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| Date: | 04 06 1969 |
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| Description: | Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street. |
| Date: | 07 15 1911 |
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| Description: | Christening ceremony for the S.S. Harvester. The ship was built for the Wisconsin Steel Company, a subsidiary of International Harvester. The 545-fo... |
| Date: | 06 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Rennebohm placing a wreath of red roses on the head of Highland's Margaret McGuire, who was selected as Wisconsin's first Alice in Dairyland. Marg... |
| Date: | 06 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ... |
| Date: | 07 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Peltz family (head table) at son Andre's Bar Mitzvah at the Jewish Community Center. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou... |
| Date: | 06 19 1950 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred (left) accepts a $6,000 Steinway concert grand piano from the Class of 1925 on Alumni Day. John L. Bergstresser... |
| Date: | 04 24 1948 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of people seated at tables for Seder. The Pelz family if identified in the lower right of the picture. The mother is identified as Esther ... |
| Date: | 09 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered on the lawn in front of the new Veterans Administration Hospital during the dedication ceremony. |
| Date: | 07 15 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the south of a crowd gathered to witness and celebrate the laying of the cornerstone of the new St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Catholic Ch... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | "Mayville High School graduates assemble at Mayville Firemen's Park." |
| Date: | 04 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Four men with shovels turn over the first shovels full of earth at 611 Langdon Street, the site of the new Jewish student center. "Left to right are Rabbi ... |
| Date: | 08 1994 |
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| Description: | "When the wall below the Juneau House was redone, a rededication ceremony was held. Village President, Mike Weymier, is at the right." |
| Date: | 06 1996 |
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| Description: | "Sesquicentennial celebration on Rock River Street." |
| Date: | 06 1996 |
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| Description: | "Legionaire Gerald Beck addressed the crowd when Theresa celebrated their sesquicentennial." |
| Date: | 10 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Two Edgewood students, Tom Kuehn and George Bernauer, prepare the altar in the school auditorium for Mass. |
| Date: | 01 27 1958 |
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| Description: | The Rev. Fr. Paul Z. Hoornstra (right) receives the keys to the church from Senior Warden Charles Burdick (second from left). At left is Junior Warden J. N... |
| Date: | 03 01 1959 |
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| Description: | A group of men posing in front of an engine and under the fuselage of a DC-3 air liner. The original caption states: "Cutting the tape for the inaugural fl... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Pilgrims gathered outside the shrine. Many of the people are sitting on the ground among the tree. There are banners hanging in front of the stone chapel. |
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