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Baptism at Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 02 09 1958
Description: The Reverend Erwin G. Tieman baptizes infants as part of a Lutheran crusade for Christ evangelism.
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Mathilda Hughes

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Description: Mathilda Hughes, wife of Louis Hughes. They were charter members of St. Mark's AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church, and she was the first stewardess o...
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Dr. Joseph Schneider, Famous Eye Surgeon

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Description: Dr. Joseph Schneider performs surgery on the eye of a man laying on a gurney, with assistance from a nun nurse and another man.
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Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
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Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
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Father Groppi in Police Wagon

Date: 1966
Description: Father Groppi is seated in the back of a police wagon with police officer after being arrested in front of his parish for the second night in a row.
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Peltz Family at Son's Bar Mitzvah

Date: 1959
Description: Peltz family (head table) at son Andre's Bar Mitzvah at the Jewish Community Center.
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Cyla Tine Stundel and her Son at his Bar Mitzvah

Date: 1959
Description: Cyla Tine Stundel and her son, Ksiel, at his Bar Mitzvah.
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William Thompson Dorward

Date: 05 07 1915
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Thompson Dorward, Milwaukee pastor.
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Carl F.W. Gausewitz

Date: 11 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Carl F.W. Gausewitz, Milwaukee pastor.
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Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Milwaukee Archbishop.
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Sidney T. Smythe

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Sidney T. Smythe, Delafield clergyman and educator.
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Gustav Stearns

Date: 05 12 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reverend Gustav Stearns, Milwaukee pastor.
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William Walter Webb

Date: 02 28 1914
Description: =Quarter-length studio portrait of Reverend William Walter Webb, Milwaukee clergyman.
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Seder for Newcomers

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: A group portrait of people seated at tables for Seder. The Pelz family if identified in the lower right of the picture. The mother is identified as Esther ...
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Nuns and a Motorcycle

Date: 03 01 1968
Description: Teachers from St. Rose Catholic School, 514 N. 31st St., Sister Mathia (left) and Sister Geran, visited a show of the artworks of the 1930's in the mezzani...
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Father Groppi Serving Communion

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Description: Father James Groppi serving Communion to a couple at St. Michael's Church.
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Wedding Processional, Bride and her Father

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: The bride, Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and her father, Alois F. Kustermann (1901-1993), walk down the aisle of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She wor...
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Marriage Ceremony

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: An interior image of St. Catherine Catholic Church during the marriage ceremony of Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934).
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Wedding Recessional

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser smiling and walking back up the aisle after their marriage ceremony at St. Catherine Catholic Church. She is we...

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