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Lourdes, France: the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes: pilgrims at the shrine; the sacred water fountain to one side. Photograph, ca. 1870.

Lourdes, France: a pilgrim fills a flask with sacred spring water from a tap. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Lourdes, France: sailors carrying a model of a ship amidst crowds of pilgrims. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Lourdes, France: the blessing of sick pilgrims by a priest bearing a monstrance, followed by a procession. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Lourdes, France: a pilgrim kneels with arms outstretched watched by fellow pilgrims ready to perform the Stations of the Cross. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Crowds of sick people and their families making the pilgrimage to Lourdes in the hope of a miraculous cure. Reproduction of a wood engraving after H. Lanos.

Lourdes, France: the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes: a crowd looks on as women hold up a commemorative shield and banner. Photograph, ca. 1870.

A priest at Lourdes holding up a monstrance to a sick girl who walks towards it, in the background are groups of people on stretchers. Etching by J.L. Forain, 1912.

Lourdes, France: an invalid being wheeled through to the baths while other ill pilgrims await their turn for immersion by the priest. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Lourdes, France: a procession around the Cathedral. Photograph, ca. 1900, of an engraving, ca.1860 (?).

Bernadette of Lourdes : her life, death and visions / Thérèse Taylor.

Lourdes, France: an elderly pilgrim woman with a walking stick being assisted to the Grotto; pilgrims in wheelchairs in the background. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Lourdes, France: the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes: pilgrims kiss the wall of the cave. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Die Wunder von Lourdes : Berichte, Tatsachen, Beweise / Alfred Läpple.

Examen médical des miracles de Lourdes / par P. Diday.

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Bernadette of Lourdes : her life, death and visions / Thérèse Taylor.

Lourdes, France: an elderly pilgrim woman with a walking stick being assisted to the Grotto; pilgrims in wheelchairs in the background. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Lourdes, France: the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes: pilgrims kiss the wall of the cave. Photograph, ca. 1937.

Die Wunder von Lourdes : Berichte, Tatsachen, Beweise / Alfred Läpple.

Examen médical des miracles de Lourdes / par P. Diday.