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Object Histories / Food & Cooking / Milwaukee County / Everyday Life / Whitefish Bay / 1900-1918 / Manufacturing & Trade / Society & Religion / Cassel Soda Bottle / Region 8 - South East

OBJECT HISTORY: Cassel Soda Bottle

This soda bottle was sold by the Cassel Soda Company in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, in the early 1900s. Conrad Cassel owned and managed the company from 1897-1917. The company, along with other Wisconsin soda companies during that time, made carbonated water, a beverage that would gain special significance during Prohibition. The Cassel Soda Company sold its soda to Whitefish…

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October 9, 2014

Food & Cooking / Related Stories / Everyday Life / 1877-1900 / Manufacturing & Trade / Cassel Soda Bottle

History of Soda Bottles

In the 1800s, semi-automatic machines began making glass bottles. The first soda bottles were made in 1806 and resembled ale and spirits bottles. These bottles had short, square bottoms and a small neck.The next style of soda bottles, called Saratoga bottles, looked…

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October 1, 2014

Milwaukee County / Related Stories / Whitefish Bay / 1877-1900 / Manufacturing & Trade / 1900-1918 / 1918-1945 / Nature & Environment / 1945-1965 / Society & Religion / Cassel Soda Bottle / Region 8 - South East

Whitefish Bay Urbanization

In the late 1800s, meatpacking, wheat processing and brewing industrialization boomed in Milwaukee. This increase of manufacturing attracted workers from all over the country to move to Milwaukee. In fact, from 1870-1900, Milwaukee’s population quadrupled. Milwaukee's housing infrastructure couldn't support this drastic…

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October 1, 2014

West Bend / Industry / Object Histories / Food & Cooking / Wisconsin Made / Everyday Life / Washington County / Manufacturing & Trade / 1945-1965 / Region 8 - South East / Penguin Server

OBJECT HISTORY: Penguin Server

A penguin-themed serving bowl dishes out stories about the aluminum industry, postwar consumer culture, and home entertainment in mid-twentieth century Wisconsin.

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August 10, 2014

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West Bend / Home Furnishings / Industry / Related Stories / Everyday Life / Manufacturing & Trade / Washington County / 1918-1945 / Region 8 - South East / Penguin Server

The West Bend Aluminum Company

On September 27, 1911, a group of businessmen headed by Bernhard Carl Ziegler founded the West Bend Aluminum Company. Ziegler was the director and president until his death in 1946. As one of the most influential people in the community, he was…

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August 1, 2014

West Bend / Military History / Industry / Related Stories / Global Connections / Manufacturing & Trade / Washington County / 1918-1945 / Politics & Government / Region 8 - South East / Penguin Server

The Aluminum Industry and Wartime Demands

In 1920 the aluminum cookware industry in Wisconsin gained control of over 50 percent of the total national market, after selling less than five percent in 1910. By 1929, West Bend ranked third in the nation in sales of aluminum cookware; however, during the Great…

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August 1, 2014