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Grayscale elevated view of a portion of the Story Hill neighborhood. Streets separated by medians can be seen. The intersection of North Story Parkway and West Wisconsin Avenue is visible. Some vehicles and a biker traverse the street. A group of two-story residential buildings appears in the distance in the background. Text on the street at the bottom right reads "Lane Turns Left." The words "After Improvement" are superimposed on the image.

Story Hill

This 1934 photograph displays houses in Story Hill neighborhood, as well as the recently improved intersection of North Story Parkway and West Wisconsin Avenue.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Story Hill
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Streetscapes
Long shot of a single-story streetcar station on a street corner. Some people stand next to the building, some walk pass the station. Above are the crisscrossing overhead wires. The streetcar tracks embedded in the street are in the foreground.

Streetcar Station

People wait for a streetcar in this 1932 photograph showing a station, the tracks embedded in the street, and the electrical network overhead.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Mass Transit
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Streetscapes, Transportation
Portrait of a walk-through diorama featuring the Streets of Old Milwaukee exhibit. The diorama displays early 20th-century buildings and a brick street. Street lamps and store lights glow on the left along the roadside.

Streets of Old Milwaukee Exhibit

Photograph of part of the popular museum exhibit Streets of Old Milwaukee. It opened in 1965 and was one of the world's first walk-through dioramas.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Wikimedia username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Milwaukee Public Museum
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Buildings, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Grayscale long shot of dozens of picketers in warm clothing standing in front of a car outside of Allis-Chalmers factory entrance gate. Chain link fences stand on the image's left and right behind the picketers. This photo shows the back of their bodies. A flag with its pole is visible among the crowd. A group in the image's center stretches their arms forward as if pushing the car out. Several people stand across the street watching the incident. Behind them is a building's exterior wall. Another car appears across the street.

Strike at Allis-Chalmers

Picketers try to prevent a car from entering the Allis-Chalmers factory, November 25, 1946. United Auto Workers Local 248 waged a 13-month strike against the company from April 1946 to May 1947. This picture was in company testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, February 24, 1947, alleging the union was dominated by Communists.

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From the Harold Story Papers Collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Reprinted with permission.
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Strikes
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Protests
Grayscale long shot of migrant laborers leaving a cucumber field in Portage, Wisconsin. A woman and a man walk in the foreground. The woman appears on the left, in the middle of a path that stretches from the right background to the left foreground. The man in a hat carrying a bucket appears in the right foreground. They walk toward the right. Other workers are visible in the background. Rows of cucumber plants can be seen here and there.

Strikers Leaving a Field

Migrant laborers leave a cucumber field in Portage, Wisconsin in 1967 as part of a strike organized by the Obreros Unidos labor union. Obreros Unidos leader Jesus Salas was appointed as the director of UMOS in 1968.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-91709. Reprinted with permission.
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United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. (UMOS)
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Landscapes, People, Protests
Exterior shot of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in daylight. The building sits on an elevated platform with a concrete staircase towards the main entrance. The church's front side consists of three sections. The center section has three round arches ornamenting the brick wall with a double door on the central arch. TA flat sculpture of Saint Constantine and Saint Helen is installed on the left section's exterior wall. A blue dome with a cross atop appears above the left section.

Sts Constantine and Helen Church

Photograph featuring the front entrance to Sts Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church located in Waukesha.

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Photograph courtesy of Sts Constantine and Helen Church.
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Eastern Orthodox Christians
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
Sepia-colored full shot of children smiling and standing in three rows in an outdoor space. They stand on the ground in front of a one-and-a-half-story school building. The Hillcrest School has a bell tower atop its roof.

Students at Hillcrest School

A group of students stand outside their one-room schoolhouse located in Waukesha County in 1933.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-86209. Reprinted with permission.
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Childhood and Youth
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Buildings, Educational Facilities, Groups, People
Grayscale elevated view of the Black Student Union members at Marquette University gathering in front of a building. An arched entrance and brick exterior walls appear in the background.

Students Gather for a Protest

Members of the Black Student Union at Marquette University gather for a protest in 1969.

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University. Reprinted with permission.
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Youth Culture
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Groups, People, Protests
Long shot of two students in T-shirts sitting on a green lawn in the distance. Behind them is a grand arched stone gateway that is inscribed "Mount Mary College" on the top front. Three students gather below it. A university building is visible in the far background. A green lawn spans in the foreground. Above is a clear blue sky.

Students Outside at Mount Mary

Students sit outside beneath a stone arch at Mount Mary University.

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Photograph courtesy of Mount Mary University. Reprinted with permission.
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Long shot of Milwaukee county residents sunbathing on the sands on Lake Michigan’s shoreline. The water body appears on the right. Some people play in the water. A bridge and a building can be seen in the far distance. Tall and lush green trees fill the background from left to right.

Summer along the Lake

Milwaukee county residents enjoy summer sunshine and sand on Lake Michigan’s shoreline in 1985.

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From the Harold Mayer Collection, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Weather
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Groups, Lakes, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Long shot of the Summerfield United Methodist Church by the street corner. The grand building has entrances on the left and right sides that are visible in this image. Both sides feature a large arched window and doors. A tower appears prominently on the left side of the church. A staircase connects the front section with the sidewalk. A junction road is in the foreground.

Summerfield United Methodist Church

The Summerfield congregation traces its origins to 1852, making it the oldest Methodist congregation in Milwaukee. The congregation has gathered at its current location on Juneau Avenue, pictured here, since 1904.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Sulfur. CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Methodists
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
Long shot of a tubing hill with several tracks in sunshine and shadow. Closest to the foreground are people lying on snow tubes as they glide down the hill. Trees grow in the far background. A long line of people drags their tube along the arena's edge over an elevated wooden queue structure.

Sunburst Ski Area

The Sunburst Ski Area is a popular winter recreation area in Kewaskum that offers both ski slopes and a tubing hill.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Chris Totsky. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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Kewaskum
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Landscapes, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Elevated view of four Sunrise Harmony Queens Orchestra members posing with musical instruments in sepia. They are seated in a narrow room, making eye contact with the camera lens. The one on the left sits on a drum throne while holding the drumsticks. At the image's center are two women. One leans on a piano with a sign that reads "Sunrise Harmony Queens." One holds a banjo on her lap. The woman sitting on the right carries a violin. A saxophone is placed next to her.

Sunrise Harmony Queens Orchestra

Amateur music groups, such as the quartet pictured here in 1924, were also popular in Milwaukee.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Music Performance
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Groups, People
Long shot of Smith Bros. Fish Shanty and its surrounding area during sunrise. The two-story building stands at the image's left by the corner of a road. The photo shows the shanty's two sides. The one on the left is the facade featuring an entrance protected by an awning with the place's logo. The building's right side has a wheelchair ramp. Both sides have brick walls composing their second story, and window walls almost throughout the ground floor. Different sets of windows are set on the second floor. The name sign is placed atop the roof with an ornament resembling the top of a sailing ship. Another building next to the shanty is visible. The road stretches from left to right foreground and towards the background. The sun shows an orange glow on the right background. A row of cars parking on the right from background to foreground.

Sunrise in Port Washington

With the decline of its industrial enterprises, Port Washington has capitalized on its Lake Michigan scenery to develop its tourism industry.

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From Flickr. Photograph by digidave. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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City of Port Washington
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Buildings, Streetscapes
Elevated view of a portion of Milwaukee showcasing the sunrise lights in orange and red spreading over the landscape. At the image's center is a highway stretching from left to right. Skyscrapers, buildings, and chimneys, among others, are in the background. A bunch of railroad cars roll in the center foreground. A part of the high rise bridge of Interstate-94 is on the left front. A body of water is on the right front.

Sunrise over Milwaukee

The sun rises over Milwaukee in this northeast view from the high rise bridge of I-94 while it was under construction in 1968.

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Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2014. Reprinted with permission.
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City of Milwaukee
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Cityscapes
Grayscale medium full shot of two medical staff in white gowns and caps performing surgery. They flank the patient lying on a bed. One stands in the image's center with their body facing directionally to the camera lens. A long table with surgery equipment is placed on their left. The other medical professional stands in the right foreground facing the bed on the left.

Surgery at Milwaukee County General Hospital

Doctors perform surgery at the Milwaukee County General Hospital in 1939.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Health Care Delivery
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Buildings, Healthcare Facilities, People
Grayscale long shot of the Sussex railroad depot behind a railroad track that spans the foreground. The simple wooden building features rectangular windows, a chimney, and a gable and valley roof. A baggage cart and two cars are placed around the depot.

Sussex Railroad Depot

The Sussex railroad depot, pictured here in 1941, was originally constructed in 1888 and known as Templeton, after settlement founder James Templeton.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-24320. Reprinted with permission.
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Village of Sussex
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Transportation
Grayscale elevated view of a group of young men and women standing in the Milwaukee River in the image's foreground. Their upper bodies are visible. Some make eye contact with the camera lens. More people swim in the background. Many sit at the edge of the water body. A slide is seen in the center back. Text beneath the image reads "Learn to Swim at Whittaker's."

Swimming in the Milwaukee River

A large group of people are pictured swimming in the Milwaukee River as part of Whittaker's Swimming School.

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Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Water
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Groups, Outdoor, People, Rivers, Sports and Recreation
Long shot of Sydney Hih structure showing three out of its four adjacent buildings. The left building has four-and-a-half stories and a series of deteriorated windows. The middle one consists of three stories. The right building, which is the Sydney Hih building, has four stories with some broken windows and signage on the top front. Sun rays hit the upper stories and shine on the pale-colored exterior walls. The Moderne construction site in the farthest left foreground features bright red-colored shipping containers that the fourth building of the Sydney Hih complex.

Sydney Hih Building

The Sydney Hih building stands in the background of this 2008 photograph, four years before it was razed. In contrast, the temporary office of the Moderne luxury condos and apartments sits in the foreground.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Kevin Walsh. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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Missing Milwaukee
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Long shot of the multiple-story Sydney Hih building in grayscale. Two identical signs read "West Side Bank" on the top of the two sides of the building. Repeating arched windows are installed on each of its stories. One of the sides has a fire escape. A vintage car passes, hiding the building's ground floor. Other buildings in the area are visible. A sloping area grown with plants appears from left to right foreground.

Sydney Hih Building as the West Side Bank

The Sydney Hih building, which held a number of commercial and entertainment enterprises over the course of its lifetime, was built in 1876 and torn down in 2012.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Missing Milwaukee
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
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