Historic Religious Events

Black and white images capturing moments from passion plays, church renovations, and religious gatherings, reflecting mid-20th century spiritual life.

Last Tribute. Solemn scene in King's Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, today as people file past body of Mr. Chifley as it lay in state - Picturegram. June 19, 1951.
Last Tribute. Solemn scene in King's Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, today as people file past body of Mr. Chifley as it lay in state - Picturegram. June 19, 1951.
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Anefo photo collection. World woman prayer. English church. February 8, 1951
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Anefo photo collection. St. Lambertus church under soot layer covered in Eindhoven, one of the pillars is thoroughly cleaned. January 10, 1964. Eindhoven
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Chaplain Gerard A. Haggerty Conducts A Requiem Mass In Base Chapel At Burtonwood Air Force Base, Burtonwood, England, 11 November 1950, For Americans Who Gave Their Lives In The Battle Of Korea.
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Second anniversary of the coronation of Pius X, papal procession in the loggias of Raphael, Vatican, photograph by Felici, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXII, No 35, August 27, 1905.
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Elsevier photo collection. night new, Oil touring device central heating defective St. Lambertus church Eindhoven. result entire church bottom top, vaults altar, sit thick fat layer soot. pillars thoroughly cleaned. January 10, 1964. Eindhoven
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Anefo photo collection. Lustrum of Leiden University and of the ceremonies of the reopening. Public in the Hooglandse church. Some seated on debris. September 17, 1945. Leiden, South Holland
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The Queen At Stowe School -- The Queen laying the foundation stone of the schools new chapel, the cost of which is to be 40,000 pounds. The Queen, yesterday afternoon, paid a visit to Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, one of the newest of the great public schools. Sir Robert Lorimer's plans for the new chapel, which is in the classic style, provide accommodation for 800 boys. August 11, 1931.
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The famous Pancake Bell weighing 26 cwt. which will toll the signal for the start of the race on Shrove Tuesday. To ensure that there are no hitches parish church verger, Mr. Bill Mynard, who takes an active part in helping to organise the race, gives the boll the once over - just in case.. Even when the race was not run and the centuries old custom was not observed the bell was tolled on Shrove Tuesdays to remind inhabitants of the time-honoured tradition. February 08, 1951.
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Anefo photo collection. Congress from Expogé in the RAI in Amsterdam; Expogé is the Dutch Association of Ex-political prisoners from the occupation time. White cross and david star during the opening. June 18, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Group of orphans saying their prayers in the New York Foundling Asylum Date: December 22nd 1906
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Churches, perceived as symbols of repression and the old regime, are a 'legitimate' target for anarchists : the eglise Saint-Joseph at Paris is victim of a bomb attack.
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Interior of the Domkerk (Domplein) in Utrecht: keystone in the choir vault of the third bay west of the closing trench, representing the eagle as a symbol of the evangelist Johannes.
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Wampum: To -ta-da-ho belt - diamonds in center said to be a covenant chain signifying alliance of towns
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Anefo photo collection. Book Ball Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Dressed as a priest and non. 28 February 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Image of bringing in sick and bedridden believers during a sick triduum in the St.-Dominicus church (Mariaplaats) in Utrecht.
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Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jordan. Pilgrims when leaving the cave under the birth class in Bethlehem. 1950. Bethlehem, Israel, Jordan
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Anefo photo collection. deceased singer Johnny Jordaan laid out. Mourning services, singers, death. January 11, 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Italy, Sicily, Syracuse, representation of Euripides' Iphigenia in Tauris, 1933.
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GDR, Berlin, 07.03.1990, event in the Gethsemane Church, left: Pastor Bernd Albani
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Anefo photo collection. Passion games 1950 Christ. November 18, 1949
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Religious blessing, christening of the Isabel ship, February 15, 1948, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century.
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Anefo photo collection. Pax Christie dochter decided with a meeting in the Sint Jans Cathedral Den Bosch. Overview. October 25, 1969
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On board Hr.Ms. Rotterdam (D 818) (1957-1981), a submarine booth of the Friesland class, during the so-called cross journey with nobility breasts. An extensive travelogue can be read in the Jaarboek Koninklijke Marine (KM) 1964 from page 431. The altar that is used at this church service on board while the ship for Anker is located near Huelva on the Spanish South coast.
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Friars. 1964.
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Vietnamese children at the China Beach Orphanage gather around a donated organ in 1968. The image is a Defense Department photograph taken by the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
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The meeting of the Danube Swabians in the Westafelenhalle in Dortmund in 1970, Germany, Europe
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Anefo photo collection. Kerkwiding Nieuw Vennep Our dear Lady Immaculate Conception. June 7, 1956
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Displaced No More (Fifth Of Ten) -- Josef Varga used to teach history in his native Hungary. Now he is sexton at the Lutheran Church in Northfiled, Minn., where the town's residents furnished a house for him, his wife, his mother and his two children. January 20, 1950. (Photo by ACME).;Displaced No More (Fifth Of Ten) -- Josef Varga used to teach history in his native Hungary. Now he is sexton at the Lutheran Church in Northfiled, Minn., where the town's residents furnished a house for him, his
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Christmas room with Christmas mountain and pyramid
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Anefo photo collection. Annual commemoration Dutch Auschwitz Committee on the new Eastern Cemetery in Amsterdam; Mayor Polak (L) lays a wreath. January 28, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Eli Frankly (72) delivered to the ground this morning, ballet girls (from his glorie time) bring last greeting in the Chapelle Ardente in Carre. October 12, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Due to auction collection Hans Wetzlar at Sotheby, Mak van Waay, viewing, middle canvas of Barent van Orey (worship child Jesus). May 31, 1977
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The recently appointed kings counsel were sworn in this morning at the house of lords. They are shown above in their wigs and gowns outside the house. March 30, 1936. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.).
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Anefo photo collection. Changes Cardinal convey the young to Utrecht. September 9, 1955. Utrecht
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The Westminster Abbey AppealMrs. Clement Attlee inspecting a fragment of the worn stone of Westminster Abbey when she visited the Exhibition of Fragments of the Abbey arranged as part of the nation-wide appeal for funds for the restoration of this famous shrine. Also seen in the picture are the Dean of the Abbey, Dr. Don and Mrs. S. E. Sykes Bower, Friba, surveyor of the fabric. November 17, 1953.
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Farewell to the fleetal mugdenier H.J.G. Bandsma. Head fleet pastor Rev. E.J. Baljet hands the farewell gift under the watchful eye of O.A. DS J. Moens and Father F.H. Kuttschrütter.
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Vintage Photograph. Communion Service at Long Island New York.
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Anefo photo collection. "Church illegal" from Moses and Aaronkerk in the Dominician church. June 4, 1980
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Sacred Heart Ukrainian Catholic Church. Bob Ristuccia, Joseph W. Miley, K. of C. , Fraternal organizations, Knights of Columbus. Leon Abdalian Collection
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Image of the visit of Prof. W. Vogelsang (Midden) to the exhibition of early medieval art, part of the Willibrord commemoration, in the crucifix of the Domkerk (Domplein) in Utrecht.
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Poll photo collection. Jewish man with a hat on, a prayer jacket around and equipped with prayer straps (Tefellin) says his prayers for the opened H. arke while holding the cloak of a thorarol. January 1, 1963. Israel
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Village Church- Everyday Life in Uffington, Berkshire, England, UK, 1944 Members of the congregation join together to sing a hymn during Evensong at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Uffington, Berkshire.
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Vintage Photograph. All Faith Chapel of solar aircraft company Plant.
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Anefo photo collection. Christmas game in the big or St. Bavo church in Haarlem. December 17, 1945. Haarlem, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Church fires in South Holland, firefighters bring the bells of the Carillon in Safety of the Church in Haastrecht. June 12, 1964. Haastrecht
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An Epstein Work Unveiled - The scene at the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus in Cavendish Square, when the 3-ton Madonna and Child in lead, was unveiled this afternoon by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R.A. Butler. The sculpture is the work of Jacob Epstein. May 14, 1953.
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AUDREY HEPBURN in THE NUN'S STORY (1959), directed by FRED ZINNEMANN.
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Vintage Photograph. After service at Episcopal Church in Laurel Hurst Residential District.
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Farewell to the fleetal mugdenier H.J.G. Bandsma. Father Bandsma thanks the Head Fleet Percenter DS. E.J. Baljet for the farewell gift with rchts next to him Rev. J. Moens and Father F.H. Kuttschrütter.
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Anefo photo collection. Demonstrate Moroccans during Christmas in Moses and Aaronkerk. 26 December 1975. Morocco
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Anefo photo collection. Fire in Sint Willibrordus church in Amsterdam. Fire brigade. February 9, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. The Dutch Student Orchestra will rehearse in the well-known ruin church in Bergen led by the conductor Jan Brussen.The mayor of Bergen, Mr De Ruiter, received a cherry tree from the chairman of the orchestra for the lawn of the church. The tree was loaded with lollipops .. January 6, 1964. Bergen, Noord-Holland
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Cathedral Thieves Rip £20,000 Gems From Cross -- The silver cross from Exeter Cathedral, stripped of its diamonds, is carried in for inspection by a constable and detective.Thieves broke into Exeter's 12th-century cathedral early yesterday. They stole the jewel -studied silver altar cross, and drove off with it. They unscrewed £20,000 north of diamonds, then threw the cross aside. A farm labourer picked it up in a field 15 miles away. April 03, 1950. (Photo by Keystone).
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