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Writers Workshop at Highlander

Date: 1940
Description: A late 1930s early 1940s writers workshop at Highlander run by Leon Wilson. Charlie Ferguson, Editor, Reader's Digest, working with Mrs. Joe Kelly Stockt...
Poster

Socialism And The War Poster

Date: 1917
Description: Poster publicizing a speech on Socialism by Emil Seidel, former mayor of Milwaukee.
Photograph

Victor L. Berger

Date: 1925
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Victor Berger.
Poster

Vandalized Victor Berger Campaign Poster

Date: 1915
Description: Campaign poster for Victor Berger (1860-1929), U.S. Senatorial campaign. The poster was used by Berger, Socialist candidate for the U.S. Senate in the camp...
Poster

Victor Berger Campaign Poster

Date: 1918
Description: Campaign poster for Victor Berger (1860-1929), U.S. Senatorial campaign. This large poster documents Berger's campaign for United States Senate in a spec...
Photograph

Fritz Anneke

Date: 
Description: Ninth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of Fritz Anneke sitting in a chair. Fritz Anneke was a German socialist and newspaper editor and writer. He immigrat...
Poster

Student Mobe Poster

Date: 10 1971
Description: Two-color poster created by members of the Student Mobilization Committee Against the War in Vietnam, a national organization formed in 1967. The poster, w...
Historical Essay

Frank P. Zeidler — The Last Socialist to Run a Major American City

Learn how Frank Zeidler propelled social, economic and structural improvements in Milwaukee as America's last Socialist Mayor in 1948 - 1960.
Historical Essay

Zeidler, Frank (1912 – 2006)

Last Socialist to Run a Major American City
Learn about Milwaukee's third and last Socialist mayor. Read about the many improvements made to the city of Milwaukee under his leadership.
Photograph

Fidel Castro Rally and Protest on University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union theater supporting Fidel Castro and protesting the ...
Postcard

Emil Seidel in Front of His House

Date: 04 18 1910
Description: Emil Seidel (left) stands in front of his house with a young girl and another man. Other adults and children are in the background across the street. He wa...
Historical Essay

Berger, Meta Schlichting (1873-1944)

This Milwaukee born woman successfully advocated for progressive reforms in the educational system and was influential in the Milwaukee socialist movement.
Poster

Keep America American

Date: 1924
Description: Political poster promoting Calvin Coolidge and Charles Dawes for president and vice-president. On the left side are two flags, "Old Glory" and "The Red Fla...
Photograph

Finnish Workers' Hall

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

Zeidler, Frank (1912 - 2006)

Mayer of Milwaukee
Discover the history of Frank Zeidler
Historical Essay

Berger, Meta 1873-1944

The history of Meta Berger.

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