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Interior of Boswell Book Company showing back view of audience members facing someone in a suit talking in the front. The man in the center background holds a mic with his right hand. On the farthest left is someone leaning on a table facing the audiences. Between the two people in the front is a projector screen. Behind them are a row of bookshelves from left to right.

Boswell Book Company

Located on Downer Avenue, the Boswell Book Company is a popular Milwaukee location for book readings and author signings.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Chris Make. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Literary Milwaukee
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Grayscale long full shot of three women smiling in dresses as they bowl. Two women on the left pose after throwing their balls, showing their open arms and bodies bent forward. A ball is visible on the lane in front of the bowler in the center. The woman on the right stands still while holding a ball. The ball return track appears on the far left and between the bowlers in the middle and right. A group of female spectators in dresses fill the space in the background.

Bowling in Milwaukee

Bowling became an incredibly popular form of indoor recreation in the 1920s and continues to be so today. These women are bowling in the 1946 Milwaukee Journal's championship tournament.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Indoor Recreation
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Groups, Indoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Two newspaper clippings appear side by side. One on the left is titled "Are An Organized Gang." The right reads "Gang of Boy Burglars" with the subheading "Depredation of Appleton Lead to Belief That Organized Crowd Are Working There--Seen by Woman."

Boy Gangs in the Newspapers

Newspapers in 1899 and 1904 reveal the long history of gangs across the the region and the state.

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From the Watertown Republican. Accessed via the Library of Congress Chronicling American Newspaper Collection.
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Gangs
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
Grayscale medium shot of a small child sitting while holding a cat in the corner of a room. A floor lamp and a bookcase are on the left background. A painting hangs behind the boy next to a door on the right.

Boy Holding a Cat

Photograph of a young boy in his home holding a cat, taken in 1948.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Animal-Human Relations
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Animals, Individuals, People
Grayscale photograph of a man in a suit and a boy scout in uniform holding a war bonds poster together while looking at each other. They stand around a stair in front of an entryway. Text on the poster reads "Save Freedom of Speech" and "Buy War Bonds."

Boy Scout during World War II

A Boy Scout helps display a poster promoting the purchase of war bonds in this 1943 photograph.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Scouting
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Individuals, People
Grayscale image of a group of boy scouts in their uniforms sitting on an indoor booth at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. A man in a suit stands next to them. An American flag appears in the booth in the right foreground. Several onlookers stand on the left looking at the boys. Some make eye contact with the camera lens.

Boy Scouts at the State Fair

Boy Scouts exhibit their efforts at a 1931 event at the Wisconsin State Fair Grounds.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Scouting
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Festivals and Celebrations, Groups, People
Image of a serviceman in his dress white uniform playing basketball with three children in an indoor basketball court. A child in the blue shirt holds the ball while facing the man. More children appear in the background along with other adults.

Boys and Girls Club Event

In 2016, Milwaukee was one of several American cities that participated in Navy Week. In this photograph, a serviceman plays basketball with young campers at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph courtesy of Navy Media Content Services.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee
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Indoor, Organizations, People, Sports and Recreation
Four boys stand around a pool table. One on the left, two in the middle, and one on the right who is ready to shoot a ball. The boy on the left carries a cue with both hands while looking at the other boy who is about to shoot. Ten balls are scattered on the table. The wall in the background and checkered floors are visible.

Boys Playing Billiards

Four boys shoot pool together.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Youth Culture
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Bradford Beach

Bradford Beach

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

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From the American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Harold Mayer Collection. Original ID: 8b, 21-136; Digital Collection: Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992. Digital ID: me000272.
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Merrill Park , Cudahy , Village of Big Bend
Wide shot of the facade of William J. Branta Furnishings Company stores on Lincoln Avenue. The furnishing store stands on the left and the appliances store on the right. Both are housed in two-and-a-half-story buildings and have large display windows. Sitting out front of the stores are vintage cars, bicycles, and a horse-drawn wagon with passengers and drivers posing for this grayscale photograph.

Branta Furnishings on Lincoln Avenue

A horse-drawn wagon and two early cars sit out front of the William J. Branta Furnishings Company on Lincoln Avenue in 1907. Next to the furniture store, Branta owned a second storefront that sold appliances.

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From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Commercial Landscapes
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Buildings, Commerical Facilities
Five BrewCity Bruisers skaters and two players of Cincinnati Rollergirls Black Sheep compete on a flat track. The BrewCity Bruisers team is in predominantly gold and red-colored uniforms. Its rival is in white and black jerseys. Spectators sit in the far background.

BrewCity Bruisers

Milwaukee's women's roller derby team, the BrewCity Bruisers, competes against the Cincinnati Rollergirls Black Sheep in 2010.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Jason Bechtel. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Roller Derby
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Groups, Outdoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Elevated view of the First Street Bridge and its surrounding area. The bridge passes over a water body. The street stretches down at the image's center. The left part of the road is blocked. Some people work with a machine on it. Some work near the bridge's guard rails on the left. Cars park in a row on the other side of the road in the background. An expanse of open space and buildings are visible in the far background. Two cars traversing the street and overhead utility wires appear in the foreground.

Bridge Work

The Milwaukee Public Works Department has blocked off one side of the First Street Bridge in 1950 to complete some maintenance work.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Public Works
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Streetscapes
A large crowd of runners stand on a street in a ready position behind the starting line of the Briggs & Al's Run and Walk. A crowd of spectators stands along the sidewalk on the left. Tall green trees grow on the road verges and multi-story buildings are visible in the background.

Briggs & Al's Run and Walk

Runners line up at the start of the Briggs & Al's Run and Walk for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 2008.

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From Flickr. Photograph by Marquette University/Kevin Pauly. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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Running
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A grayscale advertising page showing a long line of people demonstrating the use of a Briggs & Stratton 4-cycle engine. The ad also shows two men working in a sewer and underground passage and two working on farms using the engines. At the top left in dominant font size is inscribed "It's the Modern World We Live In! by Briggs & Stratton." On the bottom right is a tip for the engine's maintenance.

Briggs & Stratton Advertisement

This 1954 advertisement highlights the many convenient uses of the Briggs & Stratton 4-cycle engines.

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Accessed via the Magazine Advertisement Gallery for fair use educational purposes.
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Briggs & Stratton Corporation
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Book and Newspaper Clippings
Wide shot of a bicycle facing left with a Briggs & Stratton 1920 Motorwheel engine mounted to its rear. The bike rims and fender set are in bright yellow; the frame is colored in light brown.

Briggs & Stratton Motorwheel

Photograph of a Briggs & Stratton 1920 Motorwheel engine mounted to a bicycle.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph courtesy of Yesterday's Antique Motorcycles. CC BY-SA 2.5.
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Briggs & Stratton Corporation
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Transportation
Group photo of five men in collar shirts and trousers standing next to each other posing in an indoor hallway. Each of their feet flanks a bowling ball.

Bronzeville Bombers Bowling Team

African American workers commemorated their success in the Wisconsin CIO state bowling tournament in 1947. Calling their team the “Bronzeville Bombers,” they worked in different factories in Milwaukee represented by CIO unions.

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From the Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-3049. Reprinted with permission.
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African Americans
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Groups, Indoor, People, Sports and Recreation
Three men in casual clothes demonstrate skiing on a man-made sloping terrain installed inside the mall. They hold ski poles and wear skis on their feet. Onlooker crowds around them are gazing up at the demonstration.

Brookfield Square Mall

Three men provide a ski demonstration for onlookers at the Brookfield Square Mall in 1980. Opened in 1967, it was the first enclosed mall in the Milwaukee area.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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City of Brookfield
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Facade of the Brown Deer Little White Schoolhouse facing slightly to the right against the blue sky. The small single-story building consists of white-colored wooden exterior walls and a chimney atop its gable roof. The main entrance features a single white door set between two rectangular windows with white shutters. A large green lawn and several trees grow in its surroundings.

Brown Deer Little White Schoolhouse

The Little White Schoolhouse in Brown Deer is the only remaining intact one-room schoolhouse in Milwaukee County. Built in 1884, it is now managed by the Brown Deer Historical Society and hosts a local history museum.

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Village of Brown Deer
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Buildings, Educational Facilities
Sepia-colored group photo of dozens of Brumder Publishing Company employees posing while making eye contact with the camera lens. Some younger workers in the front sit on top of stacks of books. Others stand behind in several rows while crossing their arms. The ceiling and posts are visible in the background. A man hugs a post while standing higher than anybody in the room. Book stacks appear in the right foreground and left background.

Brumder Publishing Company

The employees of the prominent Brumder Publishing Company pose for a photograph in 1890.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library.
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Publishing
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Grayscale high-angle shot of 52 men standing inside a massive dipper for a Bucyrus-Erie 950-B stripping shovel. Appearing in the background are abundant kinds of equipment filling the plant's interior.

Bucyrus International Inc. Employees

52 men stand inside a massive dipper for a 950B stripping shovel manufactured at the Bucyrus-Erie plant in South Milwaukee.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Bucyrus International Inc.
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