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Read more about the article The Wisconsin Milk Strikes of 1933
Dairy Industry / Industry / Agriculture / Related Stories / Manufacturing & Trade / 1918-1945 / Society & Religion / National Guard Nightstick

The Wisconsin Milk Strikes of 1933

As the effects of the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression rippled through the United States, many working-class Americans felt the economic impacts, including Wisconsin’s farmers. Midwestern farmers were already suffering even before the Depression, and since Wisconsin served as…

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June 27, 2023
Read more about the article The Consolidated Badger Cooperative and the Shawano Milk Strike of May 1933
Agriculture / Industry / Shawano / Food & Cooking / Related Stories / Manufacturing & Trade / Politics & Government / Region 2 - North East / Shawano County / 1918-1945 / National Guard Nightstick

The Consolidated Badger Cooperative and the Shawano Milk Strike of May 1933

In the aftermath of the 1929 Wall Street Market Crash and the subsequent Great Depression, Wisconsin farmers struggled to meet the costs of production associated with dairy commodities. As a tool to improve their standard of living, some of Wisconsin’s farmers turned…

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June 27, 2023
Read more about the article OBJECT HISTORY: National Guard Nightstick
Agriculture / Industry / Shawano / Object Histories / Manufacturing & Trade / Region 2 - North East / 1918-1945 / Shawano County / Society & Religion / National Guard Nightstick

OBJECT HISTORY: National Guard Nightstick

Police nightstick, signed by National Guard Members who participated in Milk Strike, 1933. Image courtesy of Nick Censoprano In mid-May 1933, battles, clashes, and strikes erupted throughout Wisconsin. The catalyst? Milk. On the orders of Governor Albert G. Schmedeman and Adjunct General…

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June 27, 2023
Read more about the article Pleasant Ridge: Southwest Wisconsin’s Integrated Pioneer Community
Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge. Both Blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school, circa 1890. Image ID: 4239, WI Historical Society.
Beetown / Grant County / Related Stories / Iowa County / Ethnicity & Identity / Pleasant Ridge / 1848-1877 / 1877-1900 / 1900-1918 / Society & Religion / 1918-1945 / Region 6 - South West / Ingersoll-Sergeant Pneumatic Rock Drill

Pleasant Ridge: Southwest Wisconsin’s Integrated Pioneer Community

Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge. Both Blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school, circa 1890. Image ID: 4239, WI Historical Society. Pleasant Ridge was a rural agricultural community located near present-day Beetown in central Grant County that…

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December 21, 2022
Read more about the article Beyond the Dirt Track: Harley-Davidson Expands to New Markets
Industry / Milwaukee / Milwaukee County / Related Stories / Manufacturing & Trade / 1900-1918 / 1918-1945 / The Harley-Davidson V-Twin Engine / Transportation & Tourism / Region 8 - South East

Beyond the Dirt Track: Harley-Davidson Expands to New Markets

“Typical Bikemen of the 1920’s,” Courtesy of the Milwaukee Police Historical Society. Harley-Davidson motorcycles may have had their first exposure on the dirt-track racing circuits of the early 1900s, but their legacy did not end with extreme sports. 1908 marked the Milwaukee…

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June 18, 2022

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