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Nun Sitting in Chair

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Description: A nun is seated in a rocking chair. Note on photograph reads, "This is what I aspire to be".
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Notre Dame Convent

Date: 1871
Description: The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse.
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: Interior view of the lounge at the Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room is furnished with upholstered chairs and couches, tables, and area rugs.
Photograph

Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: iew of a woman sitting with a nun in front of a fireplace in the Maude Adams guest house at Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room has low wooden ceilin...
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Nun's Cell in Carmelite Monastery

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Description: Interior view of a nun's cell, furnished with a bed, stool, and dresser. A bare light bulb provides illumination, shutters cover a window and a cross hangs...
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Nun with Suitcase

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Description: A nun stands on the sidewalk with a suitcase near a woman standing on the steps to a porch. The nun is wearing the traditional habit and headpiece and the ...
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Obey and Lucey

Date: 1965
Description: Assemblyman David R. Obey and Patrick J. Lucey meeting with a group of students and their teacher, a nun, in the Wisconsin Assembly Parlor. Although undat...
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Migrant School Children

Date: 1967
Description: Children, teachers, and a nun sit at a picnic table at the School for Migrants. The school was set up by the Community Council on Human Relations.
Book or Pamphlet

Four Panel Pamphlet with Photographs

Date: 1960
Description: A two-sided four panel folded pamphlet. The photographs are, from left to right: view looking out of an open doorway toward two children titled: "Like Birt...

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