Foundation, 228 Langdon Street, are counter-clockwise: the Reverend A. Henry Hetland, with University...
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Funeral for Fire Victims

Date: 12 01 1948
Description: Dr. Charles A. Puls, pastor of Luther Memorial church, 1021 University Avenue, looks down on the caskets of a mother and her three children, during funeral...
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Annual Banquet

Date: 03 01 1949
Description: Group portrait of Zion Evangelical Lutheran church members posed at banquet table at 247 Division street. Seated left to right are: Francis Goold, congreg...
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Bethel Lutheran Church School Building Campaign

Date: 03 18 1949
Description: Group portrait of seven men involved in the Bethel Lutheran Church campaign to raise $100,000 in 100 weeks for a new Sunday school building. Seated left to...
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Lutheran Student House

Date: 09 18 1949
Description: Three men instrumental in the building of the recently built University of Wisconsin Lutheran Student Home. Shown at the dedication of the home, left to r...
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First Resident of Oakwood Village Lutheran Home

Date: 10 23 1949
Description: The Reverend Otto J. Wilke (left), president of the Oakwood Lutheran Home Association, is shown greeting Mike Anderson, the first resident of the Oakwood L...
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Cornerstone Laying for Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 05 07 1950
Description: Speakers stand near the front of the partially finished new building during the cornerstone laying ceremony at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Stre...
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Boy Scout Troop

Date: 05 16 1950
Description: Group portrait of members of the Boy Scout Troop 19 of the Luther Memorial Church with their scoutmaster, Jack Gasdorf, and Reverend A. Henry Hetland, dire...
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Dedication of Cornerstone of Norway Grove Lutheran Church

Date: 08 06 1950
Description: Men stand on a platform during the cornerstone-laying dedication ceremony for the reconstructed Norway Grove Lutheran church. Taking place in the ceremony,...
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Madison United Givers's Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: L.E. Rolefson, director of the Lutheran Welfare Society, seated, shows the Reverend E.J. Van Handel, director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau, and two Unite...
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Luther Memorial Confirmation Class

Date: 03 29 1953
Description: Group portrait of thirty-nine members of the Luther Memorial confirmation class. Reverend Charles A. Puls is pastor of the church.
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Departing Lutheran Pastor

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Reverend A. Henry Hetland and his wife, Phelva, chat with Arnold Voss who is president of the Lutheran Students Foundation at the University of Wisconsin. ...
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Lutheran Pastor Ernest B. Steen and His Wife

Date: 06 21 1954
Description: Portrait of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Steen in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. He is pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church where a reception will b...
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Lutheran Pastor Edwin Moll

Date: 07 24 1954
Description: Portrait of Lutheran pastor Edwin Moll with his wife, in Madison to visit his son. Pastor Moll was pastor of Luther Memorial Church from 1937 to 1939. He h...
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: New Madison residents Dorothy and Donovan Palmquist moved to Madison after Reverend Mr. Palmquist became the new pastor of Central Lutheran Church.
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Audio-Visual Institute

Date: 10 05 1954
Description: Men gather to go over some of the new materials to be discussed at the upcoming Audio-Visual Institute for church school workers. They include, from left: ...
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Midvale Lutheran Church

Date: 10 11 1954
Description: A service and open house formally dedicated the new parsonage of the Midvale Lutheran Church at 4330 Wakefield Street in Madison. The Reverend Sig. S. Sand...
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Reverend Albert Schumacher of St. John's Lutheran Church

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Reverend Albert G. Schumacher is the pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church on East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. The church is celebrating its Ce...

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