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Eisenhower and Joe McCarthy

Date: 10 03 1952
Description: Presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower and Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy together on the rear car of the "Eisenhower Special." The location of thi...
Photograph

Milwaukee Grape Boycott Panel

Date: 1969
Description: John Schmitt, AFL CIO president; Manuel Salas, labor contractor for Libby, McNeil and Libby; Cesar Chavez and Eliseo Medina sit together on a panel in Milw...
Photograph

Joe McCarthy at Milwaukee Tribute

Date: 12 11 1951
Description: Head table at a dinner that honored Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, behind which is a large portrait of him. Senator McCarthy is second from the right. Over 25...
Photograph

Nixon Campaign Stop in Milwaukee

Date: 10 08 1960
Description: The speakers platform during a Presidential campaign rally for Richard M. Nixon at Billy Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee. With Nixon on the platform are Kirb...
Photograph

Miss Mary Basso and Mosaics

Date: 10 07 1954
Description: A woman is smiling while pointing to a tile on a mosaic she is displaying in front of her. Two other mosaics are next to her. The caption reads: "A lecture...
Photograph

Marquette University Honors MacArthur

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur....
Property Record

1115 S 7TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: St. Patrick's Church
Reference Number: 20665
National or State Registers Record

931 W. Madison St.

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: South Branch Library
Reference Number: 88000084
Photograph

Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Wisconsin Centennial State Fair

Date: 08 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, speaks into a WHA microphone in the Dairy Building at the Wisconsin Centennial State Fair. She is surrounded by a cro...
Photograph

Toastmasters International

Date: 04 06 1955
Description: A man in the center is standing behind a sign for Toastmasters International with one hand raised up. Two other men are sitting and looking at pocket watch...
Historical Essay

An Earth Day Gallery in Gaylord Nelson's Honor - Image Gallery Essay

Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist.
Property Record

1100 N ASTOR ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Reference Number: 16291
Property Record

2029-2031 W MITCHELL ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: STANISLAUS J. SZYMAREK GROCERY STORE
Reference Number: 31817
Historical Essay

Immigration in the 19th Century

Europeans Come to Wisconsin
Discover how Native Americans were removed from their lands in Wisconsin to make room for European immigrants.
Property Record

605 S 4TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
Reference Number: 16289
Historical Essay

Father Groppi 'Denial of Absolution' Collage

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Collage featuring likeness of civil rights activist Father James Edmund Groppi by artist Gloria Adair of Milwaukee, 1966. (Museum object #1993.37.1)
Property Record

1705 S 9TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: ST. ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Reference Number: 15479
Property Record

CA. 2024 W HIGHLAND AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Highland Avenue Methodist Church
Reference Number: 17090
Property Record

1927 N Vel R. Phillips Ave (AKA 1927 N 4TH)

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: 
Reference Number: 26988
Property Record

1136 S 5TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: ST. STEPHEN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Reference Number: 41981

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