Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Title:
No empty pews here!
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4773 NO EMPTY PEWS HERE! This is what every pastor hopes for -- a packed congregation. Not only is every seat occupied but both floors of this church are lined with standees. The desire of many people to attend regular worship services, as more and more of them seek spiritual guidance during the present state of world uncertainty, is indicated by a rising church attendance in many parts of the country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AJM-APPL-BS-11B6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church attendance--United States., Church membership--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Appleton (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360559
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Attend Christian student council meeting.
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Text transcribed from caption: S-4689 ATTEND CHRISTIAN STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING RACINE, Wis. -- Delegates of the United Student Christian Council enter DeKoven Foundation here to participate in the organization’s third annual meeting. Nearly 100 students representing national student Christian movements throughout the country attended. The USCC is composed of 15 denominational and associated student groups and is affiliated with the World’s Student Christian Federation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JT-RAC-BS-10D6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., DeKoven Center (Racine, Wis.), United Student Christian Council--Congresses., United Student Christian Council., World’s Student Christian Federation.
Topics:
Youth in church work--United States., Youth in church work--Societies, etc., Students--Societies, etc., Congresses and conventions--Wisconsin--Racine., Students--Wisconsin--Racine.
Geographic subjects:
Racine (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360553
Title:
Church becomes a college classroom.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHURCH BECOMES A COLLEGE CLASSROOM #S-4664 MADISON, Wis. -- The rapid influx of college students this fall, most of them veterans taking advantage of the federal education benefits, has crowded the classroom right off the campus in many colleges throughout the country. Shown above are 1,050 University of Wisconsin undergraduates assembled in the First Congregational church here attending a twice-weekly lecture on political science. University officials, lacking facilities to handle the record-breaking number of students, arranged with the church’s deacons to use the house of worship. The professor in charge lectures from a special platform and does not use the pulpit. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JRM-MAD-BS-10C-6-W)
Creator:
Miller, James Roy. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., First Congregational Church (Madison, Wis.), University of Wisconsin--Students.
Topics:
College students--Wisconsin--Madison., Political science--Study and teaching--Wisconsin--Madison., School enrollment--Wisconsin--Madison., College facilities--Wisconsin--Madison., Veterans--Education--United States., Veterans--Scholarships, fellowships, etc., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Madison (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360547
Title:
Nuns return to China.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4541 NUNS RETURN TO CHINA MILWAUKEE -- Undismayed by the horror of their experiences as prisoners in a Japanese concentration camp, three veteran missionaries, sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi, check their baggage at the rail depot here before entraining for the West Coast enroute to China. Their smiles indicate an eagerness to return to their charitable labors and to renew past acquaintances in the Orient. Sister Mary Veronica (left), of Sun Prairie Wisc., has spent 12 years in China; Sister Mary Ludmilla, of Chicago, nine years; Sister Mary Charitas, of Sublette, Ill., six years. Following their release from imprisonment the sisters recuperated at their Motherhouse in St. Francis, Wisc. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (D-H-MIL-WIS-BS-9D6-0)
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Saint Francis, Wis.)
Topics:
Missionaries--China., Nuns--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Women missionaries--China., Ex-internment camp inmates--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360310
Title:
Study interracial techniques.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4508 STUDY INTERRACIAL TECHNIQUES MARATHON, Wis. -- Students of interracial problems gather on the grounds of St. Joseph’s farm near here to discuss the techniques developed by leaders of the Friendship House settlements in the Negro districts of New York and Chicago. St. Joseph’s is a rural adjunct of Friendship House. Here Miss Ann Harrigan, Chicago branch director, is conducting a class, itself an interracial group. Seated in front of Miss Harrigan, with writing pad in hand, is Miss Mary Fregeau, dean of the school. In the rear are the Rev. Daniel M. Cantwell, professor of history and sociology, St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill.; Mrs. Catherine de Hueck Doherty, founder of the Friendship House movement, and Miss Monica Durkin, St. Joseph’s director. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HRM-M-WIS-MES-9C-6-C)
Creator:
Randolph, Hampton. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Friendship House., Harrigan, Ann., Frégeau, Mary., Cantwell, Daniel Michael, 1914-, Catholic Church--Clergy., University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary--Faculty., Doherty, Catherine de Hueck, 1896-1985., Durkin, Monica., St. Joseph’s Farm (Marathon County, Wis.)
Topics:
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Outdoor education--Wisconsin--Marathon County., Christian education, Outdoor--Wisconsin--Marathon County.
Geographic subjects:
Marathon County (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360309
Title:
National Convention of the Catholic Daughters of Isabella.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4328 NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Group of 6 women. General view taken at the Schroeder Hotel, Wednesday, August 14, 1946. (FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT) National Vice Regent - Mrs. Helen T. Howard, Columbus, Ohio; National Regent - Mrs. Carolyn B. Manning, New Bedford, Mass.; National Past Regent - Mrs. Minerva C. Boyd, Chicago, Illinois. (STANDING) National Advocate - Miss Elizabeth C. Moran, Ware. Mass.; National Secretary - Miss Mary F. Riley, Providence, R.I.; National Treasurer- Miss Mary A. Barron, Portland, Me. (SPEAKER) Mrs. Helen Baechle, Ohio State Regent - of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Creator:
Thompson, Ken. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Daughters of the Americas--Congresses., Catholic Church--History--Societies, etc., Schroeder Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.), Howard, Helen T., Manning, Carolyn B., Boyd, Minerva C., Moran, Elizabeth C., Riley, Mary F., Barron, Mary A., Baechle, Helen.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Catholic women--Societies and clubs.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360262
Title:
National Convention of the Catholic Daughters of Isabella.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4328 NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Group of 6 women. General view taken at the Schroeder Hotel, Wednesday, August 14, 1946. (FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT) National Vice Regent - Mrs. Helen T. Howard, Columbus, Ohio; National Regent - Mrs. Carolyn B. Manning, New Bedford, Mass.; National Past Regent - Mrs. Minerva C. Boyd, Chicago, Illinois. (STANDING) National Advocate - Miss Elizabeth C. Moran, Ware. Mass.; National Secretary - Miss Mary F. Riley, Providence, R.I.; National Treasurer- Miss Mary A. Barron, Portland, Me. (SPEAKER) Mrs. Helen Baechle, Ohio State Regent - of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Creator:
Thompson, Ken. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Daughters of the Americas--Congresses., Catholic Church--History--Societies, etc., Schroeder Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.), Howard, Helen T., Manning, Carolyn B., Boyd, Minerva C., Moran, Elizabeth C., Riley, Mary F., Barron, Mary A., Baechle, Helen.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Catholic women--Societies and clubs.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360261
Title:
Museum benefits from icon collection.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4302 MUSEUM BENEFITS FROM ICON COLLECTION MILWAUKEE -- More than 60 Greek Orthodox icons, part of group collected over a period of 20 years, are being prepared for display at the public museum here by Elmer Goessl, museum assistant. They were the personal collection of the late Ralph Grassler. Most of the icons of this collection were forged from brass. Grassler obtained some of them during personal travels and bought others at a sale five years ago. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (IGS-MIL-MES-8C-6-A-E)
Creator:
Grates. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Milwaukee Public Museum., Goessl, Elmer., Goessl, Ralph--Art collections., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Brasswork--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360258
Title:
Religious hobbies.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Milwaukee Public Museum., Goessl, Elmer., Goessl, Ralph--Art collections., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Topics:
Christian art and symbolism--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Brasswork--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360215
Title:
Nuns return to China.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi (Saint Francis, Wis.)
Topics:
Missionaries--China., Nuns--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Women missionaries--China., Ex-internment camp inmates--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.), China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360213
Title:
Summer vesper service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: S-4235 SUMMER VESPER SERVICE WILLIAMS BAY, Wis. -- An outdoor vesper service is held above the sparkling waters of Lake Geneva at the National Adult Work Planning Conference, sponsored by six major interdenominational agencies. The speaker is Dr. T. T. Swearingen, of Chicago, director of adult work and family education of the International Council of Religious Education. Scene is typical of many summer church assembles held in various parts of the country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GBA-WB-JOG-8B-6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Swearingen, T. T. (Tilford Tippett), 1902-1995., International Council of Religious Education.
Topics:
Christian education directors--Wisconsin--Lake Geneva., Vespers., Evening worship services--Christianity., Interfaith worship--Wisconsin--Lake Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation--Wisconsin--Lake Geneva.
Geographic subjects:
Lake Geneva (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359873
Title:
Flying school for missionaries.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: S-4226 FLYING SCHOOL FOR MISSIONARIES KENOSHA, Wis. -- A missionary airport where church workers may learn how to operate planes, has been opened here by the Rev. Gilbert L. Howe (second from left). Finance by Protestant churches, individuals and corporations, the project includes courses in instrument and night flying, with emphasis on operation over rugged terrain. Pictured above are Tom Howlett, former A. A. F. flight instructor, who is in charge of the flight program, Mr. Howe, and six future missionaries: Betty June Shackleton, John Flanders, Mary Lee Seddon, David Dissmore, May Smith and Erma Schnoor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GRH-K-WIS-JOG-8B-6-W.M)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Howe, Gilbert L., United States. Air Force., Howlett, Tom., Shackleton, Betty June., Flanders, John., Seddon, Mary Lee., Dissmore, David., Smith, May., Schnoor, Erma.
Topics:
Women air pilots--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Flight training--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Air pilots--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Missionaries--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Airplanes--Piloting--Wisconsin--Kenosha., Aeronautics--Study and teaching--Wisconsin.--Kenosha., Women missionaries--Wisconsin--Kenosha.
Geographic subjects:
Kenosha (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359870
Title:
Thousands attend night Holy Name service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4061 THOUSANDS ATTEND NIGHT HOLY NAME SERVICE MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Archbishop Moses E. Kiley of Milwaukee, wearing the traditional mitre, leaves the altar at the conclusion of a Holy Hour night service at Marquette University stadium here where prayers were offered for the nation’s war dead. Highlight of the ceremonies was the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament at which the archbishop officiated. Attended by thousands, the Holy Hour was sponsored by the Milwaukee Archdiocesan Union of Holy Name Societies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DH-MIL-TFD-7A-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesus Christ--Passion., Kiley, Moses E. (Moses Elias), 1876-1953., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Milwaukee (Wis.), Marquette University--Buildings.
Topics:
Holy Hour., Benediction--Catholic Church., Intercessory prayer--Catholic Church., Worship programs--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359838
Title:
Soul-saving trip is ended.
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
Topics:
Pastoral theology--Equipment and supplies., Rural clergy--Travel., Railroad passenger cars--Illinois--Chicago., Chapels--Illinois--Chicago., Home missions--West (U.S.), Baptists--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.), Green Lake (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359312
Title:
Lutheran chorus makes recording for broadcast in Germany.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #727B LUTHERAN CHORUS MAKES RECORDING FOR BROADCAST IN GERMANY Sheboygan, Wisc…The Lutheran Chorus of this city, directed by Martin J. Bangert, has just completed a series of programs in the German language which were recorded for broadcast in Germany. Most of the musical composions [sic. compositions] and arrangements used by the Lutheran Chorus originated in Germany and were brought to this country by the director. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bangert, Martin J.
Topics:
Choirs (Music)--Wisconsin--Sheboygan., Radio broadcasting--Religious aspects., Choruses, Sacred., Sacred vocal music--Wisconsin--Sheboygan.
Geographic subjects:
Sheboygan (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358818
Title:
Serbian royalists oppose new Orthodox bishop.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PO-29714 SERBIAN ROYALISTS OPPOSE NEW ORTHODOX BISHOP MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Consecration ceremonies for Archimandrite Firmilijan of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently named as Midwest bishop in the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the U.S. and Canada, were protested in Milwaukee, Wis., as about 100 Serbian Royalist pickets demonstrated outside St. Sava Cathedral. Signs they carried charged the new bishop with being a “pawn of the Yugoslavian Communists.” At one point during the picketing, minor scuffling broke out and police intervened to prevent more serious altercations. The incident was part of a continuing controversy over the division of the Diocese into three sections and the suspension of Bishop Dionisije, who has headed the entire Diocese, by the Church’s Council of Bishops in Belgrade. Bishop Dionisije refused to recognize the suspension; he said charges against him alleging canonical offense were lodged by a “handful of Communists among the American Serbs” and that the Council was under pressure from “Tito’s Communist regime in Yugoslavia.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RCW-Milw-8B-63-NBM)
Creator:
Wentworth, Ray C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Srpska pravoslavna crkva--Bishops., Srpska pravoslavna crkva--Buildings., Srpska pravoslavna crkva., Free Serbian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. and Canada., St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Milwaukee, Wis.), Ocokoljich, Firmilian.
Topics:
Picketing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Communism and Christianity--Yugoslavia., Communism and Christianity--Srpska pravoslavna crkva., Serbian Americans--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358138
Title:
Brother helps out.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29779 BROTHER HELPS OUT BURLINGTON, Wis. -- Year-old Mary Muniz gets a spin around the grounds of St. Francis Monastery, Burlington, Wis. At the helm is Brother Robert Wirth [Ruhnke], a Redemptorist seminarian from Lincoln, Neb., who served as baby-sitter during an annual Mass for Spanish-speaking migrant workers in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. The baby’s mother, Mrs. Mary Muniz, works at Clyman, Wis. The first such Mass was held in 1959 at the Redemptorist seminary at Oconomowoc, Wis. St. Francis Monastery is staffed by Franciscan Fathers of Polish extraction and is often the scene of special services for Polish-Americans. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-OCO-8E-63-RB)
Creator:
Higgins, Robert J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Muñiz, Mary., Ruhnke, Robert.
Topics:
Brothers (Religious)--Wisconsin--Burlington., Seminarians--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Migrant agricultural laborers--Missions., Home missions--United States., Infants--Wisconsin--Burlington.
Geographic subjects:
Burlington (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358044
Title:
A teen-age dialogue.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29692 A TEEN-AGE DIALOGUE OCONOMOWOC, Wis. -- A group of 125 Jewish teenagers, attending a summer camp run by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations near Oconomowoc, Wis., were guests at a Solemn High Mass celebrated at St. Jerome’s Catholic church here. Shown after the service on the church steps are some of the Jewish young people, their leaders and Father Ralph Monaghan (in vestments), pastor of St. Jerome’s. Other adults are (from left): Howard Bogot, program director at the Union Institute camp; Irving Kaplan, the camp’s director; Rabbi Joseph Buchler of the camp rabbinic faculty; and Oscar Miller, camp educational director. Most of the Jewish teenagers are from the Chicago area. They attended the Mass at the invitation of Father Monaghan who heard they were studying Christian customs. He was asked by camp leaders to speak with the teenagers prior to the Mass to explain Catholic worship, priests’ vestments and Mass vessels. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-OCO-8A-63-RB)
Creator:
Higgins, Robert J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Jerome Catholic Church (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Monaghan, Ralph., Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Bogot, Howard., Kaplan, Irving., Buchler, Joseph., Miller, Oscar., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States., Rabbis--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Clergy--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Camps--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Jewish camps--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Jewish teenagers--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Teenagers--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc.
Geographic subjects:
Oconomowoc (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358029
Title:
Catholic-Jewish news.
Description:
Narrative caption by photographer Robert Higgins.
Creator:
Higgins, Robert J. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Jerome Catholic Church (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Monaghan, Ralph., Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute (Oconomowoc, Wis.), Bogot, Howard., Kaplan, Irving., Buchler, Joseph., Miller, Oscar., Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States., Rabbis--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Clergy--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Camps--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Jewish camps--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Jewish teenagers--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc., Teenagers--Wisconsin--Oconomowoc.
Geographic subjects:
Oconomowoc (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357946
Title:
New Serbian Orthodox bishop consecrated as church factions continue controversy.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Srpska pravoslavna crkva--Bishops., Srpska pravoslavna crkva--Buildings., Srpska pravoslavna crkva., Free Serbian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A. and Canada., St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Milwaukee, Wis.), Ocokoljich, Firmilian.
Topics:
Picketing--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Communism and Christianity--Yugoslavia., Communism and Christianity--Srpska pravoslavna crkva., Serbian Americans--Wisconsin--Milwaukee., Demonstrations--Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Geographic subjects:
Milwaukee (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357840

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