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Radio

Author: Brian Mueller
A grayscale medium full shot of a radio announcer in a suit and tie standing behind a microphone labeled WTMJ in an indoor space. The man is at the image's center with his body facing slightly to the left towards the mic. He smiles as he holds papers with both hands.
Milwaukee radio developed as a result of cooperation between educational institutions and commercial media. These public and private entities built the technology necessary for radio to flourish and developed the programming that spread across the airwaves. AM radio arrived in Milwaukee in the early 1920s, followed by FM radio in the early 1940s, and then… Read More

Railroad Stations

Author: Kim Tschudy
Grayscale elevated view of the first Milwaukee railroad depot and its surrounding area. The trains and railroad depot are in the background. Boats appear in the distant left. Buildings of different sizes are visible here and there around the depot area. A road stretches from left to right in the foreground.
Milwaukee’s first railroad, the Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad, formed in 1847. It became operational in 1850, when the first tracks were laid to Elm Grove, Wisconsin, and reached Waukesha in 1851. Their first station, located at Second Street and St. Paul Avenue, near the current Amtrak station, was a small, two-room, building of a utilitarian,… Read More

Railroads

Author: H. Roger Grant
Grayscale long shot of a railroad track crossing the intersection of Brown Deer Road and Highway 100. The track spans from the right background to the left foreground. A road stretches down at the image's center. A newsboy stands by the track while showing newspapers to a car traversing the street from the left towards the right.
As the Railway Age developed, Milwaukee enthusiastically welcomed the iron horse. Boosters recognized that participation in the emerging national network of railroads could provide local farmers and manufacturers access to wide markets and bring desirable goods and immigrants to the city, bolstering its economic growth. But the city failed to emerge as the railroad mecca… Read More

Recreational Dance

Author: Matthew J. Prigge
Two pairs of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students dance in casual clothes in an indoor event. Some people stand and sit next to the wall in the background.
The practice of dancing for amusement in Milwaukee dates back to the area’s pioneer days. By the 1840s, notices for formal dances appeared in local newspapers. These dances, promoted as “balls,” were held at hotels and often raised money for charitable purposes. Soon, a number of dance schools were operating in the city. These institutions… Read More

Recreational Fishing

Author: Joseph B. Walzer
Image of a stereograph features two identical images showing a kid and two men standing beside a line of caught fishes hung horizontally on a string. Written on the left and right side of the stereograph is "The Globe Stereographs Co Chicago." On the bottom is inscribed "26G- A Morning's Catch, Oconomowoc, Wis. Copyright, 1906, by The Globe Stereographs Co. "
Humans have fished Milwaukee area lakes and rivers for centuries. Natives, fur traders, and early settlers subsisted in part on the fish they caught in these waters. While the commercial fishing industry reduced the need for Milwaukeeans to fish for their survival by the 1860s, many residents continued the practice to maintain a connection to… Read More

Regal Ware Worldwide

Author: Jenna Jacobs
Grayscale elevated view of dozens of Regal Ware employees posing for this photograph inside the Kewaskum factory. People stand and sit on the floor and chairs appear here and there, filling the space. Many make eye contact with the camera lens. The steel ceiling structure is visible.
A privately owned producer of aluminum and stainless steel cookware, Regal Ware Worldwide is headquartered in Washington County. The company employs about 300 workers at its corporate and manufacturing facilities in Kewaskum and West Bend. In 2014, over half of Regal Ware’s sales of its American-made products were in foreign markets. Founded by James O.… Read More

Relief and Welfare

Author: Lois Quinn
Grayscale high-angle shot of four women working around a long table full of crochet rugs. The faces of three women are visible in this image. The women on the left and right are sitting, and the one in the middle is standing. The fourth woman's back is partially visible in the image's foreground. Other tables with people working on rugs appear in the background.
Throughout its history Milwaukee has seen shifting and complex interplays among local, state, and federal government policies regarding support provided to needy families through work relief and financial aid welfare payments. Three periods in the last century highlight competing theories about work relief and welfare support that operated in Milwaukee. In the Great Depression years… Read More

Republican Party

Author: John D. Buenker
Grayscale long shot of John Kleczka standing in suit and site on an elevated platform surrounded by wooden railings. Four men sit on benches set in the arena. Kleczka opens his arms while talking to audiene members in formal attire who stand in the image's foreground. The audience's rear bodies are visible. Several people stand with their backs to Kleczka, and their faces appear in this photo. Residential buildings and lush trees are in the far background.
The Milwaukee Republican Party (MRP) was founded during the tumultuous 1850s as the nation was careening headlong into the Civil War. In a bewildering sequence, the Great Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Kansas Civil War, and the Dred Scott decision cumulatively obliterated all federal control over the expansion of slavery. Restoring that authority was the… Read More

Rethinking Schools

Author: James K. Nelsen
Grayscale photograph of four people in an office full of books and documents. Jennifer Morales sits in the center foreground with her body facing to the right and eyes looking at the camera lens. She smiles in a blouse and a floral-patterned skirt while holding a document with both hands. Mike Trokan sits in a shirt and trousers behind Morales. His body faces to the left while making eye contact with the camera, and his hands hold a document. Behind him is Sharon Matthias standing and smiling in a t-shirt, looking at the camera, and carrying a paper. Barbara Miner stands behind Matthias and poses with a landline phone. A full bookshelf is in the background.
Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit, independent publisher of educational material, most known for its magazine, which is also named Rethinking Schools. It promotes anti-racist, multicultural education in elementary and secondary teaching and in educational policy making. It is a sharp critic of standardized testing and is a strong proponent of public education and social justice.… Read More

Rexnord Corporation

Author: Karalee Surface
Elevated shot of Zurn Industries building against the blue sky on a sunny day during winter. The three-story modern building features rows of glass windows and predominantly black-colored exterior walls. Next to the structure, in the image's foreground, is a parking lot filled with cars. A street stretches down on the left, with cars parking on both sides. Snow covers the road verges and the area in the background. Other buildings appear in the far background.
The Rexnord Corporation came about due to a merger in 1970 and over time has become a major supplier of power transmission machinery and water management systems. During the last four decades this company has undergone numerous ownership changes but has maintained its profitability by actively diversifying its product lines and cultivating a strong international… Read More

Richard Lorenz

Author: Sean O’Farrell
Sepia-colored group photo of the Milwaukee's panoramic painters sitting around a long table with bottles of beer on it. Richard Lorenz is seated farthest left behind the table. Some people stand a couple of feet behind the table.
Noted Milwaukee artist Richard Lorenz was born in 1858 in Voigtstedt, Germany. He began to study art at a young age as a student of prominent German artist Theodor Hagen. In 1886, shortly after winning the Carl Alexander prize, Lorenz was hired by William Wehner to work for Wehner’s American Panorama Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.… Read More

RiverWalk

Author: Katie Steffan
Long shot of the North Avenue dam on a sunny day. The water of the Milwaukee river flows through the dam. The center part of the dam sprays water into the air. Lush green trees grow on both sides of the riverbank. Grass appears on the land in the image's foreground. The North Avenue bridge is visible in the background. The city landscape with buildings and white towers is in the far background.
The RiverWalk is a pedestrian walkway along the MILWAUKEE RIVER in DOWNTOWN Milwaukee. SOCIALIST city planners first envisioned the RiverWalk in the early 20th century, and a segment was built outside the Gimbels Department Store in the late 1920s. In the 1980s, Mayor HENRY MAIER revived the idea and pushed for a connected system of… Read More

Riverwest

Author: Tom Tolan
Grayscale long shot of two horse-drawn carriages parading on an empty street. Each four-wheeled carriage was pulled by two horses and carried a driver. Tall trees grow on the road verges. A group of people stands on the left side of the street, watching the parade. Behind them are multi-story buildings side by side as far as the eye can see.
Riverwest is a neighborhood in the city of Milwaukee bounded by the Milwaukee River on the east and south, N. Holton Street on the west, and E. Capitol Drive on the north. The neighborhood’s first development was at dams on the river in the mid-1830s—one located just south of present-day Capitol Drive, the other south… Read More

Roads and Streets

Author: Carl Baehr
Men working on building the road at North 7th Street and West Wells in this 1913 photograph.
Generally, roads link distant places together, while streets provide access within a community. Before Europeans came to the Milwaukee area, Indian trails served as the way to travel from one place to another. They provided routes between what would later become cities and towns, like WAUKESHA to EAGLE or WEST BEND to PORT WASHINGTON. Many… Read More

Robert “Bob” Schilling

Author: Joseph B. Walzer
Grayscale headshot of Robert Schilling from the chest up in a notched lapel suit and tie.
Robert Schilling (1843-1922) was a significant labor leader and reformist politician in Milwaukee in the late nineteenth century. Born in Osterburg, Saxony, Schilling migrated with his family to St. Louis in 1846. He began work as a cooper at thirteen, and, fluent in both German and English, quickly became a prominent leader of the Coopers’… Read More

Robert George Uecker

Author: Diana Belscamper
Full shot of Bob Uecker in a Milwaukee Brewers jacket and cap walking to the left on the green baseball field. His left hand wears a baseball glove. He raises his right hand that holds the ball while pointing up with his forefinger. Photographers and videographers are visible in the far background.
Robert George “Bob” Uecker is best known as a Milwaukee Brewers’ radio broadcaster, but he also has gained fame as a national baseball commentator, actor, author, and commercial spokesman. Born in Milwaukee on January 26, 1935, Uecker grew up watching the minor league Milwaukee Brewers at Borchert Field and aspired to a professional baseball career.… Read More

Robin Yount

Author: Diana Belscamper
Sepia-colored headshot of Robin Yount from the chest up in a Milwaukee Brewers' jersey and hat. He smiles and makes eye contact with the camera lens.
Drafted at age eighteen, Robin Yount became an everyday starter for the Milwaukee Brewers in his first season and played his entire major league baseball career (1974-1993) with the Brewers. Yount led the team to the World Series in 1982 and earned two league MVP awards (shortstop, 1982; centerfield, 1989). Collecting more hits during the… Read More

Roller Derby

Author: Diana Belscamper
Five BrewCity Bruisers skaters and two players of Cincinnati Rollergirls Black Sheep compete on a flat track. The BrewCity Bruisers team is in predominantly gold and red-colored uniforms. Its rival is in white and black jerseys. Spectators sit in the far background.
Roller derby was a sports entertainment phenomenon in the 1950s, gained a new generation of fans via television in the 1970s, and underwent a twenty-first century resurgence with a feminist impulse. As part of this third wave of organized roller derby, the BrewCity Bruisers began holding “bouts” in 2006 at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex.… Read More

Roller Skating

Author: Michael Pulido
Grayscale long shot of three children roller skating down a Milwaukee street. The boy in the middle holds hands with the girls on his left and right. A car appears behind them. Other vehicles parked on the road are visible in the background. Residential places are on the street's left side. A multi-story building is on the street's right side. Tall trees can be seen in the background.
From 1900 through the 1940s, Milwaukee’s well-to-do often laced up their roller skates for an evening of “fashionable amusement” at the local skating rinks, most notably the Riverview and the Palomar. The former, overlooking the Milwaukee River on North Avenue, offered ladies’ instruction in both plain and fancy skating in the afternoon and hosted the… Read More

Roman Catholics

Author: Steven M. Avella
Elevated view of a congregation standing in pews in the Church of the Gesu. The altar is in the center background. The church's majestic interior features arched structures here and there, grand columns, and glowing chandeliers.
Roman Catholicism has been an important social and cultural force in the history of Milwaukee from the putative beginnings of white settlement in the area with Solomon Juneau. Juneau himself and his wife, Josette Vieau Juneau, were Catholics. Father Florimond Bonduel, an itinerant priest from Belgium, celebrated the Catholic Mass in their home. From this… Read More
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