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St. John the Baptist First Communion Class

Date: 04 25 1954
Description: A group portrait of children in a First Communion class, with a priest and nun, of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
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Holy Redeemer Graduation Class

Date: 06 09 1957
Description: Group portrait of Holy Redeemer Catholic School graduation class, eight boys and three girls, with priest and nun.
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St. Patrick's Catholic Grade School

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick's Catholic Church grade school, 410 East Main Street, first grade class with Sister Marie Edward, O.P.
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Children Posing with Nun

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Description: Studio portrait of three children with flower bouquets in front of a painted backdrop. One boy is seated and two girls are standing. All of the children ar...
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Madison Church Workers' Training School

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Leaders of the Church Workers' Training School held at First University Methodist Church, 1203 Wisconsin Avenue: Left to right are Mrs. John (Erma) Lonerga...
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Marianne "Johnny" Zeir

Date: 02 01 1950
Description: St. Bernard's Catholic School basketball coach, Marianne "Johnny" Zier, holds a basketball while standing between two of her star players, Ed Perkl (left) ...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste...
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Teaching Staff of the Madison Inter-Church Leadership Training School

Date: 09 21 1950
Description: Members of the teaching staff of the Madison Inter-Church Leadership Training School gather around a table at a luncheon meeting. Seated, from left, are: R...
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Madison Lutheran School Enrollment

Date: 09 04 1952
Description: Three of the 185 pupils who registered at Madison Lutheran school are shown with Esther Buehholz (right). Left to right are Patricia Hagen, 12, Dickie Ba...
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Damascus Road and Old Caravansary #1711

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Depicted is the Damascus Road, the site where Saint Paul is believed to have converted to Christianity. T...
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St. Raphael School Class Reunion

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: Eleven of the nineteen women who graduated from St. Raphael School eighth grade class in 1919 pose for a group picture at a 35-year reunion.
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Women's Catholic Order of Foresters

Date: 07 27 1954
Description: Emily Esser and Charline Andrews of the Madison Diocesan Association of the Women's Catholic Order of Foresters present a check for the seminary fund to Bi...
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Edgewood College Leadership School

Date: 09 10 1954
Description: Reverend Jerome Mersberger (left) and Sister Mary Nona, O.P. (right) meet with Edgewood College students during a three-day leadership school for class off...
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Christian Character Research Project

Date: 09 10 1954
Description: Three persons attending the Christian character research project workshop at the First-University Methodist Church discuss the program with the executive s...
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Audio-Visual Institute

Date: 10 05 1954
Description: Men gather to go over some of the new materials to be discussed at the upcoming Audio-Visual Institute for church school workers. They include, from left: ...
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Women of the Moose Award Night Ceremony

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Charlotte Haugen, senior regent of the Women of the Moose, is shown with two young recipients of Bible Camp scholarships: Kenneth Wilke and Sharon Thompson...
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Episcopal Diocese

Date: 06 21 1956
Description: Group portrait of the staff members of the institute for summer church schools of the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee at St. Francis Episcopal Student Cente...
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Episcopal Diocese

Date: 06 21 1956
Description: Team workers who attended the training institute for summer church schools of the Episcopal Church gather around the piano at St. Francis Episcopal Student...
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St. Peter's Vacation Bible School

Date: 08 1994
Description: "Shirley Widmer conducts a class at St. Peter's Vacation Bible School."
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St. Mary of the Lake Parish School First Day

Date: 09 09 1957
Description: Four first graders look on as Sister Mary Cabrini uses a pointer to draw their attention to a large picture. The children are Michael Crary, William Leute,...

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