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Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: Cassel Soda Bottle
Cassel Soda Bottle (Image courtesy of Whitefish Bay Historical Society). Photograph by Elkin Gonzalez.
Object Histories / Food & Cooking / Milwaukee County / Whitefish Bay / Manufacturing & Trade / 1900-1920 / Region 8 - South East / Cassel Soda Bottle

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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September 9, 2020
Read more about the article Whitefish Bay Urbanization
Milwaukee, 1872 (Image courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society).
Milwaukee County / Related Stories / Whitefish Bay / Manufacturing & Trade / 1860-1880 / Nature & Environment / 1880-1900 / Politics, Society & Government / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / 1940-1960 / Region 8 - South East / Cassel Soda Bottle

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

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