From the MPL Archives: 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic Signs
Join Dan, Local History Librarian, as he shares the history behind our signs from the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic in Milwaukee.
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Ruth Revels, First African American to Work in the Milwaukee Mayor’s Office
Learn more about Ruth Revels, the first African American to work in the Milwaukee Mayor's Office.
Read moreCarl Sandburg's Town of Wauwatosa Home Found?
Finding an old address shouldn't be hard. Just check city directories and phone books. Unless it's Pulitzer Prize poet Carl Sandburg's Hawley Rd. home in the former Town of Wauwatosa, which didn't use address numbers until it adopted Milwaukee's 1930 street address grid system.
Read moreMilwaukee Streetcar Past Resurfaces
Last year, after a 60 year absence, streetcars returned to Milwaukee with The Hop. Recently, a remnant of Milwaukee’s streetcar past resurfaced after being paved over 70 years ago. One of this year's road construction projects is the replacement of the N. Port Washington Rd. bridge over W. Capitol Dr.
Read moreThe Milwaukee Roots of Charlotte Rae Lubotsky
Charlotte Rae might not have had box office hits like fellow Milwaukee native Gene Wilder or won an armful of awards as Mark Rylance did, but she starred as Mrs. Garrett in the 1980s NBC hit sitcom The Facts of Life.
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