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Myra Denning Allison

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of Myra Denning Allison, daughter of Civil War veteran Charles Denning. Myra ran an interracial and international boarding house at 217 N. Mills S...
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Charles Hoffhine and his Jewelry

Date: 11 02 1960
Description: Some of the colorful jewelry created by Charles Hoffhine for Bethany Methodist Church's Holiday Fair. Hoffhine, a former business manager of Methodist Hosp...
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Two Methodist Churches

Date: 07 31 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "The two Methodist Churches of Wild Rose. The larger one is in the village, and the smaller at Dopp's 5 miles out." Two church buildin...
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Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "M.E. Church and Parsonage, Wild Rose, Wis." View across street towards four girls and a boy posing on the sidewalk in front of the pa...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 09 28 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "M.E. Church, Westfield, Wis." A Methodist Episcopal Church with a belfry, built in 1865 of clapboard in the Gothic revival style. The...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 08 09 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich...
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New Cross on Bethany Methodist Church

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: Newly installed metal cross on the exterior of the recently completed sanctuary of Bethany United Methodist at 3910 Mineral Point Road. The aluminum cross ...
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Cabin; Whispering Pines Methodist Camp

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Description: Color postcard view of a cabin called "Cedar" at the Whispering Pines Methodist Camp on Spirit Lake.
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University Methodist Episcopal Basketball Team

Date: 03 16 1928
Description: Group portrait of the University Methodist Episcopal basketball team.
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First Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 20 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant, with large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 28 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant "At Dawning," with a large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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James Johnson

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Description: Text on negative sleeve reads: "'James Johnson, better known as Uncle Jimmie,' charter member and first and only sexton to 1893 of St. Mark's AME Church, M...
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Horace W. Dangerfield

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Horace W. Dangerfield, (b. 1838, d. 1893) Organizer and member of the St. Mark's AME Church, Milw. From a church pamphlet lo...
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Some of the boys attending the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Patsy Caire praying at the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Five youngsters attending the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Young girls are raising their voices in song at the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church, located at 631 East Dayton...
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Children learning a song in the two-week summer Bible school at the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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Mother with Daughter to be Baptized

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Cathryn Montgomery with her daughter, Cathryn Suzanne, who is to be baptized at First Methodist church. The maternal grandparents in Madison are Mr. and Mr...
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Trousdal Methodists Burn Mortgage

Date: 10 1955
Description: Participants with lit candles in a mortgage-burning ceremony at Trousdal Methodist Church located at 1125 Vilas Avenue, include Rev. R.D. Robinson (pastor ...

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