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Long shot of the two-story Settlement building with a group of children and adults posing around its front stairs. The building features a portico, an entrance, a balcony, and several arched windows. Trees grow around the yard. An empty alley borders the Settlement on the right. Text beneath the image reads "The Old 'Settlement' on Fifth Street."

The Settlement on 499 Fifth Street

Between 1904 and 1907, the Settlement was located in this building located at 499 Fifth Street.

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Photograph courtesy of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Reprinted with permission.
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Settlements
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Buildings, Organizations, Streetscapes
The cover page of the Sporting and Club House Guide to Milwaukee. It showcases the publication's title and summary at the top center. Its price, publisher's name, and year of publication are at the bottom center.

The Sporting and Club House Guide to Milwaukee

Published in 1889, The Sporting and Club House Guide to Milwaukee provided descriptions and locations of houses of prostitution throughout the city. See the next image for an example.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Reprinted with permission.
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Sex
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
Grayscale long shot of the Storck Brewing Company building complex and the surrounding area. Higher buildings are on the image's left. The company's sign is visible on the exterior wall of one of these structures. Several smaller buildings are in the image's center to the right. Tall trees grow in the far background. Railroad tracks stretch from left to right foreground.

The Storck Brewing Company

A view of the Storck Brewing Company prior to the Great Depression.

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From the State of Wisconsin Collection of the UW Digital Collections Library. Image ID WI.sling0278.bib. Photograph courtesy of the Slinger Community Library. Fair use for nonprofit educational purposes.
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Village of Slinger
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Buildings, Manufacturing Facilities
A map on a light blue background highlights the Southeastern Wisconsin area. It shows a dark blue-colored line extending from the northernmost to the southernmost area, symbolizing the Subcontinental Divide track. On the top-right is the Wisconsin map in green on a smaller scale, with the Southeastern Wisconsin area marked in bright red. On the bottom-right is a text inside a frame that reads, "The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) area."

The Subcontinental Divide

This map from the U.S. Geological Survey illustrates where the Subcontinental Divide runs through southeastern Wisconsin.

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From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Subcontinental Divide
Facade of the Toy Building by a sidewalk in grayscale. The image showcases its six-story structure with a touch of Chinese roof architecture. Chinese letters adorn its exterior walls. The building features a long canopy on the ground floor and a balcony on the second floor. A sign reading "Toy Chop Suey Dancing" projects from the building's third story.

The Toy Building

1932 photograph of the Toy Building, once located downtown at 736 N. 2nd Street. Built in 1913, the building was home to Charlie Toy’s Shanghai Chinese Restaurant.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Chinese
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Front page of "Wisconsin Enterprise-Blade" newspaper dated September 12, 1936 in sepia. It features some articles, a poem, three portraits of political figures, and a satirical cartoon in the center of the page. The caricature illustrates among others, lynching, flogging, and night riding phenomena.

The Wisconsin Enterprise-Blade

The front page of the September 12, 1936 issue of the "Wisconsin Enterprise-Blade," edited by J. Anthony Josey.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
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African-American Media
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
One of the earliest available edition of the Wiskonsin-Banner, dated March 15, 1845. The Banner then was a weekly paper with a yearly subscription fee of 2 dollars to be paid in advance.

The Wiskonsin-Banner Newspaper

One of the earliest available edition of the Wiskonsin-Banner, dated March 15, 1845. The Banner then was a weekly paper with a yearly subscription fee of 2 dollars to be paid in advance.

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From the Wiskonsin-Banner, accessed thru Newspaper Archive.
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German-Language Media
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
Three actors in unique costumes dance while side-hugging each other. They perform in the center of a colorful stage. Stage lightings illuminate the backdrop.

The Wiz

First Stage presented the Tony award-winning musical "The Wiz," a modern adaptation of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" in 2017.

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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
Long shot of Theater X actors performing on stage with a black backdrop. The stage set and props illustrate a courtroom. Four people perform in the image's background. Willem Dafoe in the red sweater is third from the left. One person sits behind a long desk in the foreground.

Theater X Performance

Willem Dafoe, in the red sweater third from the left, and other members of Theater X perform in a 1975 production called "Civil Commitment Hearings."

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Accessed via YouTube. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Theater X
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Groups, People
Back view of a group of people in warm clothes on a sidewalk in the foreground. Shining on the left background are lights from the underside of a building's marquee. Vehicles and street lamps glow on a roadway in the right background. Among the buildings lining the street's right side is the Princess Theater marked by its bright marquee.

Theaters Along Third Street

Movie theaters once lined Third Street near Wisconsin Avenue. In this 1967 photograph, the Princess Theater can be seen in the background.

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Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2013. Reprinted with permission.
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Movie Theaters
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Buildings, Groups, People, Streetscapes, Theaters, Arenas, and Museums
Sepia-colored full shot of Theodora Winton Youmans posing in front of a painted backdrop. In a dress and a hat, Youmans stands facing the left while holding a fanion-shaped banner that reads "On Wisconsin" with her left hand. She makes direct eye contact with the camera lens.

Theodora Winton Youmans

Portrait of Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association president Theodora Youmans standing in front of a painted backdrop holding an "On Wisconsin" flag in 1915.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-1927. Reprinted with permission.
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Theodora Winton Youmans
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Individuals, People
Bird's eye view of an extensive area of the Theresa Marsh State Wildlife. Trees and shrubs appear as far as the eye can see. A flock of birds flies above the landscape in the image's center. Two agricultural structures are visible on a hill in the background.

Theresa Marsh State Wildlife Area

Composed largely of agricultural space or wetlands, this image of the Theresa Marsh State Wildlife Area in Wayne features waterfowl in the foreground with farm buildings in the background.

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From Flickr. Photograph by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. CC BY-ND 2.0.
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Town of Wayne
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Landscapes
Long shot of several dwellings lining Green Bay Road in Thiensville in daylight. Each wood-frame house has more than one story and a green lawn. Tall green trees grow on the road verge. The street appears in the foreground. A car is visible on the far right.

Thiensville's Green Bay Road Historic District

These structures are part of a stretch of thirteen buildings on Green Bay Road in Thiensville listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their representation of late nineteenth and early twentieth century commercial and residential building.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by Kevin Hansen.
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Village of Thiensville
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Buildings, Residential Facilities, Streetscapes
Sepia-colored long shot of the former Third Christian Science Church, facing slightly to the right. This image shows two sides of the building. The one on the left features three tall arched regularly spaced windows. The one on the right has five identical arched windows above and three entrance doors below. A dome structure adorns the top center of the flat roof.

Third Christian Science Church

Photograph of the exterior of the former Third Church of Christ, Scientist. Located across the street from Sherman Park, this church was purchased in 1980 and housed the Schrager Auction Gallery until 2010.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Christian Scientists
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Buildings, Religious Facilities
Grayscale long shot of the remains of a previously burned Third Ward building. The structures are mostly destroyed. Only some portions still stand.

Third Ward Fire Building Remnants

The fire in the Third Ward in 1892 demolished more than 440 buildings and displaced 2,500 people from the neighborhood.

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From the Remember When Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Reprinted with permission.
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Third Ward Fire of 1892
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Buildings, Streetscapes
Aerial shot of the Third Ward's industrial section. A combination of buildings and parking lots is seen in the foreground. The river forks in the ibackground dividing the land into three sections. A chimney releasing smoke appears on the left background.

Third Ward Industrial Area

A 1978 photograph of the Third Ward's industrial section, taken from the First Wisconsin Center (now the US Bank Center).

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From the Harold Mayer Collection, American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Historic Third Ward
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Buildings, Cityscapes, Manufacturing Facilities, Rivers
A painted horizontal postcard illustrates a full glass of orange-colored beer with a large head of foam and a golden brown pretzel in exaggerated size. On the top right portion of the blue-colored background is inscribed "This Is What Made Milwaukee Famous." On the bottom right is "Come To It."

This Is What Made Milwaukee Famous

Postcard Advertising beer and pretzels in Milwaukee, Wis.

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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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Brewing
Long shot of a bridge stretching above a water body and against the blue sky. It connects opposite shores of a river. On the left side, a featureless gray building is visible. Each side of the river has green grounds and bushes. A pathway flanked by stones appears in the foreground, leading into the river.

Three Bridges Park

Three Bridges Park is located along the Menomonee River between 27th and 37th Streets. In an effort to reclaim land left vacant by deindustrialization in Milwaukee, the 24-acre park opened in 2013.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Aaron Volkening. CC BY 2.0.
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Conservation and Environmentalism
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Landscapes, Rivers
Long shot of the Three Brothers Restaurant and Tavern against the blue sky in winter. The two-story building has a corner entrance. A Schlitz Brewery globe appears atop a steep hexagonal roof, placed on top of the building's corner. The ground floor has windows with shed roofs over them. The tavern's name sign appears on the bay window on the left. Several rectangle windows are set on the second floor. Snows cover the area in the foreground.

Three Brothers Restaurant

Photograph of the Three Brothers Restaurant and tavern in Bay View taken in 1977. Note the Schlitz Brewery globe on top of the building.

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Photograph by Alan Magayne-Roshak. Copyright 2014. Reprinted with permission.
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Taverns
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Grayscale long shot of the intersection of N. 35th Street and Silver Spring Avenue. A wide road stretches down the image's center. A hanging sign reading "pharmacy" and "Coca-Cola" appears on a building on the street's left side. A sidewalk sign inscribed Coca-Cola appears on the street's right side next to the "Wadhams Gasolines" sign. Commercial buildings line in the right background. Some cars traverse the street, and some are parked.

Thurston Woods

The intersection of N. 35th Street and Silver Spring Avenue, as it appeared in 1940.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Thurston Woods
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Streetscapes
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