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Ground Breaking At Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish

Date: 07 18 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t...
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Matiss Briedis Family

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: The Matiss Briedis family, from Latvia, with some of the Madison men and women who have found them a new home in Madison. Seated are Matiss, 42, former Lat...
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Madison Knights of Columbus 50th Anniversary Procession

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of a procession being led out of St. Raphael's Cathedral by Bishop William P. O'Connor in honor of the Madison Knights of Columbus 5...
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World Community Day

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: Sunday School children, mostly from the Pilgrim Congregational Church, pack gifts to be sent to refugee camps all over the world as part of World Community...
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Crowning the May Queen

Date: 05 04 1954
Description: Jacqueline Porter is wearing a long veil and is standing atop a step stool while placing a flower crown on the head of a St. Mary statue inside an unnamed ...
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church Vacation Bible School

Date: 07 16 1954
Description: Portrait of over 50 students and faculty posing on their last day of bible school in front of their church at 4011 Major Avenue. The church is a mid-centur...
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Bethany Methodist Church Open House

Date: 11 08 1959
Description: Hubert Ellison (left), William Shatter, and Tsurue Mita attend an open house of the new education wing of Bethany Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral Point Road...
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Luther League of Southern Wisconsin

Date: 11 1960
Description: Members of the planning committee gather at Midvale Lutheran Church before the constituting convention of the Luther League of the Southern Wisconsin distr...
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Episcopalian Church Workers at University of Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: Twenty-nine people, both clergy and laypersons, are posing for a group portrait in front of a campus building.
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International Religious Fellowship Conference

Date: 08 15 1958
Description: Among the 30 European and 100 American youths attending the International Religious Fellowship Conference at the Dane County fairgrounds are, left to right...

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