The Lowell Damon house was constructed between 1844 and 1846. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, it is currently owned and operated as a museum by the Milwaukee County Historical Society. It is pictured here in 1935 prior to its restoration.
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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection. Link to Image Source URL
1862 photograph of Lt. Rufus King with fellow artillery officers taken in Antietam, Maryland. King, a Milwaukee newspaper editor and politician, would later rise to the rank of general.
Lucius Walker (left) speaks to Reverend B.S. Gregg and Father Patrick Flood at a conference held at St. Matthew's Church in 1967. Walker was a leader of the OOO and all three men were active in the Civil Rights Movement.
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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Reprinted with permission. Link to Image Source URL
The Korean Language and Culture School of Milwaukee has held a Lunar New Year celebration annually since 2003. Members of Milwaukee's Korean community, as well as families with children adopted from Korea, attend.
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Photograph courtesy of the Korean Language and Culture School of Milwaukee. Reprinted with permission.
This religious statue is located at the Luxembourg-American Cultural Center. Belgic Luxembourgers were among the area's first settlers, and the community continues to have close ties to its ethnic heritage.
The Bradley Foundation, a Milwaukee-based organization that funds national philanthropic endeavors, is headquartered in the historic Edward Diedrichs House located on N. Franklin Place.
Mabel Raimey attended Marquette University Law School starting in 1922 and was the first African American woman admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in 1927. This photograph was taken between 1950 and 1970.
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University. Reprinted with permission.
Roman Kwasniewski’s 1924 photograph of a gear twice as tall as a man reflects industrial Milwaukee’s special skill in metal fabrication.
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From the Archives Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Roman B. J. Kwasniewski Collection, 1886-1980. Photographs, 1907-1947. UWM Manuscript Collection 19, Box 52, 5x7 Glass Negative. Original ID: A7012-1; Digital Collection: Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992, Digital ID: kw000917
Balbir Singh opened Maharaja, a restaurant featuring traditional Indian cuisine, in 1997 on Milwaukee's East Side. It remains a successful and popular enterprise today.
In 2002, artist Gautam Pal's bronze statue of Mahatma Ghandi was unveiled outside the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The memorial was presented by the Wisconsin Coalition of Asian-Indian Organizations.
A view down Main Street in Slinger in 1910. The building foremost to the left was Schafer's Barber Shop, while the next building was the State Bank of Schleisingerville.
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From the State of Wisconsin Collection of the UW Digital Collections Library. Image ID WI.sling0184.bib. Photograph courtesy of the Slinger Community Library. Fair use for nonprofit educational purposes. Link to Image Source URL
Looking east down Main Street in the Racine County town of Waterford. Signs toward the cities of Milwaukee and Racine are visible on the right side of the photo.
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From the State of Wisconsin Collection of the UW Digital Collections Library. Image ID WI.wpl00722.bib. Photograph courtesy of Waterford Public Library's Local History Digital Collection. Fair use for nonprofit educational purposes. Link to Image Source URL
