Campaign posters cover this brick wall on Wells Street in 1932. Candidates include Benson for Sheriff, Joseph Shinners for Sheriff, Raymond Cannon for Congress, and Zabel for District Attorney.
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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission. Link to Image Source URL
In this 1975 aerial photograph, the docks of the outer harbor at Port Milwaukee can be seen on the east (or right-hand) side of Jones Island and the inner harbor on the west (or left-hand) side of the island. The smoke, left of center, is arising from the sewerage treatment plant, with I-794 cutting lengthwise south to north along the island leading to the Hoan Bridge.
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From the Milwaukee Waterways Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission. Link to Image Source URL
The historic Port Washington light station was built in 1860 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It currently hosts a local museum.
This postcard of St. Catherine's Residence for Young Women from between 1966 and 1980 illustrates both the building's exterior and its interior facilities.
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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University. Reprinted with permission.
Once found over large areas of the state of Wisconsin, the prairie chicken was nearly driven to extinction by the middle of the twentieth century. Today, small populations exist in the central region of the state. This photograph is from Chippewa County in 1940.
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From the State of Wisconsin Collection of the UW Digital Collections Library. Image ID WI.dnr1349.bib. Photograph courtesy of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. CC BY-ND 4.0. Link to Image Source URL
A group of students are gathered in a drum circle outside Mitchell Hall during the 1970 protests that led to the creation of the Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute at UWM.
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From the UW-Milwaukee Photographs Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Link to Image Source URL
A large group of demonstrators gathered in Haymarket Square on February 13, 1930 to listen to Communist speakers, protest working conditions, and call for the recognition of the Soviet Union.
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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission. Link to Image Source URL