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| Date: | 10 14 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Knights Templar parade south on Carroll Street during the Wisconsin Commandery convention. |
| Date: | 1655 |
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| Description: | Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of children are praying with their hands clasped in front of them, at the second station of the cross on Holy Hill, near Hartford, Wisconsin. Capti... |
| 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: | Trappist monks wearing white hooded cloaks sit at long tables while eating a meal. Religious imagery lines the walls. |
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| Description: | View of the Ave Maria Garden surrounded on two sides by a building. A large stone statue of Mary stands on a pedestal surrounded by an arched trellis; a sm... |
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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: | A view of a mass held at the grotto shrine on the Salesian grounds. The priest faces the altar, which is in a grotto, and a statue of Mary stands to the ri... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the Scourged Christ, St. Francis Monastery and College. The statue is behind bars, in front of a stone wall. On the right is a staine... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of worshipers at a shrine featuring a Madonna. |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of a chapel with a fresco on the front. Statues of a Madonna and child and St. Francis are on the lawn. |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of a rock garden with a rustic bridge and koi pond. Two monks are reading on the bridge. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the Saint Christopher monument in the driveway of the Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery. |
| Date: | 05 27 1965 |
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| Description: | Abstract art decorating the tabernacle at the new Holy Name Seminary. |
| Date: | 04 2014 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards the Holy Wisdom Monastery. In the distance is Lake Mendota, which is just beyond a field of tall grass and trees. The building h... |
| Date: | 1760 |
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| Description: | Map showing upstate New York, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River during the last, decisive battle of the French and Indian War. The main map shows a ... |
| Date: | 2007 |
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| Description: | His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Geshe L Sopa at the Alliant Center. |
| Date: | 06 08 1989 |
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| Description: | A man is smiling and leaning against a school desk. Caption reads: "Brother Norbert Karpfinger will be leaving Milwaukee." |
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