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Guest Lounge, St. Benedict's Convent

Date: 07 07 1955
Description: Guest lounge, St. Benedict's Convent, Fox Bluff, 4200 County Highway M.
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St. Francis Seminary

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the seminary of St. Francis of Sales. Caption reads: "Seminary of St. Francis of Sales, St. Francis, Wis."
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Taylor Hall at Racine College

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of Taylor Hall at Racine College.
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Monastery for Redemptorist Fathers

Date: 1920
Description: Monastery for Redemptorist Fathers, Eschweiler & Eschweiler, architects.
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Cistercian Monastery

Date: 
Description: View up hill towards the Cistercian Monastery. Caption reads: "Cistercian Monastery, Okauchee, Wis."
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Notre Dame Convent

Date: 1871
Description: The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse.
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Elevated View with St. Mary's Convent

Date: 1881
Description: Stereograph. Elevated view of rooftops on the west side, with St. Mary's Convent in the background.
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Our Lady of the Valley

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Description: Trappist monks wearing white hooded cloaks sit at long tables while eating a meal. Religious imagery lines the walls.
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: Interior view of the lounge at the Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room is furnished with upholstered chairs and couches, tables, and area rugs.
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: iew of a woman sitting with a nun in front of a fireplace in the Maude Adams guest house at Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room has low wooden ceilin...
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St. Joseph's Guest House (Sisters of the Holy Ghost)

Date: 
Description: View of the Ave Maria Garden surrounded on two sides by a building. A large stone statue of Mary stands on a pedestal surrounded by an arched trellis; a sm...
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Nun's Cell in Carmelite Monastery

Date: 
Description: Interior view of a nun's cell, furnished with a bed, stool, and dresser. A bare light bulb provides illumination, shutters cover a window and a cross hangs...
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Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes

Date: 1958
Description: Elevated view of a group of worshipers at a shrine featuring a Madonna.
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: Panoramic view of Msgr. George Wirz strolling in front of the new Colonial-style Holy Name Seminary.
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: John Stanton, Princeton, is shown studying in his semi-enclosed private room. A partition divides his quarters from the cubicle at right.
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Holy Name Seminary

Date: 05 27 1965
Description: At Holy Name Seminary students are dining at round tables. Sitting with his back to the camera is Tim Terrill, Janesville. Going clockwise around the table...
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St. Benedict Priory

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the St. Benedict Priory at Fox Bluff.
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

Date: 03 2016
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama during his talk at the Masonic Temple.
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

Date: 03 1989
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, in the original Kalachakra temple at the Deer Park Buddhist Center giving a talk to a group of University of Wisconsin Chin...
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His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

Date: 05 10 2016
Description: His Holiness, the Dalai Lama in the Deer Park Buddhist Center Temple.

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