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Grayscale medium shot of Liberace smiling in sequined clothes making eye contact with the camera lens. His hands, adorned with two rings and a bracelet, hold the lapel of his sequined suit. Like the suit, the bowtie and vest appear to sparkle.

Liberace

Liberace poses for a photograph in 1968.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Allan Warren. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Liberace
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Individuals, People
A grayscale wide shot of the Lincoln Avenue Bridge over the Kinnickinnic River connecting the two banks.

Lincoln Avenue Bridge

This 1924 photograph shows the Lincoln Avenue Bridge over the Kinnickinnic River.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Bridges
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Rivers, Transportation
Sepia-colored long shot of Lincoln Home Bakery facade by the street. The two-and-a-half-story building features entrances and display windows on the ground floor. The bakery's name is inscribed on top of the windows that showcase a variety of cakes. Parked outside is a vehicle with the shop's name and address painted on it.

Lincoln Home Bakery

Pictured here in 1936, the Lincoln Home Bakery is an example of one of the many small bakeries once found around Milwaukee.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Food Processing
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
A painted postcard illustrates the long Lincoln Memorial Drive stretching down in the picture. Green landscape with lawns and trees appear on both sides of the road as long as the eye can see. Lake Michigan is drawn in the left background. A yellow car traverses the street in the front. Several vehicles in different colors are in the far back. Above is the blue sky. Text at the top of the postcard reads "Lake Michigan, along Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee, Wis."

Lincoln Memorial Drive

Lincoln Memorial Drive provides a scenic drive along Lake Michigan, as illustrated on this postcard published between 1930 and 1945.

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Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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North Point
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Streetscapes
Wide shot of Lincoln State Bank's lobby in grayscale. A statue is set on the wall at the background top center, under a skylight. Below the sculpture is a closed entrance surmounted by two bank counters. Flower bouquets adorn the top of the counter's wall and decorate the main entrance.

Lincoln State Bank

Photograph of the lobby of the Lincoln State Bank upon its grand opening in 1920.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Banking Industry
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Grayscale wide shot of Lion Department store facade. The two-story rectangular building features display windows on its ground floor that showcase products such as clothes worn by mannequins. On the top center of the facade is inscribed "Goldmann." Below is the main entrance with the "Lion Store" signage atop.

Lion Store

An exterior shot of the Lion Department store, once located on Mitchell Street in the heart of Milwaukee's Polish community. The store burned down in 1919, but it was rebuilt on the same site and is now home to the Mitchell Street branch of the Milwaukee Public Library.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Department Stores
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Elevated view of Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve's bluff that borders Lake Michigan. The green landscape spans the left, and the lake in light blue color appears on the right as long as the eye can see. The blue sky is above. Green grasses line the image's foreground.

Lion's Den Gorge

The Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve along Lake Michigan provides Ozaukee County residents with acres of natural space for hiking and other outdoor activities.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Aaron Volkening. CC BY-2.0.
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Ozaukee County
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Lakes, Landscapes
Panoramic view of a bluff in Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve set adjacent to the blue-colored Lake Michigan. A faraway view of Port Washington and the blue sky are visible in the background. A narrow beach or dirt path arcs between the bluff and the water's edge.

Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve

This photo captures a view of Lake Michigan, looking towards Port Washington, from the Lion's Den Gorge Nature Preserve in Grafton.

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Town of Grafton
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Lakes, Landscapes
Long shot of an ancient mound in Lizard Mound County Park. The mound is situated in a green landscape with grass and trees here and there.

Lizard Mound County Park Near West Bend

This 2018 photograph shows an ancient mound in Lizard Mound County Park.

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Effigy Mounds
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Landscapes
Headshot of Lizzie Black Kander in sepia. She smiles in a large hat while making eye contact with the camera lens. This image shows only Kander's figure with transparent background.

Lizzie Black Kander

Studio portrait of Lizzie Black Kander, forerunner of the settlement movement in Milwaukee and author of the wildly successful "The Settlement Cook Book."

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-38113. Reprinted with permission.
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Photograph of Lloyd Barbee walking past a meeting table full of people sitting in formal attire with papers on the conference table in front of them. Near the top right of this grayscale image is a man working on a professional video camera that seems to be used to record the meeting. Barbee turns his back on these people while holding what looks like a large cardboard. He wears a dark suit and tie and round glasses.

Lloyd Barbee Leaves MPS Board Meeting

Lloyd Barbee walks out of this meeting of the Milwaukee Public School Board in 1964 after Chairman Harold W. Story refused to allow education representatives of civil rights groups, like Barbee, to participate.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-5763. Reprinted with permission.
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Lloyd Augustus Barbee
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Groups, People
Grayscale image of a man standing on the right on the bed of a pickup truck full of corn while carrying a shovel. The truck's side is visible. An elevator leans on the truck towards a wooden corn storage crib on the left. A young boy stands next to the storage crib. Lush trees are visible in the background.

Loading a Corn Elevator

Agriculture remains a key aspect of the economy in Walworth County. In this photograph from the mid-twentieth century, a man loads corn into an elevator.

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From the Edna Schaus Sorensen and Clarence W. Sorensen Collection. American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Walworth County
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People
Side view of two horse-drawn vehicles carrying boxes containing Master Lock padlocks. A group of people load the packages onto a train with a large banner hanging on its side. Signs proclaim this "the largest single shipment of padlocks ever made." Inscribed on the wagons' bodies is "Master Lock Co." Four people standing on the wagons make direct eye contact with the camera lens.

Loading Master Locks

Master Lock padlocks are being loaded onto a train in the twentieth century.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
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Master Lock Company, LLC
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People, Transportation
High angle wide shot of trucks and horse-drawn vehicles lining next to the Chicago and North Western rail depot in the background. Some people stand on the vehicles as they load goods onto the train. Some stand on the ground. A truck with its rear access flap open passes from right to left foreground.

Loading Train Cars with Goods

With the Chicago and North Western rail depot in the background, men from a variety of local companies, including the predecessor to Roundy's, load their products onto a train in 1934.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Chicago & North Western Railway
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Transportation
Sepia-colored full shot of a group of people in warm clothes walking to the left. Some carry protest signs that read "On Strike, Local 248 Amalgamated Meat Cutters AFL-CIO." Parked cars appear in the background. The bottom part of a freeway is visible in the far distance.

Local 248 Meat Cutter Strike

With the backing of the Milwaukee Labor Council, the Milwaukee 248 Meat Cutters Union went on strike against eight different meatpacking companies in 1975.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Milwaukee Area Labor Council
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Groups, People, Protests
Some people pick various packaged foods that are stacked in an outdoor space. Boxes filled with oranges are piled on concrete ground in the foreground. Black-colored chainlink fences separate the area from the sidewalk where a group of people stands in a long line. A residential neighborhood is visible in the background.

Longfellow School Community Involvement

Together with Second Harvest, Longfellow School assists community families by hosting a food drive.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Clarke Square
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Groups, Organizations, People
Painted postcard illustrating a portion of Grand Avenue from 11th Street. Two streetcars come towards the foreground on a "U-shaped" road. An expansive green landscape in the middle separates two sides of the road. Lush big trees grow on both sides of the street. A church's tower is visible in the far right background.

Look East Down Grand Avenue

The west end of Grand Avenue was considered to be more rural than the east end. This 1914 postcard of Grand Avenue from 11th Street features large trees and more extensive green space.

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Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Grand Avenue
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Streetscapes
Wide shot of Grand Avenue in the distance. A bridge appears on the foreground stretching toward the Milwaukee River's west bank in the background. The water body is visible prominently on the right. Vehicles and pedestrians crowd the Grand Avenue and the bridge. Rows of buildings fill the streetside. One facing the river has a sign that reads "Japanese Tea Co. Fancy Goods." Above it is a billboard for Callahan's Billiard Hall.

Look Up Grand Avenue

This 1885 view from the east bank of the Milwaukee River features a bustling Grand Avenue.

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From Milwaukee Illustrated, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Grand Avenue
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Rivers, Streetscapes
Image of a long alley with bumpy paving slabs. Houses along with power poles appear on the left and right sides of the road. A light-colored car is parked by the left edge of the alley, and a darker-colored one is placed on the opposite side.

Looking Down an Alley

This April 1936 photograph shows the unpaved alley at 730 West Winnebago Street.

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From the Library of Congress Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.
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Alleys
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Buildings, Residential Facilities, Streetscapes
A grayscale photograph of Atkinson Avenue showcases the old streetcar rail lines that have been paved over. The streetcar's overhead wires are visible. Dwellings and utility poles appear on either side of the avenue. Some cars are visible in the background.

Looking Down Atkinson Avenue

A view of Atkinson Avenue in 1953. The old streetcar rail lines have recently been paved over, but the overhead wires are still visible.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Transportation Policy
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Streetscapes
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