The Choir of the Pro-Cathedral of Saint Mary poses with director Father Francis A. Missia outside the northeast door of the church. Mrs. Grace Long stands in the front row, 6th from the left.
Panoramic photograph of the students of the Basilica School, grades 1 through 8. The children are posed on the south side steps of the school building.
A winter view of the Duluth Harbor, the Aerial Lift Bridge, and Lake Superior from 1015 East Eleventh Street, the site of Peace Church. The church has evolved through three names. In 1872, the German congregation chose the name St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. The first church built that same year at Tenth Avenue East and Third Street still stands as an apartment building, and is the oldest church building in Duluth. In 1934 they changed the church name to St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed. in 1957 it was given the name St. Paul's United Church of Christ. In 1959, the congregation broke ground for the new church at the present site and changed the name to Peace Church.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
The intersection of Third Avenue West and Second Street of downtown Duluth. The YMCA was organized in Duluth in 1882, and this building built in 1916. The YMCA building held offices of the American Bible Society and the Duluth Council of Churches.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
West Duluth; St. James Catholic Church; bell tower; brick building; architectural details; 721 North Fifty-seventh Avenue west; fifty-seventh Avenue west and Kinnear Place; houses; sidewalk; streetcar tracks; stained glass windows; landscaping; trees; summer
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Morgan Park; Blessed St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church interior; altar; vaulted ceiling; statues; angels holding light fixtures; vases of flowers; wooden pews; candles; windows; ceiling light
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Central Hillside; St. Josephat's Polish National Catholic Church was founded in 1907; the first English sermon was preached in May 1941; Fifth Street south west corner of Third Avenue East; the Polish Eagle Club was founded March 9, 1927, all meetings were in English; brick building with architectural details; two steeples; snow; stained glass rose window; stained glass windows; houses; winter; telephone poles
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Father Charles Doran, Assistant Priest, and Father James M. Reardon, Rector, pose holding a string of fish caught on Crooked Lake. The priests were visiting the cabin of parishioner Charles Linsmayer.
East view across the Laurel Avenue bridge in Minneapolis. To left, the Foshay Tower stands alone in the skyline, to center is the Basilica of Saint Mary, to the left is Dunwoody Institute. Predates construction of Interstate 94.
Prelates gather during Solemn Pontifical Mass in connection with the Consecration of the Basilica of Saint Mary. Archbishop John Gregory Murray, celebrant, flanked by other higher ranking clergy, reverences the altar.
During renovation work on the Basilica, workers hung lines from the front edifice and used these to reach stonework around the rose window for tuckpointing and other repairs.
Female students from area parochial schools, cadets from St. Thomas Academy, and a crowd lines up to the steps of the church for the annual May Day Rosary Procession. Crowd extends up Hennepin Avenue. Current newspaper accounts noted some 30,000 people participated.
At center, Knights of Columbus line up down steps of the church, parochial school students to either side, for the annual May Day Rosary Procession. Crowds fill Hennepin Avenue some distance up the hill to the south. Current newspaper accounts noted some 30,000 people participated.
Men march in front of and behind banner for the Basilica of Saint Mary. Basilica rector Rev. James M. Reardon served as General Chairman of the event, held June 23-26 at venues around the Twin Cities.
In the pulpit, Archbishop John Gregory Murray preaches his first Pontifical Mass at the Basilica. Assisting were Father James Reardon (rector), Father Thomas Cullen (former rector).
Consecration of the altar of the shrine of St. Anthony. Consecrator Bishop James Morrison, Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, is assisted by Father Thomas J. McNamara.
Interior view of sanctuary during Consecration Mass of the Basilica of Saint Mary. Banners for the Ninth National Eucharistic Congress bedeck the pillars and baldachin.
Church and rectory seen through trees along 16th Street North. Noted on reverse by the rector, "The New Look" - probably refers to recent work cleaning the stone and retuckpointing.
View from Hennepin Avenue of the church, hung with banners for the Ninth National Eucharistic Congress on the day of its Consecration. Father Hennepin Memorial is obscured by a tree.
The vested Basilica Boys' Choir stands and sings carols before the 5:00 a.m. Mass on Christmas morning. Choir director and organist George Bussman plays a small portable organ just outside the sacristy rail. Boys pictured include: Tommy Hendricks, Martin Strong, Tom Bennett, Danny Stone, and Laird Miller.
Aerial view from the southwest, showing the rectory and school buildings. Taken before construction of Interstate 94, so shows homes and businesses in surrounding neighborhood.
Fire destroys St. John's Episcopal Church on Fourth Street South. The church was built in 1892. 4 firemen bring a fire hose up a ladder to the top of the church, hosing down the inside of the church in efforts to put out the fire.
Fire destroys St. John's Episcopal Church on Fourth Street South. The church was built in 1892. Fireman sprays the church with a hose from a distance as he stands on a hook and ladder fire truck. Firemen on the ground assist and look on. Roof of church has been destroyed.
St. Cloud Times publisher, Fred Schilplin lying in a coffin in the St. Cloud Times building lobby during a funeral visitation. Mourners can be seen on the right.
Dedication ceremony for the bell of St. Peter's Church in Pantown, Minnesota. Officiating at the service was Reverend Theodore S. Ziolkowski (left), Right Reverend C. Thiebault (center) and Reverend Ralph Aschoff, pastor for the new parish.
The Solemn Communion Class for 1937 poses on the front steps of the Basilica. Father James M. Reardon and four assistant priests stand at the top. Children include: Colleen Macintosh, Katherine Wolfe, Bonny Howard, Mary Iacona, Pat Haverty, Teddy Lotz, Anthony Mandile, George Mastros, Anthony Battaglia, Joe Battaglia, Russel Favorite, Sammy Iacona, Robert Iacona, Terrence Sweeny, and Danny Skay.
Image 2 of 2. Father Thomas Cullen, seated, poses with the Pro-Cathedral Choir on the front steps of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, Minneapolis. Easter Sunday. Mary Jane Mulhein and her parents stand in the front row, far left.
Front exterior is hung with multiple banners. A number of Congress events were held at the church, and rector Father James M. Reardon was General Chairman of the event.
Photograph showing the front exterior of Zion Evangelical Church. The brick and stucco building had two entrances and a square steeple. This church was dedicated November 27, 1921. This is the third building of this congregation and cost $24,000.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
View from the rectory down the west side of the church. The Fawkes building, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church steeple, and businesses along Lyndale Avenue are visible in the distance.
Funeral service for Thomas Johnsen at the Norseland Lutheran Church (originally known as Nicollet Lutheran Church). The words on the lower left are the Norwegian saying "Fra Swan Lake Menighed." Herbjorn Gausta's altar painting is visible.
Exterior view of the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Carleton College named the chapel in honor of Miron Skinner, member of the Board of Trustees. The architectural tradition is the English Style of Carleton College.
View from the pews of the temporary altar, decorated with lillies and greens for Easter. Taken before the interior granite facing, stained glass windows and raised pulpit were installed.