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Church Interior

Date: 1879
Description: View of a church interior looking up the aisle between the pews and towards the altar. An acoustical hood or sounding board is over the pulpit, and the alt...
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Memorial Presbyterian Church

Date: 1905
Description: View of Memorial Presbyterian Church. The congregation was incorporated in 1879 and the Gothic style church built in 1880. Caption reads: "Memorial Presbyt...
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Crucifixion Scene at St. Camillus Novitiate

Date: 1946
Description: Statues depicting the crucifixion of Christ, surrounded by flowers before the chapel. Two pine trees are behind the chapel.
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Congregational Church

Date: 1920
Description: View of the front entrance to the Congregational Church. The Church is made of stone and has stained glass windows. Caption reads: "Congregational Church, ...
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Cemetery

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Description: Elevated view of a Gothic revival style Trinity church Wall Street and adjacent cemetery. Modern skyscrapers are in the background.
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Marquis de Lafayette Monument

Date: 1921
Description: Daniel Chester French's statue commemorating the American Revolutionary War general, Marquis de Lafayette. Installed circa, 1921, the bronze stands in fro...
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Horse-Drawn Wagons Outside Church at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 11 1917
Description: Horse-drawn wagons outside a large church with belfry in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The original caption reads: "tower of 300 year old church...
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A Stone Chapel

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Description: Slightly elevated view toward the front of the church which has an arch framing a stained glass window. The entrance is recessed on the left side. A wooden...
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Church

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Description: Side view of the church across a yard with trees and plants. The side of the church has stained glass windows. In the foreground on the right is a wooden s...
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Church

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of the stone church. The main entrance is below the belfry, and the arched window have stained glass. A man stands by a tree near the entranc...
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Cathedral of St. Peter's-By-The-Sea

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Description: Elevated view across stone wall and gate toward the church with bell tower. The building is a stone structure with half timber walls, with the upper wall o...
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First Church of Christ, Scientist

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Description: View across intersection toward the church, which has a tall, polygonal main building. Many of the windows are arched and contain stained glass.
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A New Pope is Born

Date: 03 12 1939
Description: Journalist Cecil Brown, who was reporting for CBS from Rome, Italy, took this picture of the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican awaiting the coron...
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Episcopal Church

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Description: Exterior of an Episcopal Church. The view from the opposite street corner displays the stone building's belfry and main entrance. Stained glass windows in ...
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Evangelical Church

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view from road of church. The church building features arched doors and windows, stained glass, and a bell steeple. There is a cemetery behind the...
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Bohemian Catholic Church

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Description: Exterior of the Bohemian Catholic Church. The building features a steeple with a cross, lancet windows, and stained glass.
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Center Street and the Episcopal Church

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Description: View down Center Street featuring the belfry of an Episcopal Church on the right.
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Evangelical Lutheran Saint Johannis Kirche

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of the Evangelical Lutheran Saint Johannis Kirche. The church features stone walls, arched windows and doors, stained glass and a steeple.
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Taliesin Fellowship Choir

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: The Taliesin Fellowship choir singing in the pulpit of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, a Frank Lloyd Wright design. Wright and the Fellowship ch...
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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Grounds of the Unitarian Meeting House

Date: 08 28 1955
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright on the grounds of the First Unitarian Society meeting house. Wright was being filmed for the Omnibus television program. The woman with...

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