Wisconsin 101

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

Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Related Stories / 1877-1900 / 1900-1918 / Nature & Environment / Cassel Soda Bottle / Transportation & Tourism / Region 8 - South East

Pabst Whitefish Bay Resort

When Chicago’s population boomed in the 1800s, the newcomers frequently traveled “up north” to Milwaukee for vacations. Several Milwaukee-based companies built resorts in the towns surrounding the city to increase profits from tourists. These “resort towns” attracted visitors from all over Wisconsin…

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October 1, 2014

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

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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October 15, 2013

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

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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October 15, 2013

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

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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October 15, 2013

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

The Milwaukee Athenaeum

Built in 1887, the Athenaeum has been home to the Women’s Club of Wisconsin since its founding. Situated in Milwaukee’s East Town at 813 Kilbourn Ave., the building and the organization that calls it home can lay claim to a number of…

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October 15, 2013