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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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Meeting the Pope

Date: 1982
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (in profile) meeting with Pope John Paul II. Obey was heading a congressional delegation that had visited Poland. Obey ...
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Pope John Paul II

Date: 1980
Description: Congressman David Obey meets Pope John Paul II. Obey stands at the microphone while Pope John Paul II is seated on his throne.
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Cardinal Raymond Burke

Date: 12 2010
Description: The Cardinal Raymond Burke, then head of the Vatican Supreme Court, posing for a portrait in Bishop’s Vestry, Saint Joseph the Workman Cathedral. He is wea...
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St. Maria Goretti Parish Center Opening

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor standing at the altar of the chapel in the new St. Maria Goretti Parish Center at Gilbert Road and Flac Avenue on Madison's sout...
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"The Book and the Spade" Biblical Artifacts Exhibit

Date: 04 23 1964
Description: Professor Menahem Mansoor holding an ancient Egyptian figurine to be part of "The Book and the Spade" Biblical artifacts exhibit at the Wisconsin Center.
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Man Carrying Wooden Cross

Date: 08 05 2016
Description: An elderly man is standing outdoors carrying a large wooden cross in his arms outside the Donald Trump rally.
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"Jews for Trump" Political Poster

Date: 08 05 2016
Description: An elevated view of a man in a crowd wearing a red yarmulke at the Donald Trump rally. He is wearing an apron with buttons in Hebrew, and is holding a smal...
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Very Rev. J.J. Fox

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of J.J. Fox, Bishop of the Green Bay diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop Fox was an active member of the Wisconsin...
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Missionary Association of Catholic Women Convention

Date: 10 13 1959
Description: Two men in clerical collars (and one wearing a biretta, cross, cassock, and cincture) examining a monstrance held by a woman. Several clerical vestments ar...
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Bells and Church Artifacts

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Description: Bells and other church-related artifacts removed from endangered towns as a protection against plunder by the Italian troops."
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Ceremony in Sanctuary of New St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 03 24 1959
Description: During a ceremony to bless the altar in the newly built St. Bernard's Catholic Church on University Avenue in Middleton, Bishop William O'Conner seals a pi...
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Pastor of New Lutheran Church

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Reverend James Michael, holding a Bible and standing in front of a large crucifix, in the chancel of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church located at 5201 Old Middl...
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Building the Pulpit - Part 4

Date: 1913
Description: A man, holding a hammer, is standing behind the new log pulpit to be used for Sunday worship on the porch at Island Lodge. The base of the pulpit is a holl...
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Building the Pulpit — Part 1

Date: 1913
Description: An action shot of two sawyers cutting a hollow hemlock log using a 2-person crosscut saw. They are sawing halfway through the log, to create an angle which...
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Building the Pulpit — Part 2

Date: 1913
Description: Three men, and young David Rumsey are standing in the shade by the hollow hemlock log. The man on the right is holding an axe. Part of a series captioned: ...
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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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Christmas Eve

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of a church service held on Christmas Eve.
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Grotto Shrine and Builder

Date: 1946
Description: Text on front reads: "Main View and Builder, Rev. P.J. Wagner, Grotto Shrine, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A rock and flower shrine with a statue of Jesus in a nic...

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