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Father Groppi with Young Protesters

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Description: Father James Groppi marches with African American teenage girls who are carrying signs that read, "Stop Bussing For Segregation" and "Stop School Segregati...
Historical Essay

Lutherans in Wisconsin

Brief documenting of the history of Lutherans in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Catholics in Wisconsin

Brief history of Catholics in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Episcopals in Wisconsin

Brief history of Episcopals in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Evangelicals in Wisconsin

Brief history of Evangelicals in Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

Nativity Scene Crèche Set

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Nativity scene creche set assembled and used by a Polish-American family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin beginning around 1895. (Museum accession #2007.100)
Historical Essay

Miss Annie Mae's Church Hat

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Hat worn by Annie Mae McClain to services at the Tabernacle Community Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Museum object #2006.103.2)
Photograph

Wedding Processional, Bride and her Father

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: The bride, Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and her father, Alois F. Kustermann (1901-1993), walk down the aisle of St. Catherine Catholic Church. She wor...
Photograph

Marriage Ceremony

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: An interior image of St. Catherine Catholic Church during the marriage ceremony of Mary (Kustermann) Esser (b. 1934) and J. Thomas Esser (b. 1934).
Photograph

Wedding Recessional

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser smiling and walking back up the aisle after their marriage ceremony at St. Catherine Catholic Church. She is we...
Photograph

Wedding Party

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Group portrait of the Mary (Kustermann) Esser and J. Thomas Esser wedding party taken at St. Catherine's Catholic Church. The wedding party included Susan ...
Photograph

Archbishop Rembert Weakland

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Description: Archbishop Rembert Weakland speaking at a graduation ceremony at Esperanza Unida. A Channel 6 (WITI-TV) microphone is on the podium.
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Environs: Schools

Date: 1956
Description: This map shows city, suburban, parochial and other types schools, with an explanation of symbols in the right margin. The original caption for the map read...
Map or Atlas

Map of the City of Milwaukee and Environs : Schools

Date: 1966
Description: This map shows city, suburban, parochial and other types schools, with an explanation of symbols in the right margin. The original caption for the map read...
Photograph

Family Style Christmas Dinner

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Group portrait of several people sitting or standing around a table with a meal displayed on it. All the women, and one man, are folding their hands as if ...
Photograph

Warlock Blessing a Man

Date: 06 1970
Description: A caped man standing on a sidewalk is placing his hands on the head of a kneeling man, while another man in a suit and sunglasses is looking on. Caption re...
Photograph

Chapel of Our Lady of Gudalupe

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Description: Interior view of the Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Photograph

Benediction of Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel

Date: 12 1926
Description: View across street towards a group of people entering the Santuario del Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. A U.S. flag and a Mexican flag are draped above the en...
Photograph

Kate Schloesser, About Civil War Time

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite quarter-length vignetted portrait of Katherine Schloesser (later Estabrook), dated via caption to "about Civil War time." Schloesser was a ...
Photograph

21st Annual Cosmopolitan Club Ball

Date: 01 23 1955
Description: A man is reading from a piece of paper, while a man and three women are looking on. Caption reads: "The first debutante to arrive at the 21st annual ball o...

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