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Jesus Salas Addresses Rally Crowd

Date: 1966
Description: Wisconsin agricultural labor union Oberos Unidos founder Jesús Salas addressing a rally crowd from a podium after a farm worker demonstration. The crowd is...
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Father Gonzalez in Wautoma

Date: 1967
Description: At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ...
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Salas and Sanchez Leading March to Madison

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: 30 marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) march from Wautoma to Madison on Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food industry corporatio...
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Marchers Marching to Madison

Date: 1966
Description: Marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaving Wautoma and walking towards Madison along Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food indus...
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Obreros Unidos March — Contact Sheet

Date: 1966
Description: A series of images from a contact sheet containing scenes of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaving Wautoma and marching towards Madison along Highway 21 ...
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Marchers Leaving Wautoma

Date: 1966
Description: Marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaving Wautoma and walking towards Madison along Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food indus...
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NAACP March with Police Escort

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ...
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Father Groppi Resting with Marchers

Date: 1967
Description: Father James Groppi sitting with several of his fellow marchers, some in Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council shirts. Groppi has taken off one of his shoes.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Jacqueline Kennedy at Funeral

Date: 11 26 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy holds the flag that draped her late husband's coffin as she turns from the gra...
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Convent Groundbreaking at Academy of St. Benedict

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Mother Monica, superior of the convent and academy, turns over the first spadeful of ground during the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new motherhouse conv...
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Pontifical Mass

Date: 05 06 1961
Description: Participants in a Pontifical Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church stand outdoors.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony for Grace Lutheran Church

Date: 06 18 1961
Description: Bobby Stolen, a member of Grace Lutheran Church, turns a spadeful of dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Grace Lutheran Church at Rosa Road and Reg...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor Dedicates New St. Maria Goretti Parish Center Building

Date: 06 18 1961
Description: Madison Diocese Bishop William P. O'Connor dedicates the new St. Maria Goretti Parish Center building. The parish center building, the first phase of a par...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor Ordains Seven to Priesthood

Date: 05 27 1961
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor ordains seven men to the priesthood at St. Raphael Cathedral Church. Shown (L-R) are: Revs. Fred Jones, Oak Park, Ill; George Fo...
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Father Hoa on the Canal

Date: 1961
Description: Father Augustin Nguyen lac Hoa, the fighting priest, sits in a boat on the canal between Binh Hung and Tan Hung Tay. Father Hoa is in uniform and holds a r...
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New Bells for Holy Name Seminary

Date: 10 07 1964
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic Diocese consecrates four new bells before they are raised in position at the new Holy Name Seminary buil...
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Boxcar Loading with Donated Clothing

Date: 12 11 1964
Description: Two men are transfering boxes of donated clothing from a truck into the open side of a railway freight car parked at Cross Plains. The two men are Frank Ho...
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: Panoramic view of Msgr. George Wirz strolling in front of the new Colonial-style Holy Name Seminary.
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Edgewood College Commencement Ceremony

Date: 06 03 1965
Description: Bishop Jerome B. Hastrich and graduates of Edgewood College Commencement, Class of 1965.
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Veterans Memorial Mound, Holy Sepulcher Cemetery

Date: 10 16 1962
Description: View towards a group of people standing in a cemetery around an altar and a flagpole with an American flag. A clergyman in an alb and chasuble standing in ...

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