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Wisconsin Council of Churches

Date: 05 26 1953
Description: Three men and three women gather in an office for the Wisconsin Council of Churches.
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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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River Baptism

Date: 1888
Description: A baptism in a river in southern Wisconsin.
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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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Father Groppi Demonstration in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: A welfare demonstration led by Father James Groppi (center) in the Wisconsin Assembly chambers.
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Father Groppi Speaking at Demonstration

Date: 1969
Description: Father Groppi speaking at demonstration in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber.
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Council of Catholic Women

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Group portrait of four new officers of the Madison Deanery of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, standing behind Bishop William O'Connor, who ...
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Women of the Moose

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: A donation to Blessed Martin House is presented to Monsignor Jerome Hastrich by members of the Women of the Moose. On left is Elsie Bostock. Others shown a...
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Reverend James A. Gillespie

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a man seated, with a woman standing next to him. Caption reads: "Rev. Jas. Gillespie & wife. Preached in Necedah over 50 years ...
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Episcopalian Church Workers at University of Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: Twenty-nine people, both clergy and laypersons, are posing for a group portrait in front of a campus building.
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Dane County Association for Mental Health Awards

Date: 02 08 1961
Description: Rev. Max Gabler, minister of the First Unitarian Society, shows a woman "Democratic Man," a book written by Edward C. Lindeman, during an award ceremony fo...
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Christian Keyser Preus Family at Spring Prairie Parsonage

Date: 1873
Description: The Christian Keyser Preus family posing in the yard of the Spring Prairie parsonage with horse-drawn vehicles, and ducks. Behind them is a rural frame hou...
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Apostolic Assembly Baptism

Date: 05 30 1965
Description: A man wearing a white shirt and pants is holding the arms of a woman who is wearing a white robe and spreading her arms out. They are both standing knee de...
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United Church Women

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Attending the May Fellowship Day of the Madison Council of United Church Women at First Baptist Church are, from left to right: Rev. Robert Towner, First B...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Dinner Meeting

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Guests at a Wisconsin Council of Churches dinner meeting.
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Lutheran Women's Meeting

Date: 11 04 1958
Description: Group portrait of attendees of a meeting for Lutheran women at St. John's American Lutheran Church. They include, from left to right: Mrs. C.O. Schwengel, ...
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Missionary Association of Catholic Women Convention

Date: 10 13 1959
Description: Two men in clerical collars (and one wearing a biretta, cross, cassock, and cincture) examining a monstrance held by a woman. Several clerical vestments ar...
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We Saw You . . . Guests of Bishop O'Conner

Date: 07 12 1959
Description: Bishop William P. O'Conner hosts more than a thousand members of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and their families. Shown with Bishop O'Con...
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K. Doxstad Family and Reverend Erik Jensen

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Description: The K. Doxstad family is posed in their yard around a table covered with heavy books. A baby carriage is on the left and an older woman with her knitting i...
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Matiss Briedis Family

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: The Matiss Briedis family, from Latvia, with some of the Madison men and women who have found them a new home in Madison. Seated are Matiss, 42, former Lat...

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