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Father James Groppi at NAACP March

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue.
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Houdini, Harry

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Description: Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive.
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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.
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Corn and Brats on the Grill

Date: 06 25 1988
Description: St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival.
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Moving the Gates of Heaven Synagogue Building

Date: 07 17 1971
Description: The moving of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue building from West Washington Avenue to James Madison Park.
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Friends of Hebrew University at Picnic

Date: 08 21 1967
Description: About 80 Israeli students and members of the Milwaukee chapter of American Friends of Hebrew University attended a picnic Sunday at the Beaver Lake home of...
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Reverend Wayne Dillabaugh and Jack McManus

Date: 06 27 1978
Description: Wayne Dillabaugh, left, poses with Jack McManus.
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Houdini on a Rope in "Terror Island"

Date: 1920
Description: Escape artist Harry Houdini being tortured by cannibals in the silent film "Terror Island." Like the other films in which Houdini stared, the plot was desi...
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Shrine for Police Officers, Cuba

Date: 1959
Description: Shrine for police officers in Cuba one year after the Cuban Revolution. The shrine is a blue plaster enclosure with a white-framed glass door. Inside is a...
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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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Warlock Blessing a Man

Date: 06 1970
Description: A caped man standing on a sidewalk is placing his hands on the head of a kneeling man, while another man in a suit and sunglasses is looking on. Caption re...
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Deer Park Buddhist Center Kalachakra Temple

Date: 1989
Description: View of the Kalachakra Temple from the front of the pavilion, that originally faced toward Madison and the audience, during the ceremony performed in 1981.
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Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple

Date: 12 2008
Description: Main Deer Park Temple in winter.
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Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple

Date: 06 2008
Description: Main Deer Park Temple in summer.
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

Date: 07 2008
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Tibetan dancers at Dane County Coliseum.
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Date: 07 2008
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and Tibetan dancers at Dane County Coliseum.
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, with Geshe L Sopa

Date: 2007
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, and Geshe L Sopa at the entrance of the Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple.
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Geshe L Sopa and Deer Park Monks

Date: 2006
Description: Geshe L Sopa and resident monks blessing the grounds for the new Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple, with the original Kalachakra temple in the background.
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Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple Groundbreaking

Date: 2006
Description: Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple groundbreaking ceremony with Geshe L Sopa, Sherab, Ani Jampa, Eric Vogel (architect), construction company and other publi...
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Deer Park Buddhist Center Ordained Sangha

Date: 2002
Description: Geshe L Sopa, Jangste Choje Rinpoche, Yangsi Rinpoche and monks and nuns of the Deer Park Buddhist Center.

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