Digitizing the Halvey Photograph Collection, Step One

...ian Grady, and I used sampling to accomplish this task. After counting the number of envelopes in each box, we counted the number of negatives in a sample population of envelopes, as each envelope contains a sometimes vastly different number of negatives. Based on the results, we can reasonably estimate

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Neumann Canonization

...elebrate the occasion, such as a reception at the US Embassy and a Mass of Thanksgiving. Halvey_A972_003 Halvey_A974_017 Halvey_A974_036 Halvey_A973_030 Halvey_A974_002 Halvey_A980_004 Halvey_A980_011   Celebrations in Philly Meanwhile in Philadelphia, churches throughout the Archdiocese held Masses simultaneously with the canonization. Once Cardinal Krol and the pilgrims returned from Rome, a

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41st International Eucharistic Congress

...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 bishops from around the world. [1] Production of Foolsgold. Halvey A443.011 Planning

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Eucharistic Congress

...to 1881, when a one day congress was held in Lille, France and attended by 800 people. The event in Philadelphia would last for a week and be attended by over 1,500,000 people including 44 Cardinals and 417 Bishops from around the world. Halvey_A429_001 Halvey_A429_052 Halvey_A429_054 Halvey_A429_056   Hungers and

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