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Collection/Exhibit Videos

Milwaukee County Landmarks Committee Public Hearing September 19th, 2024 at 4pm MCHS: 910 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive The subject of this hearing will be consideration of two sites nominated for designation as 2024 Milwaukee County landmarks. The sites are: 1) The Max and Anita Karl Jewish Community Campus. (formerly the Milwaukee Country Day School and University School) 6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point, WI. 2) The Wisconsin Club (formerly the Alexander Mitchell residence and Deutscher Club), 900 N. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI. Both are being considered for historic and architectural significance. Persons interested in, or associated with, the potential landmark may join the hearing to give testimony for or against its designation. Questions concerning landmark status, or the designation process can be directed to MCHS Archivist, Steve Schaffer.
Milwaukee County Landmarks Committee - Public Hearing, September 19, 2024
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Community Forum Recording: Dr. Ermitte Saint Jacques and Historian Kitonga Tumaini Alexander lead a community forum on the Black middle class in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Typically, the narrative surrounding Black Milwaukee is one of poverty, struggle, crime, but there are many Black residents who have achieved success and stability. This is an opportunity for the community to discuss the Black Middle Class in Milwaukee and to share their research from the project. This forum is in tandem with the traveling exhibit "Living for the City," which is on display at the MCHS from July - October 2024. Check out the “Living for the City” Oral History Project: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/dig.../collection/lfc/search The UW-Milwaukee "Living for the City" oral history project is in collaboration with Wisconsin Humanities and Marquette University Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outreach.
"Living for The City: The Black Middle Class in Milwaukee" Community Forum at the MCHS
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Another installment of the Virtual Lunch and Learn Series. Milwaukee County Historical Society’s new presentation on the history of transportation in Milwaukee with a focus on rubber-wheeled forms of transportation (buses, automobiles, and bicycles) along with the history of streets and roads, plus aviation.
Virtual Lunch and Learn, Transportation Part Two, "Rubber Wheels & Aviation"
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MCHS Program, Virtual Lunch & Learn - “Transportation in Milwaukee Part One: ‘Steel Wheels’ and Shipping” highlights Milwaukee County's history in transportation. MCHS Assistant Archivist and Digitization Specialist, Michael Barera, shares his research and MCHS archival photos.
Virtual Lunch & Learn, Transportation Part One, "Steel Wheels & Shipping"
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During World War II, 39 prisoner-of-war camps were created in Wisconsin to house captured German soldiers. One of the largest camps in the state, which operated from 1945-1946, was at Billy Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. In this Virtual Lunch & Learn, researcher Abby Allcox sheds light on the POWs that lived in these camps, their experiences, and the relationships they formed with local Milwaukeeans.
Abby Allcox "German POWs in Milwaukee" March 15, 2024 Virtual Lunch & Learn
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Virtual Lunch and Learn - "Here at the Beginning: The African American Community in Milwaukee."
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The Frederick Bogk House is the only single-family residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the city of Milwaukee. This video explores the house through interviews with preservationist and Bogk House owner (1955 - 2023) Barbara Elsner and Architectural Historian Richard Cleary. Part house history, part family history, this is a fascinating look at an architectural icon as well as a key figure in Milwaukee's preservation movement.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Frederick Bogk House (1916)
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A virtual Lunch and Learn featuring thirty-year Milwaukee Fire Fighter and Battalion Chief Frank Alioto. Frank gives a fantastic presentation about the history of Fire Departments in Milwaukee, the fires that impacted the city, and a brief education in firefighting.
Virtual Lunch and Learn 11.10.2023 Fire. History. & Frank Alioto
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Virtual Lunch & Learn with Archivist Steve Schaffer on September 15, 2023 Oberwise: Through the Lens of a Master Featuring photographs taken by reclusive amateur photographer Lyle Oberwise, this talk is devoted to the work of this prodigious documentarian. All images are from the Lyle Oberwise Collection housed at the Historical Society.
Lunch and Learn Oberwise 91523
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A decade by decade look at the history of the Wisconsin State Fair, discussing the evolution of attractions, events, food, and more from the inaugural fair in Janesville in 1851 to the contemporary State Fair. This presentation also coves the development and year-round use of Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis.
Wisconsin State Fair Throughout the Decades MBarera
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A panel discussion with leaders of the Milwaukee Bronzeville Community.
Bronzeville Perspectives Power of Place
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Milwaukee County Historical Society Lunch & Learn May 5, 2023 Take Me Out to the Ballgame with Michael Barera
5 5 Lunch and Learn Take Me Out to the Ballgame
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