"It's a Wonderful Life" was playing at the Alhambra Theater in Downtown on January 28, 1947. Paperboys delivered The Milwaukee Journal after school. The front page carried the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast of "an inch or so of snow" for Wednesday, January 29. They were wrong.
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Read moreWhen Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew the corrupt Cuban military dictator Fulgencio Batista on New Year's Day, 1959, a 37-year-old American mercenary born and raised in Milwaukee would soon become known as “The Butcher.”
Read moreWith lavish illustrations by Gustave Dore, this treasure of MPL's collection is no impossible dream - it's available at the Central Library.
Read moreWe remember the late great Gene Wilder by exploring his Milwaukee roots.
Read moreThis unique 14-volume publication consists of descriptive text and samples of wood; some of which are from trees that have since become extinct.
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Read moreMilwaukee Public Library once fielded the question of who played the Braves’ Chief Noc-A-Homa mascot in Milwaukee. But what if the mascot wasn't originally called Chief Noc-A-Homa? Articles from The Milwaukee Journal emerged with the answer.
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