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painting - oil
Oil painting of Loretto Academy (El Paso, TX) buildings set among mountains based on landscape near Manatori (?), CO, or Colorado Springs. Signed in lower left corner by Sr. Valena Eppler, SL (1878-1964). Label on back identifies painting as…
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photograph
Photograph of Loretto Chapel at El Paso, TX. This photo came from the convent at El Paso, TX.
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blessing - papal
Two-sided picture: front side, Apostolic Blessing on Loretto Academy. Back side: print of a painting of Our Lady of Sorrows, heart with 5 swords, crown of thorns in Mary’s arms. This item came from Loretto Academy Convent in El Paso, TX.
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photograph
Photo by Charles J. Murphy, amateur photographer from Colorado Springs, CO, with biography on back of photo. Adobe-walled niche with picture of a Madonna hung behind a cut-glass vase with a single white rose. Mat signed "Charles J. Murphy ‘81."
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painting - watercolor
Watercolor painting over pen and ink drawing, exterior of Loretto Chapel and Loretto Academy School wing, El Paso, TX. Signed in lower right corner by Fernando Acosta, 1991.
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plate
Silver plate engraved "Sister Anthony Mary / President Loretto Academy / 1988-1991." Sr. Anthony Mary Sartorius, SL, served as president of Loretto Academy in El Paso, TX. She has also served on the staff, as coordinator of the Loretto Center in St.…
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paperweight - clock
Gold heart-shaped paperweight with 1” clock in center, engraved "Loretto Academy Board 1992" (El Paso, TX).
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ring
Gold-toned ring, front has design with "SJA / 1917" (St Joseph's Academy). Initials "J.A.K." engraved on inside. Philadelphia maker's mark, partially illegible, and "14K" also stamped on inside.
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pin - merit
“Scholarship” merit pin, engraved on back "St. Joseph’s Academy El Paso, Tex., May 21, 1913." This was an award for scholarship, with no name engraved on the top clasp.
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statue
Plaster statue painted brown, damaged, titled Immaculata. Made in Germany with a mark on the base. Christmas gift, 1931, to Reverend Mother General Olivette Norton from Rev. P. M. Hels???, (part of the name is missing), Chaplain, Loretto, El Paso,…
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