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Democratic National Convention

Date: 07 21 1952
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson, Madison chairman of the Wisconsin delegation to the Democratic National Convention stands between two pages — Marilyn Mayer from Il...
Historical Essay

Fitzgerald, Jeff 1966

Photograph

First Assistant Fire Chief Leonard Sime Retirement

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: Six firefighters are shown at First Assistant Fire Chief Leonard Sime's retirement party inside the Central Fire Station, 18 South Webster Street. Lieutena...
Photograph

Philip La Follette and Labor Crowd

Date: 09 20 1930
Description: View over crowd towards Philip La Follette, the son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., campaigning for governor before a large crowd of workers near the Allis ...
Historical Essay

Milwaukee Sewer Socialism

How Wisconsin Became America's Most Socialist State
Discover how Milwaukee, Wisconsin became America's first Socialist city.
Photograph

Finnish Workers' Hall

Date: 08 1947
Description: Exterior view of Workers' Hall.
Historical Essay

Golda Meir

Photograph

Governor John Gilligan at Event

Date: 03 1971
Description: Group portrait of one woman and four men posing together. Caption reads: "NY RDD 3/1971. L to R: Marian Wright Edelman [civil rights activist and Yale boar...
Photograph

Eugene Debs and Victor Berger

Date: 1897
Description: Formal studio portrait of Eugene Debs and Victor Berger.
Poster

Harry W. Bolens

Date: 1936
Description: Harry W. Bolens, an inventor, obtained patents on chair and furniture fixtures, power garden tractors and lawn mowers. He helped organize the Gilson Manfac...
Historical Essay

Lauri, Carl E. 1924

Historical Essay

Bock, Peter E. 1948

Book or Pamphlet

Bolens Tractors

Date: 
Description: Cover of Bolens Tractors catalog. An inventor, Harry W Bolens obtained patents on chair and furniture fixtures, power garden tractors and lawn mowers. He h...
Historical Essay

Meir, Golda (1898-1978)

Israel's First Female Prime Minister
Learn about the life of Israel's first female prime minster, her role in the Zionist movement, and her early years living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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