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Grayscale full shot of four men posing outdoors with cars and two bucks they killed. The car faces to the left. A man stands near the car's bumper while holding a deer. Another dead buck is tied on the car's side. A man in boots stands beside the rear wheel while holding a rifle. The other men are in the car's driver seat and passenger seat. All of them make eye contact with the camera lens. Tall leafless trees appear in the far background.

Milwaukee Deer Hunters

Four men display the two bucks they killed while hunting in 1922.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Wildlife
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Animals, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Grayscale group photo of four men standing with their hunting weapons, flanking a dead deer with its head situated near the ground and feet facing up. Two men pose in the front with their rifles placed vertically on the ground. They hold their rifles' barrels that aim up with one hand while the other hand is gripping the deer's antlers. An exterior wall of a building appears in the background.

Milwaukee Deer Hunters

Four Milwaukee men display the deer they shot while hunting in November of 1913.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Outdoor Recreation
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Animals, Groups, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Front page of "Milwaukee Defender" newspaper dated July 11, 1957. The headline reads "Double Rites for J.A. Josey" in a bold and large-sized font. A photograph of Josey's funeral procession is displayed bellow the title.

Milwaukee Defender

The July 11, 1957 issue of the "Milwaukee Defender" announces the death of J. Anthony Josey.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society
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African-American Media
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
Long shot of Milwaukee Exposition building on a corner in sepia. The ornate building complex has several multi-story towers with pyramidal roofs.

Milwaukee Exposition Building

The Milwaukee Exposition Building, shown here around 1885, hosted events until it was destroyed in a fire in 1905.

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From Milwaukee Illustrated, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Milwaukee Exposition Building
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Buildings, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
A cover image that shows young people walking during the Milwaukee Fair Housing March from left to right. Some in shirts that read "Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council" make eye contact with the camera lens. A single-story house with a severely dilapidated roof is in the background. At the cover's top right corner is inscribed "Concern, October 15, 1967." At the bottom reads "Focus on Milwaukee (see page 4)" and "The Vietnam Election (see page 12)."

Milwaukee Fair Housing March

Civil rights demonstrations and marches for fair housing put Milwaukee on the national stage during the 1960s. This 1967 cover image is from a publication by the General Board of Christian Social Concerns of the Methodist Church.

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University Libraries. Reprinted with permission.
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Milwaukee in Popular Culture
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Book and Newspaper Clippings, Groups, People, Protests
Grayscale long shot of three male farmers working behind a mound on the left. Next to them is another man sitting on a horse-drawn wagon. Three horses stand in harnesses facing to the right.

Milwaukee Farmers

Men on a Milwaukee farm shovel silage into a horse-drawn cart with pitchforks in 1918.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Work
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Groups, Landscapes, People
Wide shot of a Milwaukee fireboat on a body of water in sepia, showing its side view. A group of people stands on the open deck. Inscribed on the boat's body is "Fire Dept." A chimney stands in the middle.

Milwaukee Fireboat

Milwaukee's first fireboat arrived in 1880. In this photograph, it is docked alongside the U.S. Life Saving Station on Jones Island.

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Milwaukee Fire Department
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Groups, Lakes, People
Group photo of Milwaukee Firefighters posing next to a fire engine. Two men kneel in the first row while holding fire axes. Three people in the back row stand. They all wear helmets and uniforms. A man on the farthest left of the second row poses in a casual jacket.

Milwaukee Firefighters

Milwaukee firefighters pose outside their firehouse on 26th Street and Scott Street.

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Photograph courtesy of Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2013. Reprinted with permission.
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Milwaukee Fire Department
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Groups, People
Sepia-colored photograph of fishermen with their catch. Two lines of men stand while flanking nets and catch positioned in the middle foreground. A row of men poses on a boat in the background.

Milwaukee Fishermen

After a hard day’s work, fishermen with their catch and nets (foreground) while others remain on the boat.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Commercial Fishing
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Groups, People
A painted vertical postcard illustrates the Milwaukee Gas Light Company building on a street corner. The stepped tower faces slightly to the left. An American flag stands atop the building. Cars of different colors are parked on the street around the tower. The sky is colored in orange which gradually turns blue.

Milwaukee Gas Light Company Building

Postcard of the Milwaukee Gas Light Company Building in 1933. Note that its famous gas flame has not been added yet.

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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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Wisconsin Gas Building
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Buildings
A line chart entitled "German-Language Newspaper and Periodicals Published in Milwaukee, 1845-1955." The Y-axis displays the numbers from zero to sixty. The X-axis shows the years from 1845 to 1955. A red-colored line in the chart symbolizes the number of German-language newspapers, which changed over 110 years. The highest amount, which is 50, appears in the year 1885.

Milwaukee German-Language Publications

Graph showcasing the number of German-language newspapers and periodicals published in Milwaukee from 1845-1955.

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German-American Newspapers and Periodicals, 1732-1955: History and Bibliography by Karl J. R. Arndt and May E. Olson (Heidelberg: Quelle & Meyer, 1961), 668-98.)
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German-Language Media
Sepia-colored medium shot of a group of people gathering around a table with weaving tools and rugs on it. Some appear to be hand-weaving; others watch the process.

Milwaukee Handicraft Project

Individuals learn to weave as part of the Works Progress Administration's Milwaukee Handicraft Project, which provided light manufacturing work for unskilled workers.

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From the Wisconsin Arts Projects of the WPA Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Great Depression
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Groups, People
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.

Milwaukee Handicraft Project

Four women work to make crochet rugs as part of the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. Begun in 1935, the project was designed to provide women with employment during the Great Depression.

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Wisconsin Arts Project of the WPA, 1935-1943. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Relief and Welfare
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Groups, People
A grayscale bird's eye view shows two sections of land separated by an inlet. The land closer to the background is the northern tip of Jones Island. The metropolitan sewerage treatment plant is under construction in the area. A billowing chimney stands at the image's left of center. On the right of the chimney is swampy land. Next to it, at the image's right, is a large water body. Open spaces dominate the land in the foreground. Some steel structures stand there. Many buildings appear on Jones Island in the far background.

Milwaukee Harbor in the Early 20th Century

The metropolitan sewerage treatment plant is under construction at the northern tip of Jones Island in this photograph. North of the inlet leading to the inner harbor is swampy land that eventually be filled in and transformed over time into the Summerfest Grounds.

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From the Milwaukee Waterways Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Port Milwaukee
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Cityscapes, Lakes
Small children play on a playground at the front yard of the Milwaukee Home for Dependent Children. A walkway stretches down the image's center with an end towards a building entrance in the distance. Some stand on the path. Some play on swingsets on the lawn on the left and right sides. Some play on seesaws on the right. On the other side, several children play on a metal maypole. A large group of people is seated on the right background.

Milwaukee Home for Dependent Children

Children run about on the playground at the Milwaukee Home for Dependent Children once located in Wauwatosa.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Milwaukee County Institutions
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Buildings, Government Facilities, Groups, People, Residential Facilities
Postcard of Milwaukee Hospital published in 1916. The hospital was founded by Lutheran pastor William Passavant and was first known as Passavant Hospital and then as the Lutheran Hospital.

Milwaukee Hospital

Postcard of Milwaukee Hospital published in 1916. The hospital was founded by Lutheran pastor William Passavant and was first known as Passavant Hospital and then as the Lutheran Hospital.

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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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Lutherans
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Buildings, Healthcare Facilities
Long shot of the front view of an interurban streetcar traversing a snowy Milwaukee neighborhood. A long track stretches down next to the streetcar. Someone shovels the snow on the sidewalk on the left. Houses appear on the left side of the street. Snow covers the cars parked on the right.

Milwaukee Interurban Line

An interurban streetcar traverses a snowy Milwaukee neighborhood in this twentieth century photograph.

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From the Robert W. Eichelberg Papers. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Interurban Transit
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Streetscapes, Transportation
Rear view of people walking towards ornate gates standing in the middle of a street. The word "willkommen" is inscribed on top of the gates. Lines of buildings on the left and right flank the entrances.

Milwaukee Jahrmarkt

Photograph featuring the gates to the Jahrmarkt, an annual street festival held at W. National Avenue and the current S. 5th Street, circa 1905.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Germans
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Festivals and Celebrations, Streetscapes
Elevated view of Milwaukee Journal newsroom full of people working at their desks. Typewriters and a bunch of papers are some of the typical stuff on the desks. A man in a vest and dress shirt in the foreground uses a typewriter with his left hand holding a cigarette.

Milwaukee Journal Newsroom

A room full of employees work at their desks on the fourth floor of the Milwaukee Journal building in 1943.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Groups, People
Grayscale photograph of the interior of Milwaukee Journal press room. A man works on a machine on the left. He stands on an aisle. Several brightly lit lamps are hung in a row above the aisle. Behind the man is a row of equipment. Steel structures and concrete walls are visible.

Milwaukee Journal Press Room

Workers running the presses at the Milwaukee Journal in this 1947 photograph.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Printing Industry
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
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