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Image courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Image ID: 48771.

The Cherry Industry in Door County

While early European immigrants in Door County survived by subsistence farming, efforts in later years to grow cash crops proved challenging, due in large part to the area’s rocky landscape. Despite little success with traditional crops, Door County residents continued to look…

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July 1, 2017

Door County / Cherryland T-Shirt / Region 5 - Center East / Related Stories / Manufacturing & Trade / Food & Cooking / 1920-1940 / 1940-1960 / Transportation & Tourism

Cherryland Tourism

The beginnings of Door County tourism preceded the cherry industry boom by several decades. The natural beauty and cool temperatures made the area an attractive destination for urbanites in search of a respite from the summer heat. As transportation improved, visitors from…

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July 1, 2017

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OBJECT HISTORY: Cradleboard

Native Americans used cradleboards in North America to protect, carry, and entertain their babies. Cradleboards allowed women to keep babies close to their side. Women carried cradleboards on their backs. They also could rest them against a tree. The cradleboard protected babies from danger and kept them happy. Native tribes made cradleboards in many ways,…

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June 9, 2017

Read more about the article The Settlement House Movement

Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee’s new citizens, 1919. Image courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society, ID: 5348.

Settlement Cook Book / Related Stories / Home Furnishings / Food & Cooking / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / Ethnicity & Identity / Religion / Global Connections

The Settlement House Movement

Mass immigration from eastern and southern Europe dramatically altered America’s ethnic and religious composition around the turn of the twentieth century. Unlike earlier immigrants, who had largely come from western European countries like Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Scandinavia, the new immigrants came…

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May 1, 2017

Milwaukee County / Settlement Cook Book / Milwaukee / Region 8 - South East / Related Stories / Food & Cooking / 1880-1900 / 1900-1920 / 1920-1940 / Ethnicity & Identity / Religion / Global Connections

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Black Kander

The first generation of women—mostly white and middle- or upper-class—to graduate from college in large numbers left school full of promise and enthusiasm, but were largely denied employment in medicine, law, or business. Rejected by the professional world, many focused their energies…

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May 1, 2017

Read more about the article The Settlement

Temple B’ne Jeshurun hosted early classes of the Settlement in its basement. The building has since been demolished. Photo courtesy of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee

Milwaukee County / Settlement Cook Book / Milwaukee / Region 8 - South East / Related Stories / Home Furnishings / Food & Cooking / 1900-1920 / Education

The Settlement

Having outgrown the basement of Temple B’ne Jeshurun, the mission moved to an old house at 507 Fifth Street in 1900. It was simply called “The Settlement.” Programs expanded as space and resources did—the building was busy from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00…

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May 1, 2017