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Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral. Elevated view of people sitting in pews for a service. Newspaper caption reads: "Resplendent St. Raphael Cathedra...
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Bethel Lutheran Church

Date: 05 27 1945
Description: Bethel Lutheran Church choir entering the chancel area, 318 Wisconsin Avenue. Elevated view taken from the balcony.
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Banquet at Bethel Lutheran Church

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: Men and boys are sitting at tables in the hall at Bethel Lutheran Church, 318 Wisconsin Avenue.
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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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Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 28 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant "At Dawning," with a large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Calvary Lutheran University Church Council

Date: 05 29 1929
Description: Group of men and women students of the executive council are sitting around a table in the study of the Calvary Lutheran University Church, located at 713 ...
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Church Decorated for Wedding

Date: 1876
Description: View of church interior looking up the aisle towards an altar decorated with garlands, possibly for a wedding. A young man stands at the left of the altar....
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Group at USO Service Club

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc...
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St. Mary's Church

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view towards the altar at St. Mary's Church on the occasion of Donald Schleuter's wedding.
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New Glarus Centennial

Date: 07 16 1945
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 ...
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Mt. Olive Church Dedication

Date: 02 20 1949
Description: Rev. E.H. Schmidt, Milwaukee, preaching the dedication sermon at Mt. Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church on the corner of Mineral Point Road and Westmorland ...
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Reading Room of the First Church of Christ Scientist

Date: 1900
Description: View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b...
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Corpus Christi Church

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Description: View down aisle toward a minister preaching from the elevated pulpit, while the congregation listens. To the right of the pulpit is the altar.
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Webb TB Album: A Page of Pals

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Description: A page from a scrapbook created by Andrew Webb Jr. when he was a patient at the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from 1931-1934, with a cut-out of...
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St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 02 12 1978
Description: "St. Peter's Ev. Lutheran Church. At a 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, special service, Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Hoepner were honored on their 40th wedding anniversary....
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St. Peter's Lutheran Congregation

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Description: "Members of St. Peter's Lutheran Congregation for 50 years or more. Seated: William Beck, Fred Beck, Otto Krueger. Standing: Lillie Kallsen, Norma Beck, ...
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Unitarian Anniversary Dinner

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House, with the benches and tables configured for a banquet marking the congr...
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Father Garrigan Giving Pre-March Mass

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: Father Michael Garrigan in the background wearing a white robe and glasses holding 8 a.m. mass at St. Joseph's Church with 30 marchers before a Obreros Uni...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 07 1982
Description: "Trinity United Methodist parish hall, Lomira, was the setting for the Red Cross Blood Drive. Tami Schwartz, 19, is in the foreground."
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St. Peters Lutheran Church

Date: 05 1983
Description: "This photo was taken when Pastor John Berg was installed as pastor at St. Peters Lutheran Church."

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