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Grayscale long shot of a two-story building facing slightly to the left. The image shows two sides of the structure. The one on the left is the facade. It features three entrances on the ground floor and several identical rectangular windows on the upper floor. The door on the left belongs to Rexall Drug Store. A smaller door in the center has a sign with a physician's name. The right entrance is for the Luick ice cream shop. The building's other sides have a mural advertising the drug store and ice cream parlour on the ground floor. A sign promoting Coca-Cola is installed on the second floor's top left corner. A street stretches from left to right in the foreground. An adjacent building and overhead utility wires are visible on the far left.

Rexall Drug Store in Pewaukee

The building that was home to this Rexall Drug Store in 1937 still stands in Pewaukee today. It is currently home to a pet supply store.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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City of Pewaukee
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Streetscapes
Elevated shot of Zurn Industries building against the blue sky on a sunny day during winter. The three-story modern building features rows of glass windows and predominantly black-colored exterior walls. Next to the structure, in the image's foreground, is a parking lot filled with cars. A street stretches down on the left, with cars parking on both sides. Snow covers the road verges and the area in the background. Other buildings appear in the far background.

Rexnord and Zurn Industries

Zurn Industries, a subsidiary of the Rexnord Corporation, is located in Milwaukee's Reed Street Yards and serves as Rexnord's corporate headquarters.

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Photograph by Amy Fels. Reprinted with permission.
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Rexnord Corporation
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Manufacturing Facilities
Sepia-colored group photo of the Milwaukee's panoramic painters sitting around a long table with bottles of beer on it. Richard Lorenz is seated farthest left behind the table. Some people stand a couple of feet behind the table.

Richard Lorenz and Panoramic Painters

Milwaukee's panoramic painters sit around a table drinking beer in 1885. Richard Lorenz is seated furthest to the left behind the table.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Richard Lorenz
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Groups, People
Photograph of two lanes in the Hoan Bridge stretching from background to foreground. A median separates the lanes. Cyclists traverse the bridge through the lane on the right. Their backs are visible. The overhead yellow-colored arched structure of the bridge is visible. Milwaukee's landscape with skyscrapers appears in the far distance.

Ride for the Arts

Cyclists cross the Hoan Bridge in this 2011 photograph of the annual UPAF Ride for the Arts.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Third Coast Daily. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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United Performing Arts Fund
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Cityscapes, Groups, People
Long shot of the facade of Ritger Wagonmaking and Blacksmith Shop. The building consists of two wings, one that is a single story and one that is two stories with regularly spaced windows. It has a brown roof and walls made of field stones, set near trees beginning to turn with fall colors.

Ritger Wagonmaking and Blacksmith Shop

This 2014 photograph shows the nineteenth century Ritger Wagonmaking and Blacksmith Shop in its modern context.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Shadowe. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Town of Addison
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
Full shot of a man in warm clothes cutting ice from a river. The man uses a giant handsaw which is almost his height. The teeth on the saw are each about two inches long.

River Ice Cutter

20th century photograph of a man cutting chunks of ice from a river with a large saw.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Ice Industry
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Individuals, People, Rivers
Elevated view of groups of people filling the street in Riverwest. A small group appears resting on their bikes in the foreground. Their rear bodies are visible. A temporary booth with white canopy tents appears in the middle of the street beneath a banner that reads "Start Finish." A larger crowd is visible in the background. Another group of people stands on the sidewalk on the left. Orange safety fencing separates the bikers from the onlookers.

Riverwest Bike Race

An annual highlight of the Riverwest neighborhood is a 24-hour bike race.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Joe Brusky. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Riverwest
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People
Long shot of the Riverwest Co-Op exterior in winter. The two-story building has a corner entrance and green canopies over some of its ground floor windows. A "Schlitz Beer" sign fills a portion of its brick wall. Snow covers parts of the buildings, the sidewalk, and the streets in the foreground. Snow is falling. Duplex houses are visible in the background.

Riverwest Co-Op

Snowy photograph of the exterior of the Riverwest Co-Op, which acts as both a grocery store and cafe for neighborhood residents.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Darius Norvilas. CC BY-NC 2.0.
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Food
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Streetscapes
Grayscale long shot of two horse-drawn carriages parading on an empty street. Each four-wheeled carriage was pulled by two horses and carried a driver. Tall trees grow on the road verges. A group of people stands on the left side of the street, watching the parade. Behind them are multi-story buildings side by side as far as the eye can see.

Riverwest Parade

Carriages parade past Frank Burczyk Saloon on North Bremen Street in Riverwest.

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From the Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992 Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Riverwest
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People, Streetscapes
Long shot of Riviera Theater by a street corner in sepia. The facade faces slightly to the right. The theater's front sign sits atop the marquee above the main entrance. The two-story building features a chimney on top of the roof surrounded by crisscrossing overhead wires. A combination of columns and rectangular and display windows compose the ground floor. A vertical sign that reads "Soda" is on the building's left upper side. Roadways in the foreground are empty.

Riviera Theater

Pictured here in 1921, the Riviera Theater on Milwaukee's south side operated from 1920 until 1954.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Movie Theaters
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Buildings, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Medium shot of an actress that plays the character Matilda in blue clothes reading a book facing right. Two actors stand in the right background gazing at Matilda. Matilda is in focus and the other two actors are slighty blurred.

Roald Dahl's Matilda: The Musical

First Stage brought Roald Dahl's "Matilda: The Musical" to Milwaukee in 2018.

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Photograph by Paul Ruffolo. Courtesy of First Stage Children's Theater. Reprinted with permission.
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First Stage Children’s Theater
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Buildings, Groups, People, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Exterior view of the Robert Faries house in sepia. The building features dormer windows and a turret. Lawn and landscaping plants are set next to the house in the foreground. Smaller residential buildings are in the far background.

Robert J. Faries House

Pictured here in 1974, the Robert Faries Residence on State Street was built around 1850 for Robert Faries, who is believed to be Wisconsin's first dentist. It has had a series of owners, including Concordia College, and is currently privately owned.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Concordia
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Buildings, Residential Facilities
Grayscale headshot of Robert Schilling from the chest up in a notched lapel suit and tie.

Robert Schilling

Portrait of Robert Schilling, a prominent Milwaukee labor leader and politician in the late nineteenth century.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-9436. Reprinted with permission.
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Robert “Bob” Schilling
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Individuals, People
Elevated view of Robert Wyland Whales mural situated on the Milwaukee county courthouse annex against the blue sky in a sunny day. The courthouse main building is on the left back. Next to it is the annex. It is long and built on repeating arched structures. The mural is installed on the annex's side that faces the camera lens. Snow covers the ground around the building. Two roadways separated by concrete barriers stretch down from right background to center foreground. Numerous vehicles traverse the streets.

Robert Wyland Whales Mural

In 1997, artist Robert Wyland donated this mural of whales to Milwaukee County. It was featured on the county courthouse annex until it and the annex were demolished in 2006 as part of the Marquette Interchange reconstruction.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Placemaking
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Buildings, Government Facilities, Murals, Signs, and Statues, Streetscapes
Sepia-colored headshot of Robin Yount from the chest up in a Milwaukee Brewers' jersey and hat. He smiles and makes eye contact with the camera lens.

Robin Yount

Photograph of Robin Yount early on in his storied twenty-year career with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
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Robin Yount
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Individuals, People
Men and women dance at a rock music festival held in Milwaukee in the summer of 1969.

Rock Festival

Men and women dance at a rock music festival held in Milwaukee in the summer of 1969.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Nightlife
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People
Grayscale image of the Royal Baking Company interior with a group of bakers standing behind display cases that fill the room. The cases are full of baked goods. Several potted plants embellish the interior.

Royal Baking Company

Women working for the Royal Baking Company, located on South 9th Street, stand behind display cases of baked goods in 1940.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Work
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities, Groups, People
High-angle shot of Solvay Coke ruins scattered on a wide abandoned ground among unkempt plants. Upper parts of a building with its rusty components appears in the foreground.

Ruins of Solvay Coke

Detritus from Milwaukee's deindustrialization at the Solvay Coke site along inner harbor. Solvay Coke began operation in 1903 and produced coke, a high-carbon fuel similar to coal.

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From Flickr. Photograph by username Nitram242. CC BY-2.0.
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Economy
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Buildings, Landscapes, Manufacturing Facilities
Russian Food & Gifts shop facade faces slightly to the left. The store has a display window in green colored-frame. Part of its entrance is visible. The red-colored store sign hangs on the exterior brick wall. An adjacent commercial place is visible.

Russian Food & Gifts

Towards the end of the twentieth century, many Russians settled and established businesses in Shorewood. Russian Food & Gifts, which features traditional Russian groceries and gifts, is located on Oakland Avenue just south of Menlo Boulevard.

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Photograph by Amy Fels. Reprinted with permission.
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Russians
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Grayscale group photo of UWM students, predominantly women, posing in five rows. Japanese-American artist and then-student, Ruth Asawa, is seated in the front row, fourth from the left.

Ruth Asawa

1944 UW-Milwaukee yearbook photograph featuring Japanese-American artist and then-student Ruth Asawa. Asawa is seated in the front row, fourth from the left.

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From the UWM Yearbooks Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Japanese
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Groups, People
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