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Photograph

Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
Photograph

Baking Bread for Communion

Date: 09 25 1963
Description: Elevated view of two women, one pulling loaves of bread from the oven and the other glazing crusts in the church kitchen.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower.
Painting

The New Synagogue in Ward II

Date: 1858
Description: A view of the Synagogue with a one-horse carriage in the foreground. Hölzlhuber occupied the position of organist and choirmaster for this congregation unt...
Print

Across Bridge in Wauwatosa

Date: 1870
Description: An advertisement featuring Wauwatosa, showing the First Baptist Church, on the left, built in 1854 and the First Congregational Church, on the right built ...
Photograph

St. Josaphat's Church under Construction

Date: 1910
Description: St. Josaphat's Church in Milwaukee under construction.
Photograph

St. Josaphat's Church Construction Workers

Date: 1910
Description: Construction workers are posed in front of the partially-built St. Josaphat's Church on scaffolding and wooden steps near large columns. There are two chil...
Photograph

Chapel of the Woods

Date: 1898
Description: View of the Chapel of the Woods located at St. Francis Seminary.
Photograph

Fair Housing March

Date: 
Description: March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.
Postcard

Panoramic View of Milwaukee

Date: 
Description: Elevated view, with Court House, Masonic Temple, St. John's Cathedral, and Emanuel Church indicated. Caption reads: "Panoramic View of Milwaukee."
Photograph

Immanuel Presbyterian Church

Date: 1969
Description: Exterior of church.
Drawing

Lake Park Lutheran Church

Date: 1940
Description: Lake Park Lutheran Church, with three bare trees in front. The long nave is on the left, with a bell tower in the center, and additional building sections ...
Photograph

Marquette University and Catholic Church

Date: 1940
Description: Gesu Pastoral Residence Catholic Church, 1131 W. Wisconsin Street. Church towers, with a clock, are right of center, with wings to the left and right. A mo...
Photograph

Gesu Pastoral Residence Catholic Church

Date: 1940
Description: Marquette University, 1131 W. Wisconsin Street. People are walking on the sidewalk in front of the entrance. The three sets of doors have ornate pointed ...
Photograph

Marquette University; Gesu Church

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior of church. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk in front.
Print

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.
Photograph

St. Peter's Church

Date: 1940
Description: The first Catholic church in Milwaukee. The structure is shown here after it was moved to the grounds of St. Francis Seminary, St. Francis Wisconsin. It wa...
Postcard

St. Francis of Assisi Church

Date: 
Description: N. Fourth Street. Bell tower with clock to the left of the main entrance. Additional buildings are on either side of the main church. Identified on left is...
Photograph

St. John's Cathedral

Date: 1881
Description: Stereograph. Elevated view over Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) and Jackson Street towards the cathedral, which has a large clock tower.
Print

St. John's Cathedral

Date: 
Description: Drawing of a fountain and trees in Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) in front of the church.

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