Date: | 07 05 1921 |
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Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Christian Doerfler, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice. |
Date: | 04 08 1961 |
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Description: | Vel Phillips stands while speaking with Arthur Goldberg, former Secretary of Labor and, at the time of the photograph, Supreme Court Justice. Another man c... |
Civil Rights Law |
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Learn about the Milwaukee based lawyer who won two of Wisconsin's most important civil rights cases and was on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
United States Supreme Court Justice |
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Biography of William H. Rehnquist, who was born in Milwaukee and went on to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. |
Brief history of the Civil Rights Movement in Wisconsin. |
Runaway Slave |
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Biography of Joshua Glover, a former slave from St. Louis, Missouri who sought asylum in Racine, Wisconsin in 1852. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | Man unloading boxes of "Baby Ruth" and "Butterfinger" candy bars from an International D-2 truck outside the Monona Club. The truck was owned by the Suprem... |
Date: | 04 27 1956 |
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Description: | Four women wearing gowns and are gloves. One of the women is handing a gavel to another. Caption reads: "New officers of Emblem Club No. 44 of the Milwauke... |
Wisconsin in the Civil War |
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Discover how a pet eagle named Old Abe helped Wisconsin serve the Union in the Civil War |
Black Voting Rights Activist |
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Biography of Ezekiel Gillespie who was active in Milwaukee's small Black community, especially on voting rights issues. |
Date: | 03 06 1898 |
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Description: | Death notice and image of Arthur McArthur, Sr. (the last name was sometimes spelled MacArthur). The death notice was printed in the Milwaukee Sunday Sen... |
Community: | Milwaukee |
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County: | Milwaukee |
Historic Name: | Lakeview Hospital |
Reference Number: | 100010240 |
Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
Banker, Politician, Congressman and Railroad Promoter |
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Biography of banker, politician, Congressman and railroad promoter and executive Alexander Mitchell. |
Read about the brewing industry, the temperance movement, and the effects of prohibition in Wisconsin. |
Community: | Milwaukee |
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County: | Milwaukee |
Historic Name: | Lloyd Barbee House |
Reference Number: | 223966 |
Lawyer, Politician and Judge |
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Biography of lawyer, politician and judge Edward George Ryan. |
Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I |
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Learn more about Victory Berger by examing 1917 editorial selections from his newspaper, Milwaukee Leader |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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United States Senate campaign banner for Milwaukee Socialist Congressman Victor L. Berger, April 1918. (Museum object #1992.168) |
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