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America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage: Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Hill
circa 1940-1949
Colorized postcard of the Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette sculptures enclosed in a stone structure. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage."Caption at bottom reads: "G...
Grotto of Lourdes, Grotto Shrine
1946
Text on front reads: "Grotto of Lourdes, Grotto Shrine, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A garden with flowers, rocks, shrubs and paths. A rock shrine with a statue of the Virgin Mary in a niche. In the backgr...
The Portiuncula Chapel
circa 1960-1969
Color postcard view of a chapel with a fresco on the front. Statues of a Madonna and child and St. Francis are on the lawn.
Grotto Shrine and Builder
1946
Text on front reads: "Main View and Builder, Rev. P.J. Wagner, Grotto Shrine, Rudolph, Wisconsin." A rock and flower shrine with a statue of Jesus in a niche at the top. The builder, Rev. P.J. Wagn...
The Grotto
March 8, 1923
Text on front reads: "The Grotto, near Chapel of the Woods, St. Francis, Wis." The Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes was built in 1894 by German-born seminarian Paul Dobberstein. There is snow on the g...
