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Shiloh Baptist Church

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Description: Elevated view of the interior. The seating area contains curved pews that face the raised altar area. This is divided into two sections: the front area co...
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St. Michael's Episcopal Church

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Description: View down aisle toward the altar, which is covered with an ornamented textile and is contained in an apse with a pointed archway. Behind this is a crucifix...
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St. Anthony's Church

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Description: View down aisle toward the altar, and the murals surrounding the altar and on the arched ceiling at St. Anthony's church. The sanctuary consists of a main ...
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Assumption Church

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Description: View from aisle toward the main and side altars of the Assumption Church. Murals decorate the walls and the main altar contains four statues and a mural o...
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First Methodist Church

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Description: Interior view of First Methodist Church, including a rosette window, altar, and part of the seating area. The altar area contains a pulpit flanked by two c...
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Nun's Refectory

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Description: A view of the refectory which has a large rectangular table that has a large wooden cross, and a skull. Benches are behind smaller oblong tables that line ...
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Don Bosco College

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Description: A view of a mass held at the grotto shrine on the Salesian grounds. The priest faces the altar, which is in a grotto, and a statue of Mary stands to the ri...
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Wiltwyck

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Description: A clergyman performs an outdoor church service to boys of various ages. A small stone wall flanks each side of the altar area. The altar contains flowers,...
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An Eminent Southern Clergyman

Date: 1860
Description: A clergyman stands at the pulpit with a bible on it, behind him stands the devil. Each has one hand on the open bible. The number 3 appears in the upper le...
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Wedding Party, Middleton, Wisconsin

Date: 06 20 1987
Description: Wedding party of William Olson and Rebecca Butcher at St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Middleton, Wisconsin on June 20, 1987. Jill Howman, wearing the dark blue...
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Holy Union Flowers and Altar Decorations, First Unitarian Church, Madison

Date: 07 22 1995
Description: Flower arrangements and altar decorations at the First Unitarian Society for the Holy Union Ceremony of Brian Bigler and Ken Scott on July 22, 1995. The a...
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Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: View down side of street of a large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. Many of the participants carry large crucifixes and ban...
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Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. The men in the group are carrying the iconography.
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Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. The men in the group are carrying the iconography. Soldiers in mil...
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Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: A large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. The women in the group are carrying the iconography on their shoulders.
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Troitski Cathedral, Interior

Date: 1918
Description: Interior of the Troitski Cathedral, showing the altar of the cathedral, chandeliers, large floor candle holders, and iconographic wall panels.
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Troitski Cathedral, Interior

Date: 1918
Description: Interior of the Troitski Cathedral, showing the altar of the cathedral, chandeliers, large floor candle holders, and iconographic wall panels.
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Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue Torah

Date: 02 1977
Description: Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue torah.
Postcard

Interior St. Andrews Church

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of an ornate altar with religious statuary and Gothic arches. A crucifix is hanging from the top of the arch over...
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Actor Joseph Schafer

Date: 05 07 1927
Description: Actor Joseph Shafer/Schafer telling the story of The Ostensorium in a reenactment of a ceremony in which Nicolas Perrot claimed the territory of the upper ...

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