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. Link to Image Source URL
Postcard of the Public Service Building in 1908. The Public Service Building was a hub of Milwaukee's twentieth century transportation and electricity infrastructure.
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Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. Link to Image Source URL
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. Link to Image Source URL
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. Link to Image Source URL
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. Link to Image Source URL
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.
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.