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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Spring Bank monastery. Man kneeling in from of one of the Stations of the Cross. This is probably part of the Cistercian monastery. Caption reads: "Station... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The dedication ceremony of the Skavlem Monument, lead by Rev. Gustav Stearns. The monument was dedicated to the "oldest Norwegian immigrant", born 1760, di... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The dedication ceremony of the Skavlem Monument, lead by Rev. Gustav Stearns. The monument was dedicated to the "oldest Norwegian immigrant", born 1760, di... |
| Date: | 08 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Six men on the speaker's stand at the New Glarus Centennial celebration. From the left are: Reverend Walter J. Stuckey, pastor of the Swiss Evangelical and... |
| Date: | 07 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Five men on the speaker's stand at the New Glarus Centennial celebration. From the left are: Gilbert Hoesly, Mayor of New Glarus; Ulrich R. Beusch, Swiss V... |
| Date: | 07 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Part of the crowd celebrating the New Glarus Centennial. In the background is a monument in memory of the first settlers of the Swiss colony of New Glarus ... |
| Date: | 01 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Leo Crowley kneeling before the Most Rev. Moses E. Kiley, Archbishop of Milwaukee Archdiocese, during a mass in St. Mary's Hospital Chapel of Our Lady of G... |
| Date: | 10 17 1961 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson with local civic leaders at the dedication of a portion of Interstate Highway I-90. Congressman Robert Kastenmeier is standing at t... |
| Date: | 10 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for a section of Interstate Highway I-90 near the Wisconsin Dells, with a group of Native Americans watching from above. A Dells Fargo ... |
| Date: | 06 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the 8th grade graduation class, St. Raphael's Catholic School, 216 West Main Street. Pictured are the forty-seven graduates and a priest. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Katz family portrait at Marilyn's bat mitzvah. Foreground: Ruthie, Rosa, Marilyn, and Sue (daughter-in-law). Background: Bernard and Arthur. Temple B'nai I... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Spiritualists in Wonewoc, Wisconsin, are setting controls for medium Earl H. Williams by tying his arms and taping his mouth prior to a "levitation exhibit... |
| Date: | 10 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Military Chaplain Fred Bartrop performs an Episcopal burial ceremony for Byron Darnton over the coffins; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea... |
| Date: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson signing the bill which created Menominee County as the state's 72nd county. The new county consisted of those portions of Shawano a... |
| Date: | 01 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry, left, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, administering the oath of office to Governor Walter S. Goodland in the Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 01 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry, left, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, administering the oath of office to Lieutenant Governor Oscar Rennebohm in the Wi... |
| Date: | 01 06 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured at the inauguration of state officers in the Wisconsin State Capitol are, front row from left: Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman, Governor Walt... |
| Date: | 01 21 1947 |
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| Description: | Charter members of the Holy Name Society, Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, at their swearing-in ceremony. Pictured seated from the left are: Louis Fiore, so... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The original caption reads: "Medicine-pipes, of which the Piegan have many, are simply long pipe-stems variously decorated with beads, paint, feathers, and... |
| Date: | 02 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Shown taking part in the "burning of the mortgage" ceremony Thursday night at the Madison YWCA are (from left to right): Mrs. C.V. La Duke, who formerly wa... |
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