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Long shot of a stage showing a composition of multicolor lights glowing in the dark. Neon lights in the top center form four flags and the number "2018." Beneath this is another neon light displaying the words "PrideFest" on the upper and "Milwaukee" on the bottom. Microphone stands and a drum set are slightly visible on the stage.

Milwaukee PrideFest

Since 1988, Milwaukee's annual PrideFest has become an ever-growing staple to the city's festival scene. This neon display is from the 2018 celebration.

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From Flickr. Photograph by John Begalke. CC BY 2.0.
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PrideFest
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Festivals and Celebrations, Murals, Signs, and Statues
Long shot of the grand Milwaukee Public Library against a clear blue sky. The facade faces right. The dome structure atop the flat roof soars in the distance. Sun rays hit the building's exterior and its surrounding area.

Milwaukee Public Library

Photograph featuring the Milwaukee Public Library Central Library on Wisconsin Avenue.

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From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Milwaukee Public Library
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Buildings
Grayscale long shot of Milwaukee Public Library. The three-story structure stands on a corner. The facade faces right. A dome structure is raised in the center of the facade rooftop. An empty roadway is visible in the foreground.

Milwaukee Public Library

Photograph featuring the Milwaukee Public Library, circa 1933.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
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Milwaukee Public Library
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A portion of the Milwaukee Public Library interior showcases staircases from the ground level to the second and third floors. Each stair and floor are enclosed by balustrades and supported by sturdy columns.

Milwaukee Public Library Interior

Photograph featuring a staircase and columns inside the Milwaukee Public Library, now the Central Branch, circa 1933.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey Collection.
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Milwaukee Public Library
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Buildings
Wide shot of Milwaukee Public Market interior. A group of people sits at a bar on the left. Some others appear in the background looking at the products being sold on the right. Bunches of flowers are placed on display tables on the right foreground.

Milwaukee Public Market

Interior view of a shop and food venue at the Milwaukee Public Market, located in the Historic Third Ward.

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From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Food
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Milwaukee Public Museum building sits by a busy street with cars traversing. The museum's name is inscribed on the upper part of its exterior wall. Beneath it is the iconic Woodland Indian and Whistling Swans sculpture.

Milwaukee Public Museum

Exterior view of the current Milwaukee Public Museum, which opened downtown in 1963.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph byWikimedia username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Milwaukee Public Museum
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Buildings, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Grayscale image of rail yards filled with rows of rail vehicles stretching from the right background to the foreground. Both boxcars and open gondolas are visible. Milwaukee city landscape is visible in the background.

Milwaukee Rail Yards

This 1941 photograph shows rail yards in Milwaukee.

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From the Library of Congress Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.
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Railroads
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Cityscapes, Transportation
Exterior view of the former Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company building. Two adjacent structures facing slightly to the left compose the facade. The first building on the left feature a mix of arched and rectangular windows. The second building on the right features an arched entranceway supported by sturdy columns. Sun rays hits most of the facade.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater

The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's current home is located in a former Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company building on E. Wells Street.

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From Flickr. Photograph by username ensign_beedrill. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater
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Buildings, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
A painted postcard illustrates natural woodlands in Milwaukee flanking the Milwaukee River. A boat floats on the river in the distance. The sky appears above the horizon line. Text at the top right corner of the postcard reads "558, Milwaukee River, Milwaukee."

Milwaukee River

By the early twentieth century, nearly all of the natural woodlands in Milwaukee, as seen here flanking the Milwaukee River, were gone.

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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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Natural History
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Landscapes
Long shot of the North Avenue dam on a sunny day. The water of the Milwaukee river flows through the dam. The center part of the dam sprays water into the air. Lush green trees grow on both sides of the riverbank. Grass appears on the land in the image's foreground. The North Avenue bridge is visible in the background. The city landscape with buildings and white towers is in the far background.

Milwaukee River Dam

The North Avenue Dam, in place since 1891, was partially removed in 1994 and fully removed in 1997 to help improve the river’s water quality. A pedestrian bridge is now in place near the former dam site, which connects the two sides of the RiverWalk.

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From the Harold Mayer Collection, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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RiverWalk
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Cityscapes, Rivers
Milwaukee River Downtown

Milwaukee River Downtown

Automobiles and boats traverse Milwaukee’s downtown by the Michigan Avenue Bridge in this 1974 photograph by Harold Mayer.

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From the American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Harold Mayer Collection, Color Slide. Original ID: 8b, 21-265; Digital Collection: Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 18885-1992, Digital ID: me000372.
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City Hall , Yankee-Yorkers , Serbians , Radio , Polish-Language Media , Leather Industry
Grayscale aerial view of a portion of Milwaukee showing massive flood ing throughout the land area captured by a photographer. Many dwellings along the image's right side are surrounded by the flood waters. Several houses are visible in the far left background. Trees appear here and there, some of their parts submerged underwater. A movement that appears to be wave on a beach is visible on the farthest right.

Milwaukee River Flooding

This undated aerial photograph showcases extensive flooding along the Milwaukee River. A number of homes are completely surrounded by water.

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From the Milwaukee Waterways Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Natural Disasters
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Rivers
Potholes were a chronic problem on Milwaukee's roads and streets, as seen at the intersection of North 5th and Clybourn Street in 1925.

Milwaukee Road Conditions

Potholes were a chronic problem on Milwaukee's roads and streets, as seen at the intersection of North 5th and Clybourn Street in 1925.

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From the Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992 Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Roads and Streets
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Streetscapes
Elevated view of an under-constructed roadbed on East Juneau Avenue in sepia. Men work on the road in the image's foreground and background. A truck is visible in the far back. Multi-story buildings are on the street's right side. Residential buildings are on the street's left side.

Milwaukee Road Construction

The roadbed on East Juneau Avenue under construction in the 1920s.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Roads and Streets
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Streetscapes
A vintage postcard featuring the facade of the Milwaukee Road station against the sky. The large building, which features a clock tower, is built on a corner of a street. Some horse-drawn vehicles are parked in front of the station. Across the building is a park with green grass and trees. In the upper left corner, red text identifying the depot is printed in English and German.

Milwaukee Road Depot

This 1910 postcard showcases the large Milwaukee Road station once located on W. Everett Street. It was designed by prominent architect E. Townsend Mix and first opened in 1886.

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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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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway
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Transportation
Grayscale long shot of the sheetmetal shop's interior with machinery equipment sitting on the floor. The steel structure of the building lines up on the ceiling from the far left background to the center front along with multiple brick arched openings on the wall.

Milwaukee Road Sheetmetal Shop

This 1983 photograph provides a look inside the railway's sheet metal shop located on W. Canal Street. Before it was the sheet metal shop, this structure housed the car paint and repair shop.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-25035. Reprinted with permission.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities, Transportation
Sepia-colored panoramic view of the West Milwaukee Shops. Appearing from afar are some moving trains with multiple cars. Behind them are the shops' building complex and its towering chimneys.

Milwaukee Road Shops

The West Milwaukee Shops of the railroad were mainstays of the Menomonee Valley for decades. They are pictured here around 1885.

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From the Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992 Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway
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Transportation
Facade of the Milwaukee School of Engineering Grohmann Museum by the street. The building features a corner entrance with the red Milwaukee School of Engineering flag atop the roof. Brick walls compose the multi-story structure that flank the glass entryway. Several statues of farm and industrial workers stand on the roofline.

Milwaukee School of Engineering Grohmann Museum

MSOE’s Grohmann Museum, fittingly, celebrates the evolution of work, both inside with its art collection and outside along the edge of its roofline.

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From the Library of Congress Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
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Milwaukee School of Engineering
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Buildings, Educational Facilities, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Grayscale full shot of a man standing on the right while grinding a large round-shaped and jagged steel part on the image's left. Fire sparks fly off toward the right foreground. The interior of the Pelton Steel Casting Company is visible. Other types of equipment and workers are seen in the background.

Milwaukee Steel Worker

Photograph of a man grinding a large steel part at Pelton Steel Casting Company in 1956.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Work
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Buildings, Individuals, Manufacturing Facilities, People
Map from a newspaper with the header "Surbey of Milwaukee's Phenomenoal Suburban Expansion Illustrated in Map Form." The map is oriented with West at the top and North to the right, and the lake at the bottom of the page. Nested arcs illustrate the city's pattern of suburban growth over time.

Milwaukee Suburban Expansion

This Milwaukee suburban development survey from 1926 shows the outward community expansion from the original city center.

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From the American Geographical Society Library Milwaukee Municipal Research Library Collection. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Suburbanization
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