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Images of America Milwaukee Wisconsin by Richard Prestor Autographed copy
IImages of America Milwaukee Wisconsin by Richard Prestor
Autographed Copy
Soft Cover
128 pages
Copyright 2000
CONTENTS
Dedication2
Acknowledgments6
Introduction 7
Preface 8
1. Earning Our Daily Bread9
2. Music, Sports, and Socializing31
3. Polish Community Photographer: Roman B.J. Kwasniewski 47
4. Planes, Trains, and Boats65
5. One Milwaukeean's Life in Pictures: Marshall Cain75
6. City Places81
7. Kindergarten to College93
8. Politicians and Other Notables105
9. Folks and Family 113
Appendix-1931 Street Name Changes123
Index126
ON THE BACK COVER
In April 1834, the Green-Bay Intelligencer newspaper reported that a sawmill was being erected in a new settlement on the Milwaukee River. Less than one year later, the paper reported that "Milwaukey [sic], which 10 months ago, had only a single trading house, has now some 20 or 30 houses, and two or three saw mills."
Yankee settlers and land speculators had moved in and were here to stay. The steady growth of Milwaukee was never wholly due to the influx of ambitious Easterners though. In ever-expanding numbers, Europeans also made their way here, not merely as settlers, but frequently as hard-working business owners, skilled laborers, and artists. They were determined to make Milwaukee their home, and in this new homeland they surrounded themselves (and influenced the entire community) with their old traditions and languages. Thirty years after its first newspaper write-up, Milwaukee was a well-established city brimming with potential.
Through the years, Richard Prestor has amassed a fascinating collection of historic photographs of Milwaukee. This tribute to the author's home town is not meant to be a definitive history of the city, but rather a light-hearted look at the people who made Milwaukee's history. On many personal levels, you will see how people lived, worked, and entertained themselves.
Join Mr. Prestor on a fascinating visual journey that brings new life to Milwaukee's history.
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