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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 08 09 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich...
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First Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 20 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant, with large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 28 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant "At Dawning," with a large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Everetta Bass and Llora

Date: 1895
Description: Everetta Bass standing next to a woman identified as Llora. They are standing in front of a house at 131 East Montello Street, with the Methodist Church, l...
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Mrs. Fred Kelly and Group Sew for the Needy at Wesley Methodist Church

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Mrs. Fred Kelly leads a group of women at Wesley Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue (currently First United Methodist Church), who meet regularly to se...
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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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Dining Tent

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Description: The Trinity M.E. Church Dining Hall set in a tent in a field near other tents. Two banners advertise the dining hall, and a chalkboard on the right lists t...
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Methodist Church

Date: 1910
Description: View of a Methodist church with a group of people gathered in front of it.
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Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Norwegian Methodist Episcopal Chruch. There are five people, probably a family, posing in front of the building. Caption reads: "Norwe...
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Maid of Honor's Dress

Date: 08 16 1975
Description: Maid of Honor before the wedding.
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Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1930
Description: View across street of the exterior of the Methodist Evangelical Church, constructed in 1851. The building features a clock tower steeple, arched stained-gl...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 07 1982
Description: "Trinity United Methodist parish hall, Lomira, was the setting for the Red Cross Blood Drive. Tami Schwartz, 19, is in the foreground."
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Trousdal Methodists Burn Mortgage

Date: 10 1955
Description: Participants with lit candles in a mortgage-burning ceremony at Trousdal Methodist Church located at 1125 Vilas Avenue, include Rev. R.D. Robinson (pastor ...
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Mother with Daughter to be Baptized

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Cathryn Montgomery with her daughter, Cathryn Suzanne, who is to be baptized at First Methodist church. The maternal grandparents in Madison are Mr. and Mr...
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DelliQuadri Family at Church Door

Date: 11 21 1955
Description: Fred and Velma DelliQuadri and their three daughters, Geri, Lyn, and Toni, enrollees in the Character Research Project, standing at the door of the First U...
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Children learning a song in the two-week summer Bible school at the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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First Methodist Church Pageant

Date: 12 13 1960
Description: The Three Wise Men in the Christmas pageant at First Methodist Church will wear silk-embroidered robes which came from a Buddhist monastery in China. The r...
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Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service Leaders

Date: 11 06 1947
Description: Leaders of the Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service, meeting at the First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Left to right: Mrs. A.O. Aldric...
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Goodlet-Hanson Wedding Party

Date: 01 06 1946
Description: Martha M. Goodlet and Robert P. Hanson wedding party in University Methodist Church Parlor. Left to right: Wayne Hanson, best man, Robert P. Hanson, bride...
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Inter-Faith Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Four members of Methodist churches attend an inter-faith tea. Left to right: Esther Wilson, St Paul's A.M.E; Helene Okray, Monona; Erma Jenkins, South Shor...

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