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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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Tormey and Hebl Wedding Party

Date: 12 31 1941
Description: Wedding party at the altar of Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Party includes bride Marian Thekla Hebl, groom James Daniel Tormey, Priest George Haeusler, br...
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St. Patrick's 8th Grade Graduation

Date: 06 12 1941
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick's eighth grade graduation class, with a priest in front of the altar, 410 East Main Street.
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Woman and Religious Painting

Date: 1955
Description: A woman stands beside a religious painting (of her own making?).
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Body of Man in Coffin

Date: 09 17 1945
Description: Body of James S. Timlin, 79, in his coffin.
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Altar Boy

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Raymond Bowar dressed in his altar boy robe and holding an incense burner.
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The Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson

Date: 11 22 1948
Description: British Clergyman and others gathered before the address of The Very Reverend Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, shown on the left. Others, left to right...
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Girl on Her Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of a girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is dressed in a white dress and flowered tiara and holds a...
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Unidentified Girl on Her Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of an unidentified girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is wearing gloves, a white dress...
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Dorothea Schon, Scupltress

Date: 02 20 1949
Description: Dorothea Schon, Sun Prairie artist, at work in her studio on her sculpture of Christ the King. When it is completed, the four and a half by three foot wood...
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Chanuka Book and Symbol Display

Date: 12 02 1950
Description: Rabbi Max A. Lipshitz (left) and sexton Abraham Gazevitz observe a display of books and symbols in the lobby of Beth Israel center that will be on display ...
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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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Catholic Shrine of Mary

Date: 10 15 1954
Description: Four-year-old Tania Thousand lights a candle in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Green Scapula in the temporary chapel of Immaculate Heart of Mary Pa...
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Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified woman. She is wearing a dark dress and a crucifix on a chain.
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Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified woman. She is wearing a dark dress, a pin with a man's image on it, and a crucifix on a chain.
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Youth Sunday Participants

Date: 01 30 1956
Description: President Dick Caswell, and last year's president Nancy Thielen, members of the youth fellowship at First Baptist church, plan four consecutive days of you...
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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 Women's Club

Date: 04 23 1957
Description: The focal point of decorations at the speaker's table for the Catholic Woman's Club banquet was a large picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Admiring the pict...
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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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