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Feature Story

John C. Koss Receives 2007 'Seymour Cray Award for Distinction in Technology'

Wisconsin History Maker Award
Read about founder and chairman of Koss Corporation, who introduced personal listening through his creation of the first stereophones.
Postcard

Here's Thinking of You! In Milwaukee

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Description: Milwaukee postcard showing a glass of beer, a pretzel, a cow and a milk maid. The card also features a short verse about Milwaukee's congeniality: "A cool ...
Postcard

Schlitz Hotel Bar Room

Date: 1905
Description: Hand-colored view of the interior of the bar room in the Schlitz Hotel.
Photograph

Exterior of F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound between catalog pages. (One o...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Vault No. 2) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound bet...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 9) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound bet...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 5) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound bet...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 4) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound be...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 6) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound bet...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Sub Floor No. 1) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 8) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound bet...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 3) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound be...
Photograph

F. Dohmen Company

Date: 1900
Description: Interior of (Floor No. 10) The F. Dohmen Company Wholesale Druggists. A salesman's catalog with removable screwed bindings and pages of note paper bound b...
Photograph

Schlitz, The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous

Date: 
Description: Cover art featuring Milwaukee from promotional booklet of views of the Schlitz Brewery.
Historical Essay

Frederick Pabst and the Pabst Brewing Company

Read about the German born man who made an indelible mark on the history of Milwaukee with his creation of the Pabst Brewing Company.
Historical Essay

Stevens, Brooks, 1911-1995

Industrial Designer
Learn more about this Milwaukeean whose life's work greatly influenced the field of industrial design and the art of salesmanship.

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