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Preacher Delivers Sermon on Tuberculosis

Date: 04 1924
Description: Preacher Chas V. Reed delivering a sermon on tuberculosis in conjunction with an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department lecture. Mr. Ree...
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Portable Confessional

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Portable confessional, manufactured by Burgess Manning Company, set up in front of the altar at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue.
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Portable Confessional

Date: 12 22 1942
Description: Portable confessional set up at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue. This photograph was taken for Burgess Laboratories.
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Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 06 20 1942
Description: Altar of Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue where Father Paul N. Flad is celebrating his first Mass.
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Father Flad's First Mass

Date: 05 20 1942
Description: Father Paul N. Flad faces the congregation during his first Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue, with priests and altar boys kneeling in p...
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St. Francis Xavier Church in Cross Plains

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of St. Francis Xavier Church.
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church

Date: 12 21 1948
Description: Interior view of St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church.
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Edgewood 70th Anniversary Mass

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Mass is celebrated on the stage of the high school auditorium for Edgewood's 70th anniversary.
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Bedroom at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior of bedroom twelve at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The view facing the door includes a bed, chairs, tables and a m...
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: A view of the chapel altar, made of carved wood. A vase of carnations sits on the right altar gate. The altar itself has a cloth covering the top, with ca...
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Academy of Jesus and Mary

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Description: Chapel interior, showing the altar and seating areas. The altar has a lacy covering over the top. The back area contains the tabernacle, a crucifix, vases ...
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St. Joseph's Church

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Description: View down aisle toward the altar, with the pews decorated with evergreen trees and shrubbery. The ceiling has low relief moldings in a abstract pattern. Th...
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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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Catholic Church

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Description: Interior of a Catholic church. View of front of the church with the altar and religious icons. There are ornate designs near the ceiling and the arch to th...
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Father Garrigan Giving Pre-March Mass

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: Father Michael Garrigan in the background wearing a white robe and glasses holding 8 a.m. mass at St. Joseph's Church with 30 marchers before a Obreros Uni...
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Interior of Catholic Church

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of the Catholic Church looking over the pews towards the altar. Chandeliers hang from the arched ceiling, and columns are along the sides of the p...
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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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Catholic Bishop Open House

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor shows off his chapel at his residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. The two ladies will be assisting with hospitality at an open...
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Church Service in Cherbourg

Date: 10 08 1944
Description: Chaplain Captain Allan R. Fredine holds a Protestant church service in a roundhouse used by the 757th Railway Shop Battalion in Cherbourg, France. He is us...

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