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Novice Sisters Profess Vows

Date: 01 06 1961
Description: Posing for a photograph following a High Mass in the chapel of the Academy of St. Benedict during which they professed their temporary vows in the order of...
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Novice Sisters Profess Vows

Date: 01 06 1961
Description: During a High Mass at the Academy of St. Benedict, black veils are placed on the heads of Novice Sisters Mary Christine, left, and Mary David as part of a ...
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Novice Sisters Profess Vows

Date: 01 06 1961
Description: During a High Mass at the Academy of St. Benedict, Novice Sisters Mary Christine, left, and Mary David in white veils profess their temporary vows in the o...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Panel Pamphlet with Photographs

Date: 1960
Description: A two-sided four panel folded pamphlet. The photographs are, from left to right: view looking out of an open doorway toward two children titled: "Like Birt...
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Migrant School Children

Date: 1967
Description: Children, teachers, and a nun sit at a picnic table at the School for Migrants. The school was set up by the Community Council on Human Relations.
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St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary Tea

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Sister Mary Susanne, director of the School of Nursing at St. Mary's Hospital, chatting with Anne Hibbard, left, and Lenora Buenzli at the annual tea of th...
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July Fourth Program for Children

Date: 07 03 1958
Description: A crowd of children holding small flags are assembled in front of Regina Hall at Edgewood College to celebrate the 4th of July.
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New Edgewood College Chapel

Date: 07 03 1958
Description: Rear view looking towards altar of two nuns sitting in a pew in the new St. Joseph Chapel at Edgewood College of the Sacred Heart. The design was inspired ...
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First Communion Class

Date: 05 25 1947
Description: Group portrait of First Communion class, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, with thirty-nine children, a nun and a priest.
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Graduation Class, Holy Redeemer School

Date: 06 16 1947
Description: Group portrait of graduation class, Holy Redeemer School, with twenty-one children, a nun and a priest.
Photograph

St. Bernard's Catholic School Graduation Class

Date: 06 08 1955
Description: St. Bernard's School, 2460 Atwood Avenue, graduation class, including a priest and a nun. Alternate view.
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Scene from "The Cradle Song"

Date: 01 12 1929
Description: Scene from the University of Wisconsin theatre production "The Cradle Song."
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St. Patrick Catholic Church First Communion Class

Date: 05 1959
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick Catholic Church, 410 East Main Street, first communion class, including two priests and one nun.
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Holy Redeemer First Communion Class

Date: 05 30 1954
Description: First communion class at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 West Johnson Street, with a priest and a nun.
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Holy Redeemer Church, First Holy Communion

Date: 05 17 1942
Description: Group portrait of Holy Communion class, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 140 West Johnson Street.
Photograph

St. Patrick's Catholic Grade School

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick's Catholic Church grade school, 410 East Main Street, first grade class with Sister Marie Edward, O.P.
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Receiving Line, Edgewood High School

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Four girls standing in a receiving line shaking hands with two nuns, in the recereation room in Marshall Hall, Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue.
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Holy Redeemer School, Graduation Class

Date: 06 08 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of graduation class, Holy Redeemer School, 140 West Johnson Street, with priest and nun.
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Empty Classroom Desks at St. Bernard School Due to Flu Outbreak

Date: 10 16 1957
Description: Vacant desks at St. Bernard Catholic Grade School, located at 2438 Atwood Avenue, are typical due to a flu outbreak among city pupils in Madison. Students ...
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Attending a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral is Sister Mary Adelborg of th...

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