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Postcard of the Milwaukee Gas Light Company Building in 1933. Note that its famous gas flame has not been added yet.

Wisconsin Gas Light Company Building

Postcard of the Milwaukee Gas Light Company Building in 1933. Note that its famous gas flame has not been added yet.

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Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Wisconsin Gas Building
1906 illustration of men cutting ice blocks and loading it onto a conveyor belt at the right.

Wisconsin Lakes Ice and Cartage Company

1906 illustration of men cutting ice blocks and loading it onto a conveyor belt at the right.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Ice Industry
A 1965 photograph of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Main Exchange, designed by Alexander Eschweiler in 1930.

Wisconsin Telephone Company

A 1965 photograph of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Main Exchange, designed by Alexander Eschweiler in 1930.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Eschweiler Buildings
Group photograph of a women's bowling team standing behind a trophy in 1928.

Women's Bowling Team

Group photograph of a women's bowling team standing behind a trophy in 1928.

Source:
From the Roman B. Kwaniewski Photographs Collection, Archives. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. 
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Amateur Sports
A radio announcer stands behind a microphone during a broadcast of the WTJM radio program called "Rumpus Room" in 1945. The program featured advertisements for local retailers like Boston Store.

WTMJ Radio Broadcaster

A radio announcer stands behind a microphone during a broadcast of the WTJM radio program called "Rumpus Room" in 1945. The program featured advertisements for local retailers like Boston Store.

Source:
From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Photograph showcasing the radio booth and production of a WUWM broadcast, taken between 1978 and 1980.

WUWM Broadcast Booth

Photograph showcasing the radio booth and production of a WUWM broadcast, taken between 1978 and 1980.

Source:
From the UW-Milwaukee Photographs Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Photograph of WUWM radio engineer Bruce Winter working in the broadcast booth, taken between 1978 and 1980.

WUWM Radio Engineer

Photograph of WUWM radio engineer Bruce Winter working in the broadcast booth, taken between 1978 and 1980.

Source:
From the UW-Milwaukee Photographs Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Radio
Originally known as Union Square in the 1830s and renamed to honor mayor Carl Zeidler in the 1960s, this piece of natural landscape in the heart of downtown was Milwaukee's first park.

Zeidler Union Square Park

Originally known as Union Square in the 1830s and renamed to honor mayor Carl Zeidler in the 1960s, this piece of natural landscape in the heart of downtown was Milwaukee's first park.

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From the Wikimedia Commons. Photograph by username Buster8079.
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Parks
1916 photograph of students of the Zionist Jewish Folk School in Milwaukee.

Zionist Jewish Folk School

1916 photograph of students of the Zionist Jewish Folk School in Milwaukee.

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From the Picturing Golda Meir Collection. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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