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Rufus King

Author: Bethany Harding
Grayscale medium shot of General Rufus King in a uniform sitting and facing slightly to right. This old photo is a bit cropped at the bottom left.
Prominent Milwaukee editor and political activist Rufus King was born in New York City on January 26, 1814. He was the son of Charles King, longtime editor of the New York American, and the grandson of another Rufus King who helped author the United States Constitution. King attended the preparatory academy at Columbia College before… Read More

Running

Author: Diana Belscamper
A large crowd of runners stand on a street in a ready position behind the starting line of the Briggs & Al's Run and Walk. A crowd of spectators stands along the sidewalk on the left. Tall green trees grow on the road verges and multi-story buildings are visible in the background.
Numerous annual races serve as fundraisers for local charities and organizations. One of the largest of these, Briggs & Al’s Run & Walk for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, has raised over $14 million since its first running in 1977. The Milwaukee County Zoo’s Samson Stomp & Romp was first run in 1981; its proceeds benefit… Read More

Russians

Author: Bill Reck
Russian Food & Gifts shop facade faces slightly to the left. The store has a display window in green colored-frame. Part of its entrance is visible. The red-colored store sign hangs on the exterior brick wall. An adjacent commercial place is visible.
Immigrants from the part of the world that was the Russian Empire until 1917, the Soviet Union until 1989, and the Russian Federation today, arrived in two waves, at two different bookends of the twentieth century. In 1910 some 15,000 people reported that they were born in “Russia” in the Milwaukee metro area. Of those,… Read More

S/V Denis Sullivan

Author: Katie Steffan
Wide shot of the S/V Denis Sullivan with its six white-colored open sails on a body of water. Some sailboats and a blue sky are visible in the background.
The Sailing Vessel Denis Sullivan is a replica three-masted Great Lakes schooner. In the 19th century, schooners were the most common means of transporting bulk commodities on the Great Lakes. In 1991, a group of Milwaukeeans began recreating a three-masted schooner. They formed the Wisconsin Lake Schooner Education Association (WLSEA), a non-profit foundation with the… Read More

Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology

Author: Patrick Russell
Bird's eye view of Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology campus surrounded by green landscape. The image's center shows the iconic round Sacred Heart Chapel that features a light blue-colored roof with a crown and a cross atop. Behind the chapel, from the image's center to the right, is a grand multi-story building whose shape resembles a semicircle. Trees grow in the background as far as the eye can see. Several cars are parked in front of the chapel. Expansive green lawns and trees embellish the front yard.
Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology (SHSST) is a Roman Catholic graduate institution located in Franklin, Wisconsin, that offers two degrees (Master of Divinity and Master of Arts) as well as an English as a Second Language program. Its primary purpose is the training of men for ordination to the priesthood, but it also… Read More

Salvation Army

Author: Jenna Jacobs
Two pages from the Salvation Army's 100th-anniversary booklet. Each has a black-colored background. The page on the left features a white text that reads "Today's Salvation Army is More Than...." and pictures of coins shown at different angles to simulate falling. The page on the right features white text that reads "...a drop in the bucket" and images of the same coins. This page also shows the Salvation Army logo and beneath this is inscribed "Serving Milwaukee 100 Years."
From its entry into Milwaukee in 1889, the Salvation Army has pursued its two-part mission to “preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.” Captain Samuel Neil, his wife, and four companions established Milwaukee’s first Salvation Army center on what is now North Plankinton Avenue. In 1893,… Read More

Sandlot Baseball

Author: Neal Pease
Ten men stand in a row in baseball uniforms that feature the word "Kosciuszko." Some wear jackets and baseball gloves. Behind them are a bunch of men in suits posing for this photograph.
From the turn of the twentieth century until the years immediately following World War II, grassroots baseball built around local teams and leagues was an important participatory and spectator sport in Milwaukee and in other major northeastern and midwestern cities. Operating below the level of full-fledged professionalism, the game played by these teams was commonly… Read More

Saukville

Author: Katie Steffan
Exterior view of the Payne Hotel showing the two sides of the two-and-a-half-story building. The side on the left features a set of identical rectangular windows. The side on the right has a balcony and porch with doors, windows, and balustrades. Two chimneys are atop the gable roof. The blue sky is above. Some green trees flank the hotel.
The Saukville area is about 25 miles north of Milwaukee in Ozaukee County. The Saukville area was initially part of the Township of Washington, which is today’s PORT WASHINGTON. Established in 1848, the Township of Saukville contained what became municipalities of the Village of Saukville and the Town of Saukville. The original inhabitants of the… Read More

Schlitz Brewing Company

Author: Joseph B. Walzer
A painted postcard showcases an aerial view of the Schlitz Brewing Company plant and the surrounding area. All buildings face slightly to the left. The factory's chimneys billow black smoke to the right. Horse-drawn carriages and other vehicles traverse the streets around the area in the foreground.
The Schlitz Brewing Company (1849-1982) was one of Milwaukee’s industrial brewing giants. Marketed as “the beer that made Milwaukee famous,” Schlitz was an important innovator in the national brewing industry and the largest brewery in the United States for a significant part of the twentieth century. The Schlitz Brewing Company originated in August Krug’s pioneer… Read More

Scots

Author: Brian Mueller
Full shot of Billy Mitchell Scottish Pipe Band in Scottish clothes performing on an open stage. Some that are visible in this image play the bagpipes. They perform in white-colored long-sleeve shirts, red plaid kilts and socks, and black hats. A small group of people appears in the far right background.
The first Scots came to Milwaukee in the 1810s as fur traders. James Murray arrived in 1835 and became the first permanent Scottish settler in the city. A renaissance man of sorts, Murray was a painter, glazier, and real estate broker. As a Presbyterian, he played a role in founding the First Presbyterian Church in… Read More

Scouting

Author: Michael Gonzales
Side view of ten female scouts standing side by side in an open space in grayscale. Most of them are in skirts and short-sleeved shirts. One person, who is in a different dress, stands in the middle. Some people and trees are visible in the background.
Scouting has played an important role in the lives of young people in the Milwaukee area since the national movement began in the early twentieth century. Viewing scouting as a vehicle to teach skills and instill values, a variety of local organizations, including schools, churches, synagogues, civic groups, and firehouses have sponsored scout “troops.” Most… Read More

Second-Wave Feminism

Author: Abigail Bernhardt
Wide shot of Cheryl Keenan smiling while holding a shirt that reads "A woman's place is in the (White) House...and the Senate" in an outdoor space. A group of people appears in the background. Some sit and stand under the shade of trees.
The Oxford Living Dictionaries: English defines “feminism” as the “advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes” and dates the English usage of the term to the late nineteenth century. As the “woman movement” achieved its goal of suffrage for women in the early twentieth century, women’s activists began to… Read More

Serbians

Author: Bill Reck
Long shot of the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Cathedral building facing slightly to the left in daylight against the clear blue sky. The image shows two sides of the structure with the facade on the left. The facade features a triple-arched entrance portico and arched windows. The stone building has several copper-clad domes with a cross atop each.
Milwaukee’s Serb population dates to the late nineteenth century, when Serbs seeking industrial employment immigrated to Milwaukee and other cities along Lake Michigan’s waterfront, including Racine, Kenosha, and Chicago. This early Serb population arrived in Milwaukee as part of a larger movement of peoples from the Austro-Hungarian controlled areas of the Balkans, such as Slavonia,… Read More

Settlements

Author: Angela Fritz
A grayscale image of the facade of the Abraham Lincoln House. The two-story brick building features an entrance and arched windows on the ground level, and rectangular windows on the upper level. Text beneath the image reads "Abraham Lincoln House."
The first American settlement house was established in New York City in 1886. In contrast to existing charitable organizations that dispensed material aid and advice to the needy, in settlement houses reformers lived in the neighborhoods they served with cultural programming and community amenities. College-educated men and women joined the settlement house movement around the… Read More

Seventh-day Adventists

Author: Jenna Jacobs
Long shot of Central Seventh-day Adventist Church against the blue sky. Green lawns surround the multiple-story building. Some trees grow in the yard. Visible in the background are several buildings in the neighborhood.
In 2010, over 2,800 Seventh-day Adventists worshipped in the greater Milwaukee area. Known for keeping the Saturday Sabbath, the Adventist faithful meet in thirteen minister-led churches and lay companies in the metropolitan area. Among these congregations, Central Seventh-day Adventist, in Milwaukee’s North Point neighborhood, is notable for its location in an Alexander Eschweiler-designed mansion. Milwaukee… Read More

Sewers

Author: Kathleen Foss
Grayscale long shot of a group of men posing inside a tunnel. Five men in coats and hats stand in the front row. Four men behind them pose inside the edge of a smaller tunnel. Another smaller tunnel appears on the image's right side.
Sewage is a variable liquid comprising material from a variety of sources, including, but not limited to: human waste; industrial waste; runoff from household and manufacturing processes; animal waste and road runoff; and rainwater. Sewage that requires processing through chemical and biological means to eliminate toxins and germs is considered “sanitary sewage”; that consisting of… Read More

Sex

Author: Margo Anderson
The cover page of the Sporting and Club House Guide to Milwaukee. It showcases the publication's title and summary at the top center. Its price, publisher's name, and year of publication are at the bottom center.
Sex is such a basic human activity that, like eating or sleeping or working, it is difficult to initially see what a general historical treatment of the subject might be, much less what a particular Milwaukee perspective might be. Relatedly, any analysis of sexual activity also quickly becomes enmeshed with a discussion of how other… Read More

Sexual Health

Author: Matthew J. Prigge
Blurry image of a public notice titled "Commissioner of Health" is written on a white background. The center of the image mentions the Milwaukee Health Department address and its service hours. The bottom of the notice is inscribed, "Avoid all Advertising Specialists and Patent Medicines"
The World Health Organization defines sexual health as “a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality” and emphasizes “it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity.” In the context of Milwaukee’s history, the main focus of policies and practices surrounding sexual health, however, concerns the prevention and… Read More

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

Author: Justin Smith
Long shot of a portion of Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts facade. It features three doors, a portico, and a gable roof. The place's name sign is attached above the doors. The front walkway to the entrance is visible. Two green trees and short plants grow around the walkway. The blue sky is above.
The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts was born in early 1994 when a five-person committee conducted a survey of approximately fifty performing arts groups to assess the needs of the community for an arts-oriented facility in Brookfield. Named after Sharon Wilson, an avid supporter of the arts who died of breast cancer in… Read More

Sheboygan County

Author: William F. Wangemann
The 1885 bird's eye view map of Sheboygan depicts the city connected by the Sheboygan River and bordering Lake Michigan. The map illustrates the area's public facilities, industrial places, and businesses. The map title is written on the center bottom, and the map legend is on the bottom left and right.
Just fifty-five miles north of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County on Lake Michigan’s western shoreline lie the city (population 49,288 in 2010) and county of Sheboygan (population 115,507 in 2010). The area that was to become Sheboygan County was once covered by a vast forest. Native American tribes such as the Menominees, Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Sacs, Foxes,… Read More
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