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Corn and Brats on the Grill

Date: 06 25 1988
Description: St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival.
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Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory

Date: 04 27 1944
Description: Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory, 2119 Rowley Avenue.
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Rev. N. Brandt and Family

Date: 07 18 1876
Description: "Rev. N. Brandt and family, Decorah, Iowa" from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Nils Olsen Brandt was born in Valdres Norway in 1824 and die...
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Bibles for Doughboys

Date: 09 1917
Description: Khaki-covered Bibles being made by the American Bible Society for American fighters during World War I. The goal was one million testaments. All the worker...
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Catholic School Group

Date: 06 20 1957
Description: Elevated group portrait of Catholic School children, St. Mary of the Nativity, with priest Father Finnegan, and four nuns, posing outdoors.
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Main and Carroll Streets Intersection

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view of the intersection of Main and Carroll Streets, showing the home of Nathaniel Dean (where the Inn on the Park Hotel is now located), and St....
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Masonic Temple

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Description: Exterior view of Masonic Temple. Caption reads: "Masonic Temple, Mauston, Wis."
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Methodist Hospital

Date: 1920
Description: The building at 309 West Washington Avenue was built in 1891 for the St. Regina Convent and Academy of the Sinsinawa Dominican nuns across the street from ...
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Grotto

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Description: Roman Catholic grotto with a cross under a peaked arch surrounded by trees and shrubs.
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CYO Baseball Champions

Date: 09 26 1950
Description: Group portrait of twenty uniformed members of St. John's baseball team, Waunakee, Dane County's Catholic Youth Organization League championship team, along...
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St. John's Church

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Description: View of the church from the cemetery, which has a large monument. A clergyman stands in the doorway of the church. The building is brick, with vines traili...
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Catholic Church

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Description: View across road toward the brick church with a fence along the sidewalk. There are men and women standing in the front yard. A picket fence runs around th...
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First Baptist Church

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Description: View of the front of the church, which has a columned porch, topped by a pediment. The windows have a variety of shapes, but all contain stained glass and ...
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Bell House

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Description: View of Bell House, the first female seminary, erected in 1745. A brick path leads to the entrance. On the roof is a bell tower and weather vane.
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St. Joseph's Guest House (Sisters of the Holy Ghost)

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Description: View of the Ave Maria Garden surrounded on two sides by a building. A large stone statue of Mary stands on a pedestal surrounded by an arched trellis; a sm...
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Shrine of Our Lady at Rosary College

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Description: View of the Shrine of Our Lady, a grotto at Rosary College, founded in 1922. A path leads to stone stairs that reach a statue of Mary, as well as a statue ...
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Methodist Church

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Description: Front view of Methodist Church located in a residential area on Lake Street. Stairs lead to the main entrance that features three doors topped by Gothic ar...
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Lutheran Church in Jefferson, Wisconsin

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Description: View of a Lutheran Church featuring a large clock tower and two steeples, rose and arched windows, and an arched entrance with stairs leading up to it. An...
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Cameron Mission Home

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Description: Exterior view of the Cameron Mission, a home for rescued Asian (Chinese and Japanese) slaves in San Francisco. Some of the residents are posed in a group a...
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Saint Clara Academy

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Description: A view of the main buildings at Saint Clara Academy, set against a hill. Saint Clara Academy operated as a boarding school until 1969, when it transitioned...

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