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| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey meets Pope John Paul II. Obey stands at the microphone while Pope John Paul II is seated on his throne. |
| Date: | 08 1904 |
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| Description: | View of the grotto on Holy Hill. A statue of the Virgin Mary sits inside a stone arch inside the grotto. |
| Date: | 04 28 1961 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 06 1964 |
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| Description: | A kerosene lamp standing beside an old family Bible on a table in the antique-filled Harry Lichte home, 5314 Flad Avenue. |
| Date: | 02 1977 |
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| Description: | Hebrew Brotherhood Synagogue torah. |
| Date: | 04 23 1964 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Interior view from the rear of the Chapel of Perpetual Adoration, part of the Visitation Convent. Four people are sitting or kneeling. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Elements of Victorian design and decoration are seen in the main floor parlor. Ribbon and floral wreathing draws attention to the upper walls and high ceil... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Gothic arches frame the intricately designed and decorated altar of the Sacred Heart chapel. Across the front of the high altar, from left to right, are st... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View of a large, private hospital room with a linen covered cast-iron and brass bed. Two windows with lace tier curtains allow light to enter the room, and... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 13 1959 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 03 24 1959 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the orphan asylum. There are a number of crosses on the roof. Caption reads: "Orphan Asylum, Manitowoc, Wis." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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: ... |
| Date: | 04 06 1958 |
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| Description: | A cross at night at top of unidentified Christian church. The cross is illuminated by lamps with the moon shining through the clouds behind. |
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