Public Library and Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Milwaukee Art Museum, Quadracci Pavilion Stamps by bbarats
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1909 Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[LIB6638] - Beautiful vintage postcard shows Grand Ave. Park and the library in the background.

Greetings from Milwaukee

Greetings from Milwaukee http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/postcards/index.cfm While it is still common to send postcards from one's travels, today more and more people might just opt to send images via their smartphones. But a century ago, major postcard companies produced hundreds of postcards for cities small and large. Milwaukee was no exception: years ago, visitors could send images of the Milwaukee County Zoo, the homes of Astor Street, or the 3rd Ward. This digital collection from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries features 755 postcards from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection. Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert have collected postcards of Milwaukee since 1945, and they donated their collection to the library in 1998. This particular set of images focuses primarily on postcards produced by Milwaukee publishers like the L.L. Cook Company and the E.C. Kropp Company. There's something for everyone here, including some rare images of the long-gone rides at the Wonderland Amusement Park. Lovers of urban geography and history will be able to spend some quality time here, and it's a great slice of Wisconsin history. >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2012. http://scout.wisc.edu/

1906 Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

[LIB1742] Postmarked from Oshkosh, Wisconsin on September 13, 1906. Addressed to Mrs. M. A. Bibby, Oshkosh.

1958 Library MILWAUKEE WI

View from the Court of Honor looking east on Wisconsin Ave., showing the Library and Museum Building in the foreground.

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Public Library and Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Undivided back card (c1905) published by S. H. K. & Co., Milwaukee, Wis. and Leipzig.
[LIB1850] The Milwaukee Public Library dates to 1878 when the State Legislature on Feb. 7 authorized the City to establish a public library. But the library can trace its lineage back further, to 1847 and the organization of the Young Men's Association, a subscription library which collected dues from its members. The group rented space for its library in a number of locations over the years and expanded into sponsoring a lecture series with such important speakers as Horace Mann, Horace Greeley and Ralph Waldo Emerson. [Read more here]

1906 Public Library, Milwaukee WI