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River Baptism

Date: 1888
Description: A baptism in a river in southern Wisconsin.
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Rev. Barry Shaw

Date: 1966
Description: Reverend Barry Shaw, of the Wisconsin Council of Churches, speaks at the microphone addressing a rally in Wautoma. Behind him are Jesus Salas and Salvador ...
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Bishop Schuyler E. Garth

Date: 09 14 1944
Description: Rev. Doctor Schuyler E. Garth, newly appointed Methodist Bishop for the Wisconsin area, seated at a desk.
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Lutheran Student House

Date: 09 18 1949
Description: Three men instrumental in the building of the recently built University of Wisconsin Lutheran Student Home. Shown at the dedication of the home, left to r...
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Episcopal Ministers Attending Summer School

Date: 07 04 1927
Description: Group portrait of Episcopal ministers (men and women) attending a rural ministers summer school. Taken in front of University of Wisconsin-Madison's Agricu...
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Departing Lutheran Pastor

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Reverend A. Henry Hetland and his wife, Phelva, chat with Arnold Voss who is president of the Lutheran Students Foundation at the University of Wisconsin. ...
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Carl Stromberg

Date: 10 30 1953
Description: Portrait of Carl Stromberg, a Methodist minister newly appointed to First-University Methodist Church at 203 Wisconsin Avenue. His father, brother, and fou...
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Bethany Methodist Church Hosting Conference

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Three men standing next to large sign with the words "Bethany Methodist Church Welcomes the West Wisconsin Annual Conference June 8th-11th. Left to right a...
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Reverend Richard Kiefer Plays Bingo

Date: 08 06 1934
Description: Reverend Richard Kiefer of Sacred Heart monastery in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, joins in the bingo competition at a Catholic picnic, as women and children a...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Annual Dinner

Date: 01 16 1951
Description: Three participants in the Wisconsin Council of Churches converse at the group's annual dinner. Pictured from left to right are: Rev. William D.F. Hayes, Ma...
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Reverend Albert Schumacher of St. John's Lutheran Church

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Reverend Albert G. Schumacher is the pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church on East Washington Avenue in Madison, Wisconsin. The church is celebrating its Ce...
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Protestant French Community of Taize, France Monks Spend Year at the U.W.

Date: 10 13 1965
Description: Three monks from the Protestant Church, French Community of Taize, France are spending one year in the University of Wisconsin community praying with group...
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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Pictured left to right: Rolf Giere, Galesville; the Rev. Carl A. Becker, Madison, pastoral adviser for the foundation; Evelyn Christenson, Madison, student...
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Funeral Service for Roy L. Matson

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Members of the Wisconsin State Journal staff carry the coffin bearing the body of editor Roy L. Matson from St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Rector Rob...
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Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy

Date: 09 26 1935
Description: Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy sitting at a desk writing a letter, Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. There is a telephone on the desk, and books are...
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Reverend Erling Ylvisaker

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Reverend Erling Ylvisaker, pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross, Milwaukee Street. He preached to the returning veterans...
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New Lutheran Pastor Installation

Date: 11 20 1960
Description: Rev. David A. Kramer (left) is congratulated by Dr. Theodore Ohlrogge (right), president of the Wisconsin District of the American Lutheran Church, after b...
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Rev. John A. Blaschke

Date: 1895
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Reverend John Blaschke of St. Wenceslas Church.
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Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Outdoor group portrait of fourteen people who make up the Governor's Citizens Committee on Public Welfare. They are posed front of a building at the Northe...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches' Annual Business Meeting

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: Shown from left are: meeting principal speaker Dr. Douglas Horton, former dean of Harvard Divinity School; Rev. Carl Stromberg, new council president; and ...

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