Results tagged with 'Milwaukee History'
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Published April 8, 2013
It was an explosive time for Milwaukee - no pun intended. Twenty years ago this month, thousands of Milwaukeeans started getting sick without any explanation from health officials who were growing alarmed. By the time the invisible bug had been discovered and public health officials felt comfortable to recommend widespread boiling of drinking water to protect most of the public, there were already lots of looming consequences for more vulnerable members of the community.
Published April 3, 2013
The November 1917 bomb blast that killed nine policemen and a civilian woman at Milwaukee's Central Police Station must be the city's worst-kept secret. But even now that three books have been published on the subject, the story still seems a little hidden here at home. The latest, "Worse Than The Devil: Anarchists, Clarence Darrow and Justice in a Time of Terror," is out now.
Published March 16, 2013
Twice a month, Laura Sue Mosier puts on an interactive Victorian-style high tea at the Schuster Mansion Bed and Breakfast - and you're invited. The event features homemade food, a tour of the mansion and a lecture on the history of the house and its colorful inhabitants.
Published March 16, 2013
The Milwaukee County Historical Society has put a new shine on its historic building - built as the Second Ward Savings Bank - in recent years. But the respected institution, which houses an impressive collection of Milwaukee documents, photographs and items on-site and in its warehouse, has also given its web presence a new luster.
Published March 7, 2013
Photographer Paul Bialas has been working to document the Pabst Brewery buildings in recent years. His pictures, collected in a hardcover book, "Pabst: An Excavation of Art," show the buildings in their state of limbo, between past activity as a brewery their sparkly new sheen they're getting as they get dressed up for the future.
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Carmex. The medicated lip balm in small glass jars with the yellow cap. It is and has always been made in Milwaukee. Alfred Woelbing invented the concoction in the 1930's on his kitchen stove to alleviate cold sores. Woelbing (pronounced Well-bing) lived with his wife and children in Wauwatosa...
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