Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

Portable Confessional

Date: 12 22 1942
Description: Portable confessional set up at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue. This view shows the priest's side with a chair. Photograph was tak...
Photograph

Portable Confessional

Date: 12 22 1942
Description: Portable confessional set up at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 2119 Rowley Avenue. This photograph was taken for Burgess Laboratories.
Photograph

Kennedy & Rusch Wedding Party

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

Crucifixion Scene at St. Camillus Novitiate

Date: 1946
Description: Statues depicting the crucifixion of Christ, surrounded by flowers before the chapel. Two pine trees are behind the chapel.
Photograph

The Tenth Station of the Cross

Date: 1910
Description: Holy Hill, at the tenth station of the Cross. Caption reads: "10th Station, Holy Hill, Wis."
Photograph

Shrine

Date: 1922
Description: View of a shrine on Holy Hill.
Photograph

"Hill of Promise"

Date: 1900
Description: Hill where the "Voree plates" were found.
Photograph

Corpus Christi Procession at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 06 03 1945
Description: A Corpus Christi procession in front of St. Mary's Hospital, including four navy men as canopy bearers, two navy men were flag bearers, and candle bearers ...
Photograph

Grotto

Date: 
Description: Roman Catholic grotto with a cross under a peaked arch surrounded by trees and shrubs.
Photograph

St. Joseph's Church

Date: 
Description: View down aisle toward the altar, with the pews decorated with evergreen trees and shrubbery. The ceiling has low relief moldings in a abstract pattern. Th...
Photograph

Don Bosco College

Date: 
Description: A view of a mass held at the grotto shrine on the Salesian grounds. The priest faces the altar, which is in a grotto, and a statue of Mary stands to the ri...
Photograph

Wiltwyck

Date: 
Description: A clergyman performs an outdoor church service to boys of various ages. A small stone wall flanks each side of the altar area. The altar contains flowers,...
Postcard

Lutheran Church

Date: 08 1971
Description: Color postcard elevated view towards the altar of the Gethsemane Evangelical Lutheran Church. A Christmas tree is on the right.
Photograph

Communion Ware

Date: 09 1983
Description: "The purpose of this setup was to photograph the Communion Ware for a church folder. Reflections were minimized in this open field. Fingertips belong to S...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: View down side of street of a large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. Many of the participants carry large crucifixes and ban...
Photograph

Religious Procession

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a large group of Russians conducting a religious parade through a town. The men in the group are carrying the iconography. Soldiers in mil...
Photograph

Grotto on Holy Hill

Date: 08 1904
Description: View of the grotto on Holy Hill. A statue of the Virgin Mary sits inside a stone arch inside the grotto.
Postcard

Orphan Asylum

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior view of the orphan asylum. There are a number of crosses on the roof. Caption reads: "Orphan Asylum, Manitowoc, Wis."
Photograph

Building the Pulpit — Part 2

Date: 1913
Description: Three men, and young David Rumsey are standing in the shade by the hollow hemlock log. The man on the right is holding an axe. Part of a series captioned: ...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: