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Zor Shrine German Band

Date: 1930
Description: A maestro leads shriner musicians from the Zor Shrine German Band as they play their instruments on the steps of the Masonic Temple on Wisconsin Avenue.
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Boy Scouts Four Lakes Drum & Bugle Corps

Date: 07 15 1947
Description: Boy Scouts Four Lakes Drum & Bugle Corps "Jamboree Corps - 1947" in front of the Masonic Temple, 301 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Madison Symphony Youth Concert

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Stan Stitgen, Norma Malmanger and Don Liebenberg, standing left to right, and Beth Mitchell, sitting, prepare for the special youth concert to be given by ...
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Masonic Temple

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Description: A view of an altar and an organ in a Masonic Temple of the Asylum Knights Templar, an international philanthropic chivalric order affiliated with Freemason...
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Beth Israel Center Shofar

Date: 09 10 1952
Description: Morris Heifetz, a member of the Beth Israel Center congregation, demonstrates how he sounds the shofar (ram's horn) to call members to worship on Rosh Hash...
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Mount of Olives, Tower of Antonia and Temple #1703

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. In the foreground is a crowd of people, animals, and tents. There is also a group of solders wi...
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Temple Emanuel #819

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Description: Reform Temple Emanu-El at the corner of Broadway and Martin Street. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Bennett."
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Beth Israel Players

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: The Beth Israel Players will present an original musical comedy, "Room for One More" in the auditorium of Beth Israel Center. Shown in a scene from the pla...
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Junior Women's Club Production

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Group portrait of four members of the "Roaring '20's" portion of the Junior Woman's Club's original production which is being presented to a number of orga...
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Plan of the City of New York

Date: 1789
Description: Map of New York City showing ward boundaries, ferries, streets, roads, swamps, ponds, and rivers. The properties of Lispinard, Byards, Jones, Rutgers, and ...
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The Great Torii

Date: 1920
Description: Stone lanterns on the shore near a leaning pine tree frame a view of the Great Torii on Japan's Inland Sea. Two Japanese women in traditional kimonos are s...
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Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia

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Description: Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina during the war. Celebrating the Mevlud (Mawlid) festival to commemorate Mohammed's birthday on January 18th (1916) in Sa...
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: The Madison Women's Club presents the original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. A group from Beth El Temple rehearsing a scene in wh...

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