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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four men kneeling and praying at the shrine at Holy Hill. More people are gathered near the church above them. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view at Holy Hill over pews towards a shrine. A woman sits in one of the pews on the right. |
| Date: | 06 12 1929 |
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| Description: | This manuscript blueprint shows buildings with the names of their owners, tabernacle, location "where Strang found plates" and "house where Strang died," a... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of a structure that is part of the Angkor Wat Temple, located in Cambodia. |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the Eighth Station of the Cross. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite Place of Pilgrimage."Caption at bottom reads: "Eighth Stat... |
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| Description: | 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 ... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the stone arch marking the entrance to the Stations of the Cross at Holy Hill. A crowd of pilgrims are standing underneath. C... |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the 14th Station — Christ being laid in his tomb. The sculpture is in a niche in a stone arch. Caption at top reads: "America's Favorite ... |
| Date: | 08 01 2015 |
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| Description: | A small shrine made out of stone, mortar, colorful rocks and found objects. The modern door is made of glass and metal. A large stone cross is at the top o... |
| Date: | 08 01 2015 |
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| Description: | Self-portrait with a gazing ball at the Dickeyville Grotto. Richard Quinney is standing with his camera obscuring the view of his face. Shrines made of sto... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Four young boys standing, with a fifth child sitting, on the top step in front of a Japanese torii, or gate. There is a stone lantern at far right. On the ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Stone lanterns on the shore near a leaning pine tree frame a view of the Great Torii on Japan's Inland Sea. Two Japanese women in traditional kimonos are s... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted postcard showing the Dickeyville grotto. Postcard caption reads: The Grotto of Christ, the King, and of Mary, his Mother, was conceived, design... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the grotto in the Catholic Cemetery. Caption reads: "Grotto — Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 2006 |
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| Description: | Blessing Ceremony in the original Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple with Geshe L Sopa, ordained sangha and lay participants. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Austruan soldiers viewing the image of the Black Madonna in Czenstochau. |
| Date: | 06 25 1939 |
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| Description: | The Dickeyville Grotto is a small shrine made out of stone, mortar, colorful rocks and found objects. The modern door is made of glass and metal. A large s... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Text on back reads: "Log Chapel dedicated to St. Jude, Apostle, at the terminus of a bridge from which a wayside shrine and World War-I Memorial is viewed.... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | 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... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | 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 nic... |
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