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A grayscale long shot of a multiple-story public school building standing in the background right. On the left, are two residential houses. Across the school and the houses is a concrete road that stretches from left to right. Next to the road is muddy dirt that appears in the foreground.

Public School Building

Built in 1916, this public school building belonged to District No. 2 in Milwaukee and stood on present-day S. 13th Street. It is pictured here in 1924.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Public Education
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Buildings, Educational Facilities, Streetscapes
A painted postcard illustrates the Public Service Building on a street corner. The image shows two sides of the four-story building. Each side has repeating windows all over the floors. The main entrance is on the side facing the right. Some people are gathered in front of the doorway and some around the building's corner. Parapets surround the roof edge. Two light-blue flags flap atop the roof. Streetcars run on the street. A large green lawn appears in the right foreground, across the Public Service Building. Text at the top left corner reads "Public Service Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis."

Public Service Building

Postcard of the Public Service Building in 1908. The Public Service Building was a hub of Milwaukee's twentieth century transportation and electricity infrastructure.

Source:
Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Public Service Building
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Buildings, Government Facilities
An orange-colored Milwaukee public work truck disperses salt on Downer Avenue on a snowy day. The truck faces to the right. The salt is placed in the salt spreader attached to the truck's rear. Snow falls and covers parts of the truck and the street. An area with thicker snow is visible in the foreground. Cars are visible in the foggy background.

Public Works Salt Truck

A Milwaukee public works truck lays down salt on Downer Avenue in 1988.

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Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2014. Reprinted with permission.
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Public Works
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Streetscapes, Transportation
Grayscale photograph of a pump and mixing channel filled with turbulent water below. A railing enclosing the channel stretches on the left-to-center foreground. A portion of a building's exterior wall is in the background.

Pump and Mixing Channel

Milorganite was produced through the activated sludge process developed at the Jones Island Treatment Plant. This 1981 photograph shows the pump and mixing channel.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record Collection.
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Milorganite
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Buildings
Grayscale elevated shot of three men working inside the Quad/Graphics Pewaukee plant. A set of large machines sits on two-level of platforms in the background. Steel structure in the ceiling is visible. A man in the left background walks down the stair attached to the platform. Two other employees stand in the foreground in the area below the machine. Both check on the papers they have printed. The man in a headset on the farthest right stands at the end of the machine that releases printed products. His hands are on top of a stack of the products.

Quad/Graphics Pewaukee Plant

Now a printing industry leader, Quad/Graphics began as a small enterprise in a vacant factory in Pewaukee in 1971.

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From "America's Mailing Industry: Powered by the United States Postal Service." Accessed via the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Fair use for a noncommercial, educational purpose.
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Quad/Graphics
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
Grayscale wide shot of R&R Food Market sits on a street corner by an intersection. The one-and-a-half-story rectangular building features a corner entrance. The ground floor also has multiple shop windows.Three cars make a stop in front of the store, allowing two people to cross the street towards the food market. An adjoining two-story commercial building on the store's right sells clothes and jewelry.

R&R Food Market

This 1963 photograph illustrates a grocery store corner of 8th Street and North Avenue in the Halyard Park neighborhood.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Halyard Park
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Streetscapes
Wide shot of at least five antique cars speeding on dirt-surfaced track. This image's upper part shows a cloud of dust thrown into the air behind the automobiles driving through the corner of the circuit. The bottom portion of this grayscale picture displays a blurry image of the circuit fence.

Racing on a Dirt Track

Several drivers race around the corner of a dirt track in 1923, leaving a cloud of dust in their wake.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Auto Racing
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Outdoor, Sports and Recreation
Three boys jump while sticking their hands up to grab the basketball that is about to be thrown by another boy to the hoop on the top left. They play in long pants on an indoor court in this grayscale photograph. Two boys are shirtless and two are wearing white shirts.

Recreational Basketball

A group of four boys play basketball indoors in 1948.

Source:
From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Basketball
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Indoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Low-angle shot of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Vernon facade set on a green lawn. The image shows two sides of the one-story building. The main entrance is on the left, flanked by two rectangular windows. On the right are three windows in the same style. The entrance door and exterior wall are made of wood in white paint. Two stone chimneys are on its roof.

Reformed Presbyterian Church of Vernon

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Vernon, in use for worship from 1854 until the 1930s and restored in the 1970s, is an example of Greek Revival architecture listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Wikimedia username Vintagepix. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Village of Big Bend
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
Grayscale elevated view of dozens of Regal Ware employees posing for this photograph inside the Kewaskum factory. People stand and sit on the floor and chairs appear here and there, filling the space. Many make eye contact with the camera lens. The steel ceiling structure is visible.

Regal Ware Employees

Regal Ware employees are gathered together for a group photograph inside the Kewaskum factory.

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Photograph courtesy of the Kewaskum Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Regal Ware Worldwide
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Buildings, Groups, Manufacturing Facilities, People
An entrance sign made of wood reads "Religious Society of Friends--Quakers--" On top of the wood structure is inscribed the place's address number "3224."

Religious Society of Friends Entrance Sign

The Milwaukee Friends Meeting place of worship is located on the Anita and Jacob Koenen Land Preserve along the Milwaukee River.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Lynn Friedman. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Society of Friends
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Murals, Signs, and Statues
Grayscale long shot of the facade of a Polish flat facing slightly to the right. The basement's two rectangular windows are visible. Small plants grow in front of the basement exterior walls. The second floor's facade has a gable window. Below is a set of windows on the left, a small covered porch and an entrance on the right. Balustrades enclose the porch. The front stair features handrails. The front lawn is under the tree shades. Neighboring houses are visible on either side.

Renovated Polish Flat

1941 photograph of a renovated Polish flat that had been originally built on Milwaukee's south side in 1923.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Polish Flat
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Grayscale photograph of four men in formal attire standing behind President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. Representative Henry Reuss in glasses stands second from the right. President Kennedy smiles as he signs the document on the desk. A man sits on the far left with his body facing the President. A pole with an American flag appears around the center back. Light emanates through the three curtained windows in the background.

Representative Henry Reuss

State representative Henry Reuss (second from the right) stands behind President John F. Kennedy as he signs a bill to limit wetland drainage in 1962.

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Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
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Henry S. Reuss
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Buildings, Government Facilities, Groups, People
Grayscale photograph of Representative Zablocki in formal attire giving a speech on a podium with his right forefinger pointing to the left. His face and front body are visible. Two men appear behind him. One sits below with a cigarette in his mouth. The backdrop in the background is visible. A banner attached to the backdrop reads "1964 Democratic National Convention, Committee on Resolutions and Platform."

Representative Zablocki Speaks

Representative Zablocki addresses the Committee on Resolutions and Platform at the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University. Reprinted with permission.
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Clement Zablocki
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Individuals, People
Sepia-colored long shot of the grand house of Val Blatz. The building's facade and side are visible. The facade faces slightly to the right featuring a balcony over a portico. The building's overall design is elaborate. Tall trees growing on the road verge cover parts of the house. Van Buren Street spans the foreground. Text beneath the photo reads "Residence of Val Blatz."

Residence of Val Blatz

The large residence of brewer Val Blatz on Van Buren Street is pictured here in 1895.

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From Milwaukee Illustrated, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Yankee Hill
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Grayscale wide shot of a residential block on W. Lloyd Street. The image shows a long road span from the foreground to the far background. Cars are parked on both sides of the street. Lines of houses and trees appear on the left and right. A pedestrian is crossing the street in the shadow.

Residential Block on W. Lloyd Street

This residential section of W. Lloyd Street from 5th Street is lined with homes, trees, and cars in 1958.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Halyard Park
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Buildings, Residential Facilities, Streetscapes
Aerial view of residential places in Milwaukee's suburbs. The image displays neatly arranged neighborhoods consisting of single-family homes and green landscapes. Several dwellings have swimming pools that appear in blue.

Residential Milwaukee Suburb

This aerial view highlights the predominance of single family homes and large lots in Milwaukee's suburbs.

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From Flickr. Photograph by username Richard. CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Suburbanization
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Buildings, Cityscapes, Residential Facilities
Grayscale photograph of four people in an office full of books and documents. Jennifer Morales sits in the center foreground with her body facing to the right and eyes looking at the camera lens. She smiles in a blouse and a floral-patterned skirt while holding a document with both hands. Mike Trokan sits in a shirt and trousers behind Morales. His body faces to the left while making eye contact with the camera, and his hands hold a document. Behind him is Sharon Matthias standing and smiling in a t-shirt, looking at the camera, and carrying a paper. Barbara Miner stands behind Matthias and poses with a landline phone. A full bookshelf is in the background.

Rethinking Schools Early Staff Members

In its early years, Rethinking Schools was headquartered in a small office of the Milwaukee Peace Action Center. Pictured from the foreground to background are Jennifer Morales, Mike Trokan, Sharon Matthias, and Barbara Miner.

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Photograph courtesy of Rethinking Schools. Reprinted with permission.
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Rethinking Schools
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Organizations, People
Medium full shot of Rev. Willie Brisco in a suit standing on the right while giving a speech with his right hand holding a microphone. His body faces directionally to the camera. Two other mics owned by broadcasting companies are set in front of Rev. Brisco. A crowd of people stands behind him. Some hold protest signs. A woman in glasses on the farthest left claps her hands

Rev. Willie Brisco Speaks

Rev. Willie Brisco addresses the media in 2013 to express opposition to legislation that would have required MPS to sell buildings to private companies. Rev. Brisco has served as president of both MICAH and WISDOM.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Joe Brusky. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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MICAH (Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope )
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Groups, Organizations, People, Protests
Long shot of several old industrial buildings facing slightly to the left against a blue sky. The multiple-story structures sitting in the background feature series of windows. The one in the image's center soars above the others. It has two large vertical signs that each read "Teweles" attached to the exterior wall. The shortest building in the right foreground has a closed entrance and dull-colored wall. Weeds and a driveway can be seen on the left-to-center foreground.

Revitalization in Walker's Point

Some old industrial buildings in Walker's Point are being repurposed in the 21st century as loft apartments.

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From Flickr. Photograph by David Reid. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Walker’s Point
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities, Residential Facilities
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