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Recital Poster / Music, Theatre & Cinema / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Related Stories / 1848-1877 / 1877-1900 / Region 8 - South East

Milwaukee’s Music Scene in the Late Nineteenth Century

The Wisconsin music industry experienced a dramatic growth in the second half of the nineteenth century, as Milwaukee became a national leader in musical performances and a manufacturing center for the production of musical instruments. The city was home to a vibrant…

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April 23, 2025
Recital Poster / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Related Stories / Ethnicity & Identity / 1900-1918 / 1918-1945 / Region 8 - South East

Milwaukee’s Early Mexican Community

Milwaukee’s Mexican community began in 1920, when the Pfister and Vogel Tannery recruited a handful of men from the midwestern states of Mexico to work in their Menominee and Bay View plants on the city’s near south side. Unaware that they had been…

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April 23, 2025
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Music, Theatre & Cinema / Recital Poster / Milwaukee / Art, Sport & Entertainment / Object Histories / Milwaukee County / Ethnicity & Identity / 1900-1918 / Region 8 - South East

OBJECT HISTORY: Piano and Song Recital Poster

Mr. Raphael Baez, a well-respected violinist, pianist, composer, and music professor, and his wife Mrs. Mary Schoen Baez, a noted vocalist, had performed together in various music halls in the city of Milwaukee since 1889. The Athenaeum, home of the Women’s Club of Wisconsin, had hosted Mr. Baez and his students throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth…

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September 10, 2020

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