Statuary
Madonna & Child
Date: Circa 1900
Material: Wood
Carved by the E. Hackner Co.
This statue won an award at an exhibition in Chicago. The throne, Madonna and Child, and the crown are all individual pieces.
Artifact courtesy of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration
Angel
Date: Late 19th Century to Early 20th Century
Material: Wood
Carved by the E. Hackner Co.
This statue was part of the main altar in the original St. Joseph Cathedral.
Artifact courtesy of St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Angel
Date: Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Material: Wood
Carved by the E. Hackner Co.
This statue was part of the side altar in the original St. Joseph Cathedral.
Artifact courtesy of St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Jesus
Date: Late 19th Century
Material: Wood
Carved by the E. Hackner Co. This statue was once part of the pulpit in the original St. Joseph Cathedral.
The reverse is stamped “E. Hackner La Crosse, Wis.”
Artifact courtesy of St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
Paschal Lamb
Date: Late 19th to Early 20th Century
Material: Wood
Carved by the E. Hackner Co.
This paschal lamb statue- a lamb sacrificed during Passover, once sat on the pedestal of the main altar in the original St. Joseph Cathedral.
Artifact courtesy of St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral
St. Francis of Assisi
Date: Circa 1950s
Date: Wood
One of the last statues carved by Rudolph Blatter, Sr. of the E. Hackner Co. This statue originally stood in the lobby of the St. Francis School of Nursing.
Swiss immigrant Rudolph was an expert wood carver who studied at the Brienz Carving School in Switzerland. For many years, he headed the sculpture department of the E. Hackner Co.
Artifact courtesy of Mayo Clinic Health System.
