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Gates of Heaven Synagogue

Date: 07 17 1971
Description: The moving of the Gates of Heaven Synagogue from West Washington Avenue to James Madison Park. Crowds line the streets, and a crane is in the background.
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Baking Bread for Communion

Date: 09 25 1963
Description: Elevated view of two women, one pulling loaves of bread from the oven and the other glazing crusts in the church kitchen.
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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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Measuring for Window

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Workman measuring for window at Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. A woman is taking notes and a man is sweeping.
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Men on Farm Machinery Near St. Paul Liberty Church

Date: 1872
Description: Men sit on farm machinery at the side of the parsonage of the St. Paul Liberty Church. The church is visible in the distance. The town of Deerfield is fou...
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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Queen of Apostles Seminary Groundbreaking

Date: 05 09 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Diocese is shown removing the first shovel of dirt at the ground-breaking of the Queen of Apostles Seminary being...
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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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Lake Edge Church Harvest Festiival

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Pictured left to right are Mrs. Ted Smith, Mrs. Harry Lehman, and Mrs. William (Catherine)Gedko, members of the new Lake Edge Congregational Church, repape...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor applies a trowel of fresh cement to a base for the cornerstone of the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. L...
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Calvary Gospel Church Groundbreaking

Date: 12 12 1948
Description: Participants in the ground breaking ceremonies for the new Calvary Gospel church located at 3822 Mineral Point Road. Men standing with shovels, are, from l...
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Dorothea Schon, Scupltress

Date: 02 20 1949
Description: Dorothea Schon, Sun Prairie artist, at work in her studio on her sculpture of Christ the King. When it is completed, the four and a half by three foot wood...
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First Baptist Church, Madison

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Reverend Charles R. Bell Jr., pastor of the First Baptist church, breaks ground for the new Baptist Church to be constructed at 518 North Franklin Avenue a...
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Edgewood Library Club

Date: 11 14 1950
Description: Five members of the Edgewood library club who will attend the Wisconsin Catholic Library Association meeting at Milwaukee Pius XI high school posing for a ...
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Our Lady of the Valley

Date: 1950
Description: View of three Trappist monks from Our Lady of the Valley abbey harvesting apples. Two men are standing on ladders and picking the fruit, while the third ma...
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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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Catholic Church Ground Breaking

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Ground breaking ceremonies at the site of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church to replace the church that was destroyed by fire in 1951. The Reverend Edwar...
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St. Raphael Cathedral Remodeling

Date: 09 08 1953
Description: Martin Baaken, Dennis Meronek, and Paul Brantmeyer remove pews from one section of St. Raphael Cathedral as a historic remodeling project gets under way at...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1700

Date: 1893
Description: A replication of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Jesus, along with two other men, are on crosses. On the left is a group of men. One soldier wearing armor...
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Golgotha and the Crucifixion #1701

Date: 1893
Description: Jesus is hanging on the cross, while a soldier wearing armor points at him. Other soldiers are present, some riding horses. A group of people on the right ...

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