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Religion

Agoga Tabernacle
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Agoga Tabernacle

318 SE Fourth St.; c. 1920 (Knecht 316)

Agoga Tabernacle
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Agoga Tabernacle

Rev. J. F. Rake (in front of microphone) delivers sermon to Men's Bible Class broadcast by WGBF radion station (photo from booklet compiled and published by National Radio Personalities in 1939)

Assumption Catholic Church
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Assumption Catholic Church

C. 1960 (Assumption 2)

Assumption Church
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Assumption Church

119 NW Seventh St.; early 1900s (Knecht 3628)

Baptismal Service
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Baptismal Service

Evansville riverfront; c. 1920s (Knecht 343)

Baptismal Service
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Baptismal Service

Evansville riverfront; early 1900s (Center City 1)

Bayard Park Methodist Church
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Bayard Park Methodist Church

New addition ; c. 1920s (Knecht 3634)

Bethany Christian Church
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Bethany Christian Church

A women's Sunday School class; c. 1918 (Knecht 545)

Bethany Church
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Bethany Church

527 W. Columbia St.; c. 1915 (Knecht 3377)

Bethel Evangelical Church
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Bethel Evangelical Church

Photo dated October 22, 1944 (Knecht 3407)

Boys' Choir
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Boys' Choir

Church unidentified; c. 1910-1920 (Knecht 3378)

Camp Reveal
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Camp Reveal

Scenes from camp sponsored by the Rescue Mission; c. 1930 (Knecht 1977)

Camp Reveal
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Camp Reveal

Bethel Chapel; photo taken on May 14, 1941, for the new chapel's dedication on the following Sunday (Knecht 1980)

Cumberland Church
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Cumberland Church

Owensville, IN; c. 1920s (Knecht 5078)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Second St. at Chestnut; c. 1910 (Knecht 3381)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Church choir; Rev. Charles Zapp, pastor, and wife Josephine stand at front center; photo dated 1947 (Zapp 30)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Newburgh, IN)
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Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Newburgh, IN)

Main and State Sts.; early 1900s (Knecht 4830)

First Baptist Church
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First Baptist Church

Fourth and Cherry Sts.; c. 1920 (Knecht 3621)

Fourth Street M. E. Church
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Fourth Street M. E. Church

Adjacent to church is the County Jail on NW Fourth St.; c. 1960 (Meyer-Schlamp 480)

Grace (First) Presbyterian Church
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Grace (First) Presbyterian Church

Members of the congregation embarking on a picnic at the intersection of SE Second and Mulberry Sts. (note the Ideal Dairy horse-drawn carriage in the background); c. 1920 (Knecht 4630)

Holy Angels Catholic Church
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Holy Angels Catholic Church

New Harmony, IN; photo dated July 29, 1947 (Knecht 3416)

Holy Trinity  Catholic Church
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Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Christmas crib; photo dated 1904 (Center City 20)

Holy Trinity Catholic Church
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Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Parsonage under construction NW Third St. (in background is the old Vanderburgh County Courthouse); early 1900s (Knecht 3627)

Holy Trinity Catholic Church
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Holy Trinity Catholic Church

View of interior; early 1900s (Knecht 3373)

Howell Baptist Church
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Howell Baptist Church

C. 1920 (Knecht 3623)

Liberty Baptist Church
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Liberty Baptist Church

701 Oak St.; photo taken by Joan C. Marchand, c. 1979 (Marchand 89)

Little Sisters of the Poor
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Little Sisters of the Poor

1236 Lincoln Ave.; c. early 1900s (Knecht 4022)

McCutchanville United Methodist Church
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McCutchanville United Methodist Church

Petersburg Rd.; c. 1996 (17PC 98)

McFarland Community Center Baptist Church
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McFarland Community Center Baptist Church

Located at 324 SE Fifth St.; c. 1920 (Knecht 3624)

New Cumberland Church
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New Cumberland Church

Owensville, IN; c. 1930 (Knecht 5078)

Olivet Presbyterian Church
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Olivet Presbyterian Church

Walnut St. near Kentucky Ave. (now the Nazarene Missionary Baptist Church); early 1900s (Knecht 792)

Outdoor Church Meeting
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Outdoor Church Meeting

Near a river bank; photo dated August 12, 1930 (Knecht 3626)

Pleasant Chapel General Baptist Church
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Pleasant Chapel General Baptist Church

1305 W. Florida St.; photo dated September 5, 1983 (5PC-129)

Poor Clare Monastery
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Poor Clare Monastery

S. Kentucky Ave. (now the Christian Life Center); c. 1910 (Knecht 3382)

Rescue Mission
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Rescue Mission

Auto Chapel; photo dated 1920 (Knecht 907)

Rescue Mission
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Rescue Mission

Group posed in front of the Rescue Mission at 21 SE Second St.; c. 1920s (Knecht 802)

Salem United Methodist Church
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Salem United Methodist Church

Kratzville Rd.; c. 1920 (Stone 1)

Salvation Army
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Salvation Army

Chapel and Youth Center on S. Lodge; c. 1952 (Knecht 1996)

Salvation Army
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Salvation Army

NW Second St.; photo dated March 30, 1961 (Redevelopment Commission 148)

Santa Claus Methodist Camp Ground and Church
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Santa Claus Methodist Camp Ground and Church

Santa Claus, IN; 1930s (Knecht 5170)

St. Anthony's Catholic Church
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St. Anthony's Catholic Church

Interior view (pre-1923) of church at 712 First Ave. (Knecht 423)

St. Anthony's Catholic Church
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St. Anthony's Catholic Church

Built in 1894 on Firsts Ave. at Columbia St.; photo taken c. 1979 (Marchand 409)

St. Benedict Catholic Church
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St. Benedict Catholic Church

Parish farmers excavating the church's foundation in the 1300 block of Lincoln Ave.; photo dated 1913 (Titzer 1)

St. Boniface Catholic Church
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St. Boniface Catholic Church

Wabash Ave.; c. early 1900s (Meyer-Schlamp 1029)

St. Boniface Catholic Church
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St. Boniface Catholic Church

Main entrance; photo dated October 13, 1984 (6PC 24)

St. Joseph's Catholic Church
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Virginia St. near Garvin St.; c. 1930 (Misc. 583)

St. Lucas Evangelical and Reformed Parish House
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St. Lucas Evangelical and Reformed Parish House

33 W. Virginia St.; dedicated January 7, 1940 (Knecht 3410)

St. Mark's Lutheran Church
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St. Mark's Lutheran Church

430 Washington Ave.; c. 1980 (Marchand 1321)

St. Meinrad Abbey
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St. Meinrad Abbey

Concert band, directed by Father John Thuis, OSB; dated 1940 (Knecht 5188)

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church

SE First St.; c. 1930 (Knecht 3387)

St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
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St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church

Photo dated July 10, 1940 (Knecht 3376)

Third Street, 401 SE
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Third Street, 401 SE

Originally First Baptist Church (until c. 1922), then home to Congregation B'Nai Moshe, and later Bethany Apostolic Church; razed in the 1990s, shortly after photo was taken (20PC 25)

Third Street, 401 SE
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Third Street, 401 SE

Interior of building photographed shortly before the building's demolition in the 1990s (20PC 26)

Trinity M. E. Church
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Trinity M. E. Church

Residences being razed on SE Third St. in preparation for the construction of a new church hall; 1925 (Knecht 3418)

United Hebrew Institute
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United Hebrew Institute

120 NW Sixth St.; early 1900s (Deeds 32)

Vanderburgh County Christian Home
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Vanderburgh County Christian Home

1615 N. Fulton Avenue, Evansville, IN; photo dated 1958 (Knecht 937)

Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
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Walnut Street Presbyterian Church

Early 1900s (Knecht 3411)

Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
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Walnut Street Presbyterian Church

Church float participating in parade on Seventh St. (in front of Assumption Church); c. 1920 (Knecht 3431)

Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
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Walnut Street Presbyterian Church

Early location at Second and Main Sts.; the church's school building is at the right; c. 1861 (Knecht 859)

Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church
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Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church

C. 1920s (Knecht 789)

Washington Avenue Temple
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Washington Avenue Temple

B'Nai Israel Congregation, 100 Washington Ave.; c. 1980, shortly before it was destroyed by fire, except for the tower at left (Marchand 1311)

Washington Avenue Temple
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Washington Avenue Temple

Aftermath of a fire in 1919 (Knecht 3632)

Washington Avenue Temple
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Washington Avenue Temple

Interior of temple after a fire in 1919 (Knecht 3633)

Washington Avenue Temple
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Washington Avenue Temple

C. late 1970s (Marchand 51)

Yankeetown Baptist Church
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Yankeetown Baptist Church

Warrick County; early 1900s (Riggs 20)

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