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Bradford Beach
Milwaukee county residents enjoy summer sunshine and sand on Lake Michigan’s shoreline in 1985.
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Machine Shop of the World
Roman Kwasniewski’s 1924 photograph of a gear twice as tall as a man reflects industrial Milwaukee’s special skill in metal fabrication.
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Wishes in the Wind
Image of David Lenz’s Wishes in the Wind courtesy of David Lenz and the Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation.
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St. Josaphat
This photograph from around 1920 shows the Basilica from the lagoon in Kosciuszko Park.
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Milwaukee River Downtown
Automobiles and boats traverse Milwaukee’s downtown by the Michigan Avenue Bridge in this 1974 photograph by Harold Mayer.
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Gemütlichkeit
The German sense of conviviality and comfort animated social gatherings among Milwaukeeans of various ethnic backgrounds, even at this “Hard Time party” taken by Roman Kwasniewski in 1924.
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