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St. Mary's Hospital Chapel

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Description: Three alcoves are along a wall; main altar is in the center. Candles decorate the altar areas.
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Grotto

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Description: Roman Catholic grotto with a cross under a peaked arch surrounded by trees and shrubs.
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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...
Photograph

St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church

Date: 12 21 1948
Description: Interior view of St. Mary's of the Lake Catholic Church.
Postcard

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...
Postcard

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...
Photograph

Portrait of a Nun

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Description: A nun folds her hands at her waist and stands for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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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...
Historical Object

Rosary with Cross

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Description: A rosary made of wooden (probably) beads and a dark, metal cross.
Historical Object

Seashell Font

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Description: A seashell which served as a religious font in a church.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Julius Whitegull and Sam Lowe

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in chairs in front of a painted backdrop. Sam Thunderking Lowe (HoChumpHoNoNikKah), on the l...
Photograph

Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Milwaukee Archbishop.
Photograph

William Walter Webb

Date: 02 28 1914
Description: =Quarter-length studio portrait of Reverend William Walter Webb, Milwaukee clergyman.
Book or Pamphlet

The Uses of the Cross

Date: 1896
Description: An illustration from the Freethinkers Pictorial Text Book of the evolution of uses of the cross, from a heathen phallic symbol to a Christian symbol...
Photograph

Catholic Holy Hour

Date: 08 07 1950
Description: The Most Rev. William P. O'Connor, Bishop of the Madison Catholic Diocese, is shown at the microphone as he leads prayers for peace at the annual Catholic ...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

St. Mary's Hospital Nativity Scene

Date: 12 09 1950
Description: Nativity figurines are placed in a naturally formed snow cave outside a courtyard window of the St. Mary's Hospital kitchen.
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Hermit's Peak

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Description: Wooden crosses at the top of Hermit's Peak.
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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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Outdoor Nativity Scene

Date: 12 21 1951
Description: Outdoor nativity scene, displayed in front of a board fence.

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