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A two-story building stands on the right against the blue sky. A sidewalk surrounds the house. An empty road is on the left. Green space with lawns and trees is in the foreground. The image shows the house's two sides. A lush green tree hides most of the house's left side. Clothes being dried under the sun appear along the yard next to the left side of the house. Vines cover parts of the exterior wall of the dwelling's other side. A child rides a bike on the sidewalk at the image's center. Another building is visible on the left background.

Parklawn Public Housing

The Parklawn housing development shown here in 1949 features a quiet residential street and the low-rise family public housing characteristic of Milwaukee.

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From the Harold Mayer Collection, American Geographical Society Library. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Public Housing
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Medium shot of Pascual Romero smiling at the camera lens in a red short-sleeve shirt, glasses, brown pants, and a black belt. Romero stands in an indoor space. The image is slightly blurry. The palm of another person's right hand with the ring finger and little finger bent appears in the right foreground.

Pascual Romero

Pascual Romero, pictured here in 1954, was one of the first Puerto Ricans to permanently settle in Milwaukee.

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Photograph courtesy of Elisa Romero. Reprinted with permission.
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Puerto Ricans
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Individuals, People
Headshot drawing of Paul Grottkau over a white background facing right in a notched lapel suit. A signature is affixed at the bottom of the drawing.

Paul Grottkau

Drawing of Paul Grottkau, circa 1886, by Frederic Heath.

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From the Wikimedia Commons
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Paul Grottkau
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Individuals, People
Sepia-colored high-angle shot of Pawling and Harnischfeger manufacturing plant interior. Rows of machines are placed in the large room. Gears and machinery equipment lies on the floor in the foreground. An aisle is visible on the right side. Steel infrastructure lines the left and right sides of the room.

Pawling and Harnischfeger

Bird's eye view of the interior of the Pawling and Harnischfeger manufacturing plant located on W. National Avenue.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Pawling and Harnischfeger
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
Grayscale full shot of Marquette University students marching down a sidewalk. Two people in the front carry a walking banner that reads "Pax Humanae." A peace symbol is attached atop the banner. Next to the marchers is a roadway with vehicles and street lights glowing in the distance.

Pax Humanae

Marquette University students march down a sidewalk carrying a banner that reads "Pax Humanae" in 1970.

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University. Reprinted with permission.
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Peace Education
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Protests
Long shot of Pettit National Ice Center facade facing slightly to the left against a clear sky. The facade features an entrance and window walls. A red sign that reads "Skating Classes-Sign Up Now" is installed on the top front of the building's central part. Some people appear around the doorway, some stand on the building's front area. Snow covers a portion of the sidewalk around the venue. A roadway stretches from left to right in the foreground. The rear part of a silver-colored car is visible on the left foreground, next to a flag pole with an American flag. Sun shines on a portion of the building.

Pettit National Ice Center Exterior

Photograph of the front entrance of the Pettit National Ice Center taken in winter of 2006.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Pettit National Ice Center
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Buildings, Indoor, Sports and Recreation
Long shot of Pettit National Ice Center interior. An indoor track appears in the foreground. Next to it is the ice rink reflecting the shine from ceiling lights. Blue-colored benches sit near the rink. Above them in the background are various international flags hanging from the rafters. The rafters' white-colored steel structures are visible all over the ceiling.

Pettit National Ice Center Interior

Interior photograph of the Pettit National Ice Center with international flags hanging from the rafters.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Shana McDanold. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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Pettit National Ice Center
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Buildings, Indoor, Sports and Recreation
Long shot of a portion of the Pfister & Vogel Tanning Company facade facing slightly to the left on Water Street. Brick walls compose this five-story building. It has repeating rectangular windows almost on its entire exterior walls. The company sign is installed in the top front, beneath several windows on the fifth story. A big water tank sits atop the flat roof on the left side. Below this is a two-story round arch framing an entrance. A lower structure appears adjacent to the entrance. The blue sky is above. A two-way street with green space is visible in the left foreground.

Pfister & Vogel Tanning Company

Photograph of the Pfister & Vogel Tanning Company on Water Street taken in 1978.

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From the Harold Mayer Collection, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Pfister & Vogel Leather Company
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
Side view of Pfister Hotel in sepia. The eight-story building features multiple windows on each of its floor and a parapet on its roofs. This image shows the long shot of the structure's corner. Two sides of the building are visible in this photo. The right section has an entrance with a portico supported by columns.

Pfister Hotel

Constructed in 1893, the Pfister Hotel was restored by the Marcus Corporation and remains a Milwaukee landmark.

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From the Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992 Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Marcus Corporation
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Medium full shot of female Communications Workers of America members striking outdoors. A woman in the image's center carries a sign on her back that reads, "CWA On Strike Against Wisconsin Telephone Company."

Picketing the Wisconsin Telephone Company

Female members of the Communications Workers of America strike against the Wisconsin Telephone Company in 1968.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Workers’ Movements
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Groups, Organizations, People, Protests
Grayscale long shot of several Piggsville houses below the Wisconsin Avenue viaduct. A single-and-a-half-story dwelling sits on the left by a street, facing slightly to the right. Two utility poles stand separated a couple of feet away from front of the house. Bare ground appears in the image's foreground. All these are built on a space below one of the viaduct's grand arches. Some viaduct columns are visible. Next to the arch, at the image's center-to-right background, stand several one-and-a-half-story dwellings. Two trees with sparse leaves grow around them.

Piggsville Homes Under the Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct

Before the Wisconsin Avenue viaduct was torn down, many homes were constructed underneath it, as featured in this photograph from 1936.

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From the Library of Congress Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection.
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Piggsville
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Sepia-colored long shot of Plankinton Block on the right. The building spanning almost the entire block. Many windows are installed on each level of the five-story structure. A horse-drawn vehicle is parked next to the building. Streetcar tracks appear on a long road in the left.

Plankinton Block

This 1885 view looking east down Grand Avenue features the Plankinton Block. The block housed the Plankinton Hotel until 1915, then the Plankton Arcade, and is now part of the the Grand Avenue mall.

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From Milwaukee Illustrated, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Grand Avenue
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Streetscapes
Grayscale full shot of two older persons playing croquet on a lawn. Each person has their own croquet set. They stare at their croquet ball while holding a mallet in their right hand. An arched hoop is set on the lawn in front of each person. Behind them, at the image's center back, are two older women in dresses holding mallets while sitting on a bench. Each holds a mallet. A gazebo is visible behind them. Trees of different sizes grow in the background. A multiple-story building sits on the far left back.

Playing Croquet

An older couple plays croquet while two other women watch from a bench nearby.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Outdoor Recreation
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Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Three small children squat on a concrete pathway drawing with chalk under the guidance of a young teacher. A child stands in the left foreground watching them. A kid in the middle draws with purple chalk on the ground. A white fences sits on the left background.

Playing with Chalk

Four small children play with chalk with one of their teachers at a COA Youth and Family Center.

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Photograph courtesy of COA Youth and Family Centers. Reprinted with permission.
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COA Youth and Family Centers
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Groups, Organizations, People
Grayscale long shot of Plymouth Church UCC building sitting on the street corner. The image shows the church facade and side. The facade is on the right, featuring an arched entrance and a large arched window above. The side is on the left, featuring a smaller arched entrance and several windows. An intersection and cars parked on the street's side are visible in the foreground. Leafless tall trees grow on the road verge.

Plymouth Church UCC

Founded in 1841 as the First Congregational Society, Plymouth Church UCC is one of the oldest congregations in Milwaukee. Its current building, pictured here in 1953, has been the congregation's home since 1914.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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United Church of Christ
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
A photograph of Plymouth Congregational Church facade on the street corner surrounded by leafless trees. The image shows two sides of the building. The left side features regularly spaced tall windows. One on the right is the church's main entrance with three big doors.

Plymouth Congregational Church

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee initially began in the basement of the Plymouth Congregational Church in 1887.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
A rectangular-shaped colorful mural painted on a cream city brick wall. Text on its top portion reads "Plymouth, Wisconsin." Beneath this is a combination of three pictures and texts informing about Plymouth's early manufacturing products, such as rockers, radios, and phonographs.

Plymouth, Wisconsin

This painting on a building in Plymouth recalls some of the city's early manufacturing industries.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Sarah Altendorf. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Sheboygan County
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Murals, Signs, and Statues
A grayscale photograph shows seven children lining up from the left background to the right foreground. The youngest girl in a dress stands in the front. Her little body faces to the left. Her eyes look at a syringe held by a woman who crouches in the image's left foreground. The woman smiles as she holds a syringe with her right hand and makes eye contact with the boy standing number two from the front. Books inside and atop a shelf are visible in the background.

Polio Vaccinations

Seven siblings stand in line while waiting to receive their polio vaccination from a nurse in 1955.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-8530. Reprinted with permission.
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Public Health
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Buildings, Groups, Healthcare Facilities, People
Grayscale long shot of rows of men in uniforms parading the street from right back toward the left. Two men walking in the front carry a banner that reads "10th Anniversary of Woodrow Wilson Post No. 11, Polish Legion of American Veterans." People marching in the front rows place a riffle on their right shoulders and hold the weapon's butt with their right hands. Three children stand in the right foreground as they watch the procession. Several buildings and trees are visible in the background. A small group of people sits in front of a building in the left background.

Polish Legion Veterans' Parade

Members of the Polish Legion of American Veterans from Woodrow Wilson Post No. 11 lead a parade procession.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Parades
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People
Group photo of a crowd of Polish National Alliance Scouts in grayscale. They pose in front of a building with three large arched doors. Several people on the right side of the front row stand while carrying drums. Two American flags are visible.

Polish National Alliance Scouting Meeting

A large gathering of PNA scouts, including musicians from Chicago, at St. Adelbert's Church.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Scouting
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Groups, People
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