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Religious Christmas Fireplace Decorations

Date: 12 27 1941
Description: Fireplace featuring painting of Madonna and Child, creche, candles and two small Christmas trees.
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Upson Family

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Group portrait showing christening of Richard Upson. From left: Pat Upson, wife of Lieutenent Commander Richard Upson, holding her ten month old son, Richa...
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Reverend George E. Hunt

Date: 04 13 1945
Description: Reverend George E. Hunt, age 80, interim pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church.
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Lutheran Student Foundation

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: Pictured around the fireplace in the Lutheran Student Foundation, 228 Langdon Street, are counter-clockwise: the Reverend A. Henry Hetland, with University...
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Presbyterian Student Center

Date: 1935
Description: Interior room of student center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A student meeting is being held. One man stokes the fire in the fireplace, o...
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Rainey arranging a children's corner in the Old Rectory Shop at Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue. The shop is the...
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Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Date: 1912
Description: Girls at camp read around the fire at Camp St. Helene with the Franciscan missionaries of Mary. A forty-eight star flag, plants, and a religious statue can...
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: iew of a woman sitting with a nun in front of a fireplace in the Maude Adams guest house at Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room has low wooden ceilin...
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Academy of Our Lady of Mercy

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Description: A view of the parlor's fireplace and mantle, with cabinets standing on either side. A statue of the Virgin sits in the mantle along with candlesticks. Deco...
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St. Xavier's Academy

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Description: A view of the reception room at St. Xavier's academy, facing the fireplace. The mantle piece is heavily carved and curved. A piano stands to its left and a...
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Jane Gardner says prayers with her children Jane, age 6, and Mary, age 5. The photograph was taken as part of a Mother's Day article featuring the many rol...
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Lent and Teenagers

Date: 02 15 1956
Description: Gathering of the Senior Youth Fellowship of Bethany Methodist Church at a Sunday night meeting during Lent. Front row left to right: Deetje Joyce, Marian A...
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Episcopal Diocese

Date: 06 21 1956
Description: Seminarians from Nashotah House, near Milwaukee, attend the institute for summer church schools at St. Francis Episcopal Student Center. Seated on floor is...
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Buddha Head Sculptures

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Description: Colored ink drawing of two green Buddha busts in the Mill House at The House on the Rock. The sculptures are sitting on black, four-footed bases that are r...

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