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Carmelite Monastery and the New Church

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Description: View looking up at Holy Hill. Caption reads: "Carmelite Monastery and New Church, Holy Hill, Wis."
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Holy Hill

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Carmelite monastery on Holy Hill from the west. Caption reads: "Holy Hill, Wis. From The West."
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Carmelite Monastery

Date: 1920
Description: View of the Carmelite monastery on Holy Hill from the north. Caption reads: "View from the North, Holy Hill, Wis."
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Holy Hill

Date: 1950
Description: View looking up hill towards the Holy Hill monastery and church.
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Church on Holy Hill

Date: 08 1904
Description: View from below of the church on Holy Hill, near the grotto. A woman is posing in front of the church at the top of the rock wall.
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Grotto on Holy Hill

Date: 08 1904
Description: View of the grotto on Holy Hill. A statue of the Virgin Mary sits inside a stone arch inside the grotto.
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Prayer Station on Holy Hill

Date: 08 1904
Description: A prayer station with a depiction of one of the stations of the cross on Holy Hill.
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M.E. Church

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Description: View across street towards the M.E. Church, with Tudor-influenced architecture. Caption reads: "M.E. Church, Hartford, Wis."
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Redeemer English Lutheran Church

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Description: View from street towards the front of a wood-frame church with a second floor. Caption reads: "Redeemer English Lutheran Church, Hartford, Wis."
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America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage: Eighth Station of the Cross — Holy Hill

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Eighth Station of the Cross. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage."Caption at bottom reads: "Eighth Stat...
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America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage: Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Hill

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette sculptures enclosed in a stone structure. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place ...
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Main Entrance to Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians, Holy Hill

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the arched entrance to the main church at Holy Hill, with stained glass windows. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place...
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Interior of the Church at Holy Hill

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the nave facing the altar at Holy Hill. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage."Caption at bottom reads: ...
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High Altar at Shrine of Mary, Holy Hill

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the high altar at Holy Hill. Sculptures of the Madonna and child are in the center, and saints are on either side. There are ...
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The Entrance, Leading Up the Hill

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Description: Photographic postcard view of the stone arch marking the entrance to the Stations of the Cross at Holy Hill. A crowd of pilgrims are standing underneath. C...
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Fourteenth Station of the Cross, Holy Hill

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Description: Colorized view of the 14th Station — Christ being laid in his tomb. The sculpture is in a niche in a stone arch. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite ...
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High Altar

Date: 1947
Description: Hand-tinted postcard showing detail of the high altar at the church on Holy Hill. Caption reads: "High Altar, Holy Hill, Wis."
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Carmelite Monastery and New Church

Date: 1930
Description: Postcard showing the Carmelite monastery and church at Holy Hill. The postcard identifies this as the "new church," which suggests the photograph was taken...
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Holy Hill

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Description: View through the trees towards Holy Hill in the distance.
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The Old Stone Church

Date: 09 01 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "The Old Stone Church, Schleisingerville, Wis." Built around 1863, the stone church is set on a hill with a long set of steps with rai...

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