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The interior of St. Sava is decorated with ornate, colorful mosaics imported from Italy, as seen here.

St. Sava Cathedral Interior

From Flickr. Photograph by username milomingo. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
Photograph of the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral taken in 2016. Completed in 1958, the church is a key aspect of Milwaukee's Serbian community and includes a school and other cultural organizations.

St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral

From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Serbians
Completed in 1958, St. Sava remains a centerpiece of Milwaukee's Serbian Orthodox community.

St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral

From Flickr. Photograph by username ribarnica. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral
2015 photograph of the front entrance to St. Stanislaus Parish in the historic Mitchell Street District of downtown Milwaukee.

St. Stanislaus Parish

From Flickr. Photograph by Flickr username Digidave. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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St. Stanislaus Parish
A view of the Wisconsin State Fair from atop the giant Ferris Wheel in 1971.

State Fair in the Evening

From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Wisconsin State Fair
Located near Wales, the Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanatorium opened in 1907. It closed in 1957 and reopened in 1959 as the Ethan Allen School for Boys.

State Tuberculosis Sanatorium

From Flickr. Photograph courtesy of Scott Paschal. CC BY 2.0.
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Village of Wales
Patrick Cudahy, depicted here in a 1964 sculpture, shaped the city throughout the early 20th century.

Statue of Patrick Cudahy

From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Wikimedia username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Cudahy
Photograph of a Union Steamboat Company vessel in Milwaukee Harbor, circa 1885.

Steamboat in Milwaukee Harbor

From Milwaukee Illustrated, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Water
Photograph of a Polish flat taken from the street in 1935. This house was built in 1900.

Steven Malec House

From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Polish Flat
On June 14, 1885, the nation's first observation of Flag Day was held at Stony Hill School in Waubeka in the Town of Fredonia.

Stony Hill School

From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Kevin Hansen. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Fredonia
This 1934 photograph displays houses in Story Hill neighborhood, as well as the recently improved intersection of North Story Parkway and West Wisconsin Avenue.

Story Hill

From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Story Hill
People wait for a streetcar in this 1932 photograph showing a station, the tracks embedded in the street, and the electrical network overhead.

Streetcar Station

From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Mass Transit
Photograph of part of the popular museum exhibit Streets of Old Milwaukee. It opened in 1965 and was one of the world's first walk-through dioramas.

Streets of Old Milwaukee Exhibit

From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Wikimedia username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Milwaukee Public Museum
Picketers try to prevent a car from entering the Allis-Chalmers factory, November 25, 1946. United Auto Workers Local 248 waged a 13-month strike against the company from April 1946 to May 1947. This picture was in company testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, February 24, 1947, alleging the union was dominated by Communists.

Strike at Allis-Chalmers

From the Harold Story Papers Collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Reprinted with permission.
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Strikes
Migrant laborers leave a cucumber field in Portage, Wisconsin in 1967 as part of a strike organized by the Obreros Unidos labor union. Obreros Unidos leader Jesus Salas was appointed as the director of UMOS in 1968.

Strikers Leaving a Field

From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-91709. Reprinted with permission.
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United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. (UMOS)
Photograph featuring the front entrance to Sts Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church located in Waukesha.

Sts Constantine and Helen Church

Photograph courtesy of Sts Constantine and Helen Church.
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Eastern Orthodox Christians
A group of students stand outside their one-room schoolhouse located in Waukesha County in 1933.

Students at Hillcrest School

From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-86209. Reprinted with permission.
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Childhood and Youth
Milwaukee county residents enjoy summer sunshine and sand on Lake Michigan’s shoreline in 1985.

Summer Along the Lake

From the Harold Mayer Collection, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Weather
The Summerfield congregation traces its origins to 1852, making it the oldest Methodist congregation in Milwaukee. The congregation has gathered at its current location on Juneau Avenue, pictured here, since 1904.

Summerfield United Methodist Church

From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Methodists
The Sunburst Ski Area is a popular winter recreation area in Kewaskum that offers both ski slopes and a tubing hill.

Sunburst Ski Area

From Flickr. Photograph by Chris Totsky. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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Kewaskum
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