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Originally a city mission, the Episcopal Social Center opened in 1945 on 27th Street and evolved into the non-profit agency Neighborhood House.

Episcopal Social Center

Originally a city mission, the Episcopal Social Center opened in 1945 on 27th Street and evolved into the non-profit agency Neighborhood House.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Episcopalians
Photograph of Esperanza Unida, or "Mural of Peace," painted by Reynaldo Hernandez on the side of a building on W. National Avenue in the Walker's Point neighborhood.

Esperanza Unida

Photograph of Esperanza Unida, or "Mural of Peace," painted by Reynaldo Hernandez on the side of a building on W. National Avenue in the Walker's Point neighborhood.

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Photograph courtesy of Ann M. Graf
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Mexicans
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Murals, Signs, and Statues
Photograph of a young Ezekiel Gillespie, prominent activist and founder of the AME church in Milwaukee.

Ezekiel Gillespie

Photograph of a young Ezekiel Gillespie, prominent activist and founder of the AME church in Milwaukee.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
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African Methodist Episcopalians
A group of male employees work with heavy industrial equipment inside Falk Corporation in 1963.

Falk Corporation Foundry Work

A group of male employees work with heavy industrial equipment inside Falk Corporation in 1963.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library.
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Falk Corporation
Three women golf on a Milwaukee course in the summer of 1925.

Female Golfers

Three women golf on a Milwaukee course in the summer of 1925.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Golfing
Photograph of the 1980 Festa Italiana procession winding through a crowd of people. The procession features flags, religious and cultural figures, and people in traditional clothing.

Festa Italiana

Photograph of the 1980 Festa Italiana procession winding through a crowd of people. The procession features flags, religious and cultural figures, and people in traditional clothing.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Festa Italiana
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Festivals and Celebrations
This 1981 photograph shows the filter cake cylinders at the Jones Island Treatment Plant.

Filter Cake Cylinders

This 1981 photograph shows the filter cake cylinders at the Jones Island Treatment Plant.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record Collection.
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Milorganite
An interior photograph of the former First Church of Christ, Scientist located on Prospect Avenue. Built in 1907, the building is now used as a venue for weddings and other events.

First Christian Science Church

An interior photograph of the former First Church of Christ, Scientist located on Prospect Avenue. Built in 1907, the building is now used as a venue for weddings and other events.

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From the Historic Photo Archive of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Christian Scientists
Photograph of Milwaukee's First Unitarian Society. Established in 1892, it is the faith's oldest gathering space.

First Unitarian Society

Photograph of Milwaukee's First Unitarian Society. Established in 1892, it is the faith's oldest gathering space.

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From the Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey Collection.
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Unitarian Universalists
People stand in line to try ethnic foods at the Holiday Folk Fair, served by people in traditional dress, in 1982.

Food at the Folk Fair

People stand in line to try ethnic foods at the Holiday Folk Fair, served by people in traditional dress, in 1982.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Holiday Folk Fair International

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Portrait of Milwaukee's 35th mayor Frank Zeidler. He served three terms from 1948-1960.

Frank Zeidler

Portrait of Milwaukee's 35th mayor Frank Zeidler. He served three terms from 1948-1960.

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From the Milwaukee Mayors Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Frank Zeidler
Mayor Frank Zeidler signs a Book of Remembrance while members of the Zionist Organization of America look on in this 1949 photograph.

Frank Zeidler Signs Book of Remembrance

Mayor Frank Zeidler signs a Book of Remembrance while members of the Zionist Organization of America look on in this 1949 photograph.

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From the Milwaukee Mayors Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reprinted with permission.
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Frank Zeidler
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Groups
This Fresnel Lens from a lighthouse in Oregon shows the faceting and bending of glass that projects light for travelers on the water.

Fresnel Lens

This Fresnel Lens from a lighthouse in Oregon shows the faceting and bending of glass that projects light for travelers on the water.

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From the Wikimedia Commons.
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Lighthouses
Photograph of Fritz Pollard, left, and Paul Robeson, right, taken in 1918. Both men played for the Milwaukee Badgers in the 1920s.

Fritz Pollard and Paul Robeson

Photograph of Fritz Pollard, left, and Paul Robeson, right, taken in 1918. Both men played for the Milwaukee Badgers in the 1920s.

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From The Crisis, Vol. 15 No. 5, March 1918. Page 230. Accessed via Google Books.
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Football
Photograph of the G. Pfister and Company City Tannery before it reincorporated as the Pfister & Vogel Company in 1872.

G. Pfister and Company City Tannery

Photograph of the G. Pfister and Company City Tannery before it reincorporated as the Pfister & Vogel Company in 1872.

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From the Milwaukee County Historical Society.
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Pfister & Vogel Leather Company
1945 photograph of women employed as garment workers at a factory located in the Mayer Building.

Garment Workers

1945 photograph of women employed as garment workers at a factory located in the Mayer Building.

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From the James Blair Murdoch Photographs. Archives, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
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Work
Gemütlichkeit

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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From the Archives Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Roman B. J. Kwasniewski Collection, 1886-1980. Photographs, 1907-1947. UWM Manuscript Collection 19, Box 140, Glass Negative. Digital Collection: Milwaukee Polonia, Old Digital ID: kw000619, New Digital ID: kw014254.
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Milwaukee Fourteen , Solomon Juneau , Energy , State Forests, Parks, and Trails , St. Benedict the Moor Mission and Church , Beulah Brinton , Veterans
Portrait of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell

General William L. Mitchell

Portrait of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell

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From the Wikimedia Commons
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Billy Mitchell
Portrait of George W. Peck. Peck served as Milwaukee's mayor in 1890 before being elected as Wisconsin's governor, a position he held for four years.

George Peck

Portrait of George W. Peck. Peck served as Milwaukee's mayor in 1890 before being elected as Wisconsin's governor, a position he held for four years.

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From the Historic Photo Collection of the Milwaukee Public Library.
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George W. Peck
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