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Milwaukee in 1898 Milwaukee in 1912 Milwaukee slums in 1936 Milwaukee in 1955 During the first half of the 20th century, Milwaukee was the hub of the socialist movement in the United States . Milwaukeeans elected three Socialist mayors during this time: Emil Seidel (1910–1912), Daniel Hoan (1916–1940), and Frank Zeidler (1948–1960), and ...
Old photos displayed at a rod and gun club from December of 1950 pictured during the panel discussion about preserving MKE's Black history Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Milwaukee County Historical ...
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Zeidler, having support of the working-class whites in southern Milwaukee, won the election easily. [4] Initially, the Common Council was in charge of planning the freeway system. As the project grew in size and scope, chiefly outside the city limits of Milwaukee, the Milwaukee County Expressway Commission (MCEC) was created in 1953.
Milwaukee's Granville neighborhood has a long and storied history. But it wasn't always a part of the city of Milwaukee. When it was formed in 1840, Granville was a town unto itself, with borders ...
With the Milwaukee River as the division, these two "towns" have remarkably different feels. East Town is regarded as a more vibrant, densely populated area and one less severely impacted by the urban renewal efforts of the 1950s and 60s. Today most of Downtown Milwaukee's major office and residential developments are located in East Town.
According to a Milwaukee Journal article dating back to 1963, the Kooky Cooky House took four men four months to construct, with most parts made of cast-offs, such as an old radio and a converted ...
The North Sherman Boulevard Historic District is a largely intact neighborhood of stylish homes built from 1907 to 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1] [2]