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Elevated view of a room full of women working at desks at the Milwaukee Journal in sepia. One desk is used by two people who sit opposite each other. Each of them wears a headphone.

Milwaukee Journal Steno Pool

A room full of women work at desks at the Milwaukee Journal. Each woman is wearing a headset, suggesting that this is the steno pool.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Groups, People
Sepia-colored photograph of two rows of employees working at intertype machines facing away from each other. Their chairs leave a narrow way in the middle where people can walk through.

Milwaukee Journal Typesetters

Two rows of employees work at Intertype machines. Most of the employees are men, but there is one woman on the right, near the back.

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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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A grayscale group photo of kindergarten students poses in three rows. The children in the first two rows are seated while the third one is standing against an exterior wall made of brick. An adult in dress stands in the last row on the right.

Milwaukee Kindergarten Students

Kindergarten class at Henry Clay School, located in Whitefish Bay, in 1952.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Kindergarten Education
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Groups, People
Elevated view of Pastor Lauma Zusevics on the Milwaukee Latvian Church's altar facing the camera lens and congregation members in the seating area. The ceiling light mainly illuminates the altar. People's backs fill the foreground.

Milwaukee Latvian Church Interior

The Milwaukee Latvian Ev. Lutheran Holy Trinity congregation is led by Pastor Lauma Zusevics, who also serves as the archbishop of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad.

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Photograph courtesy of the Milwaukee Latvian Ev. Lutheran Holy Trinity Church. Reprinted with permission.
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Latvians
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Buildings, Groups, People, Religious Facilities
Facade of the Milwaukee Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity Church, set between green trees. Cream bricks compose its exterior walls. The building features a door on the corner left and an entrance tower on the corner right. Each connects with a front staircase. Four rectangular windows are placed in between. A rose window adorns the facade peak.

Milwaukee Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity Church

The Milwaukee Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity Church, located in Wauwatosa, is housed in a church originally built in 1888 for the First Baptist Church of Wauwatosa.

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Photograph courtesy of the Milwaukee Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity Church. Reprinted with permission.
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Latvians
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Long shot of a group of people standing outside the Milwaukee Leader facade in sepia. Most of them pose in formal attire, flanking the company's delivery truck covered with messages promoting the Socialist Party. The image shows the office's ground and second floor.

Milwaukee Leader

Men stand outside the office for the Milwaukee Leader in 1932. The paper's delivery truck is covered with messages promoting the Socialist Party.

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From the Remember When Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Courtesy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Reprinted with permission.
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Milwaukee Leader
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Grayscale long shot of Milwaukee Light, Heat, and Traction Company building. The facade faces to the left. The building's elongated side is showcased in this image. Regularly spaced arched structures are set along the side's exterior. Two utility poles appear next to the building.

Milwaukee Light, Heat, & Traction Company

The newly completed Milwaukee Light, Heat, and Traction Company building, once located on W. Lapham Street, is pictured here in 1904.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record Collection.
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City of West Allis
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Buildings
A drawing illustrates the frontage of the Milwaukee Mechanics Mutual Insurance Company building. Some people and horse-drawn vehicles pass in front of it. The top left of the image is inscribed "13th of March, 1865." The center bottom reads "442 & 444 Market Square."

Milwaukee Mechanics Mutual Insurance Company

Illustration of the Milwaukee Mechanics Mutual Insurance Company building once located on Water Street.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Insurance
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
Sepia-colored long shot of twin Ferris Wheels standing side by side on open ground at the image's left and center. Passengers fill the attraction. A crowd of people gathers below; some stand in a queue towards the Ferris Wheels on the right.

Milwaukee Midsummer Festival

1941 photograph of crowds lined up around the twin Ferris Wheels at Milwaukee's Midsummer Festival.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Milwaukee Midsummer Festival
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People
Grayscale long shot of Milwaukee Mile grandstand from left to the right foreground. Some horses stand by on a horse racing track stretching from the left back to the image's center, turning to the left foreground.

Milwaukee Mile Grandstand

Though known as the world's oldest continually operated motor speedway, the Milwaukee Mile first began its tenure as a horse racing track, as depicted on this postcard.

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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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Milwaukee Mile
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Groups, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
A sketch of a high-angle view of Milwaukee's milling district. Sailing boats pass through a water body stretching in the center. A bridge in the center connects two portions of land. Several chimneys release smokes in the background, which features Milwaukee's landscape. The roof of a building and stacks of planks appear in the foreground.

Milwaukee Milling District

This 1892 illustration depicts Milwaukee's milling district as it was seen from the Pleasant Street Bridge.

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From "Milwaukee's Great Industries: A Compilation of Facts Concerning Milwaukee's Commercial and Manufacturing Enterprises, Its Trade and Commerce, and the Advantages it Offers to Manufacturers Seeking Desirable Locations for New or Established Industries." Accessed via HathiTrust.
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Industrial Landscapes
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Buildings, Cityscapes, Manufacturing Facilities, Rivers
Headshots of five founders of the Milwaukee Musical Society are arranged on a grayscale collage. In the middle is inscribed the year "1850." Note the image of General Rufus King, future Milwaukee mayor, on the upper left.

Milwaukee Musical Society Founders

The five men pictured in this illustration are listed as the founders of the Milwaukee Musical Society. Note the image of General Rufus King, future Milwaukee mayor, on the upper left.

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From "Der Musikverein von Milwaukee, 1850-1900." Accessed via the Internet Archive.
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Milwaukee Musical Society
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Book and Newspaper Clippings, Groups, Organizations, People
A black-and-white poster reads "Oratorio of the Creation, by Haydn, to be performed by the Milwaukee Musical Society." The concert schedule and the conductor's name are written beneath.

Milwaukee Musical Society Performance Posters

This poster from 1851 advertises an upcoming Milwaukee Musical Society performance.

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From "Der Musikverein von Milwaukee, 1850-1900." Accessed via the Internet Archive.
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Milwaukee Musical Society
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Book and Newspaper Clippings, Organizations
Three rows of the men's chorus of the Milwaukee Musikverein pose in a sepia-colored photo. Men in the two front rows sit, and the last row stands, all in their suits and ties. Most of them hold a brass instrument. A man sitting in the middle front carries a baton.

Milwaukee Musikverein

August 1914 photograph of the men's chorus of the Milwaukee Musikverein at a song festival in Elkhart Lake. With the outbreak of World War I in August of 1914, the German-American community would soon face discrimination and be forced to prove their loyalty once the U.S. entered the war in April 1917.

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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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Groups, Organizations, People
A map displays Milwaukee divided into different neighborhoods area marked by various colors. The city's street names are listed around the map. The map's top right corner reads "Milwaukee Neighborhoods, December 1992."

Milwaukee Neighborhoods in 1992

This bright and colorful map from 1992 breaks up the City of Milwaukee into its many neighborhoods.

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From the American Geographical Society Library Milwaukee Municipal Research Library Collection. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Neighborhoods
A newspaper clipping showcases a frame containing a simple map with the Nike rocket symbols scattered in eight spots in different regions in Milwaukee and surrounding areas. A caption is written on the bottom of the clipping, outside the frame.

Milwaukee Nike Rocket Installations

A newspaper clipping showing Milwauke air defenses during the early stages of the Cold War.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society MKE MEMOIRS blog.
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Nike Anti-Aircraft Missiles
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
Sepia-colored group photo of German panorama artists posing on scaffolding with the Atlanta Cyclorama as the background. They pose in different styles. Some stand, lean on, or hold the wooden planks which are one of the main elements of the scaffolding. Some others sit on the platform's stairs. The cyclorama shows a war scene.

Milwaukee Panorama Artists

With the Atlanta Cyclorama behind them, a group of German panorama artists stand on scaffolding in their Milwaukee studio in 1886.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-26071. Reprinted with permission.
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Panorama Painting
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Groups, People
Grayscale panoramic view of officers of the Milwaukee Police Department's motorcycle squad posing in a long row. Each is in uniform, standing next to their respective motorbike. A portion of a building's exterior wall is visible in the background.

Milwaukee Police Department Motorcycle Squad

Officers of the Milwaukee Police Department's motorcycle squad pose for a photograph around 1921.

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From "The National Police Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2." Accessed via Google Books.
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Milwaukee Police Department
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Groups, Organizations, People
Interior of one of the Milwaukee Press Club meeting rooms in grayscale. The abandoned-looking room has several empty chairs surrounding a square table, standing next to a fireplace in the center background. Above is a ceiling lamp. A psychiatrist's couch sits next to the left wall.

Milwaukee Press Club Meeting Room

In its earliest years of existence, the Milwaukee Press Club established its home in rooms on the third floor of Adam Roth's Quiet House saloon, on the corner of E. Mason and N. Broadway Streets. One of the several rooms is depicted here around 1895.

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From the "Milwaukee Press Club Book." Accessed via the Internet Archive.
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Milwaukee Press Club
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Organizations
Wide shot of a group of people walking side by side in the middle of the street at the Milwaukee Pride Parade. Each person in the front row holds a sign in the shape of a letter that together make the word "family." Other people walk behind them. A large group of crowd is visible in the background. Rainbow-colored ornaments and clothes appear here and there.

Milwaukee Pride Parade Celebrates Families

Participants celebrate LGBTQ families at the Milwaukee Pride Parade in 2017.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Wayne. CC 2.0.
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Family
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People
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