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Tormey and Hebl Wedding Party

Date: 12 31 1941
Description: Wedding party at the altar of Sacred Hearts Catholic Church. Party includes bride Marian Thekla Hebl, groom James Daniel Tormey, Priest George Haeusler, br...
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Kennedy & Rusch Wedding Party

Date: 06 08 1929
Description: Don Kennedy & Eleanor Rusch and their wedding attendants poing with the priest outdoors.
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Marriage Ceremony on Tractors

Date: 12 19 1972
Description: Marriage ceremony on an altar placed between two tractors. Original caption reads: "The American farmer's pride in his profession and his inventiveness was...
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President Nixon and Pope Paul VI

Date: 09 28 1970
Description: Pope Paul VI greets President Richard Nixon at the Vatican. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, second from the right next to Mrs Nixon, accompanied the Pre...
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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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Blied - Barter Wedding

Date: 12 28 1948
Description: Group portrait of the wedding party of Joanne R. Blied, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Blied, 175 Lathrop Street, and Dr. Robert R. Barter, Washington...
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Edgewood College Annual College Day for Students

Date: 11 13 1950
Description: People sit around the head table for the annual college day for students at Edgewood College. From left are: Sister Mary Peter, O.P.; Rev. Mark Barron, O.P...
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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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Catholic Women's Club Dinner

Date: 05 05 1952
Description: The speaker's table at the annual banquet of the Madison Catholic Women's Club. Governor Walter Kohler, fifth from the right, was the featured speaker.
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Edgewood Elementary School Groundbreaking

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new elementary school building on the Edgewood campus are left to right, foreground: Mother Evelyn Mot...
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Holm-Smith Wedding Party

Date: 06 20 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Holm-Smith wedding party and minister at First Baptist Church. The bride is Joan Marie Holm and the groom is Peter Byrd Smith. The Re...
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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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Marchers Leaving Wautoma

Date: 1966
Description: Marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaving Wautoma and walking towards Madison along Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food indus...
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Planning a Wedding

Date: 04 02 1957
Description: Robert Rucks and Sharon Malloy talk with Reverend Arnold Lehmann of St. Bernard's Catholic Church about their upcoming marriage.
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Immaculate Heart of Mary Athletic Dinner

Date: 06 03 1957
Description: A group gathers during the annual Immaculate Heart of Mary school athletic banquet. Left to right: (seated) Tom McCulloch, Doug Wenger, Gerald Sweeney, and...
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Catholic Bishop Open House

Date: 06 11 1957
Description: Myrtle Bond and Eileen Kohls visit in a corner of the living room of Bishop William P. O'Connor's residence on Lake Mendota at Fox Point. They will be help...
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We Saw You . . . Catholic Women

Date: 05 04 1959
Description: Madison Catholic Women's Club's spiritual director, Rev. Thomas Lourim of Mazomanie, shares a joke with Alice Hippee and Helen Grant before the club's annu...
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Trauba-Rollinger Wedding

Date: 08 28 1954
Description: Trauba-Rollinger wedding, as seen through the glass doors at Saint Mary's Catholic Church.
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Catholic Junior League Fall Membership Tea

Date: 09 02 1959
Description: Three officers of the Catholic Junior League discuss plans for the tea and other events with Rev. John Flanagan, spiritual adviser of the organization. The...
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Convent Groundbreaking at Academy of St. Benedict

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Mother Monica, superior of the convent and academy, turns over the first spadeful of ground during the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new motherhouse conv...

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