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Property Record

1434 W STATE ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Wisc. Province of Society of Jesus
Reference Number: 115225
Property Record

1214 KAVANAUGH PL

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: CARMELITE SISTERS OF THE DIVINE HEART OF JESUS
Reference Number: 233177
Newspaper Article/Clipping

First Mormon church here to be dedicated

Date: 1933-06-17
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Property Record

12320 W BLUEMOUND RD / US HIGHWAY 18

Community: Wauwatosa
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Reference Number: 152604
Property Record

7963 S 116TH ST

Community: Franklin
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church
Reference Number: 8676
Property Record

3755 N 44th St

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Reference Number: 113979
Property Record

901-907 S 12TH ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: The Society of the Church of Jesus Christ
Reference Number: 98352
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Ninety-four year old prophet sole survivor of Wisconsin Mormon Kingdom near Burlington

Date: 1922-01-15
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Property Record

5430 W LISBON AVE

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: Tavern and National Tea Store
Reference Number: 119288
Photograph

Legal Counsel before WERC Hearing

Date: 1967
Description: Jesus Salas, left, is leader of Obreros Unidos (United Workers), Wisconsin's migrant farm workers' union. In the center, legal counsel David Loeffler and o...
Obituary

Fushs, Mary, Imelda

Date: 1870 - 1942
County: Milwaukee
Photograph

Apostolic Assembly Baptism

Date: 05 30 1965
Description: A man wearing a white shirt and pants is holding the arms of a woman who is wearing a white robe and spreading her arms out. They are both standing knee de...
Photograph

Cesar Chavez in Wisconsin

Date: 1967
Description: Cesar Chavez, the leader of United Farm Workers, is standing at the center of the photograph surrounded by members of the press. Behind him is a photograph...
Print

Teachers' Seminary

Date: 1867
Description: 1868-1875. Founded by Dr. Joseph Salzman (featured in the vignette at left, teaching). Vignette, lower left, features St. Francis Seminary, founded in 1856...
Photograph

Hotel Room Dedication

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: A man wearing a suit and bow tie is standing at a podium, speaking and gesturing with his hands. A lectern scarf is draped over the podium with the word "P...
Photograph

"La Guardia" Newspaper Organizers

Date: 1969
Description: Roberto Hernandez (left) and Esequiel Guzman (center) work on the layout of "La Guardia" newspaper. The underground bilingual newspaper was published in Sp...
National or State Registers Record

2944 N 9th ST

Community: Milwaukee
County: Milwaukee
Historic Name: St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Reference Number: 100003909
Historical Essay

Nativity Scene Crèche Set

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Nativity scene creche set assembled and used by a Polish-American family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin beginning around 1895. (Museum accession #2007.100)
Photograph

Milwaukee Grape Boycott Picketers

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers in front of Kroger supermarket in Milwaukee carrying United Farmworkers (UFW)/AFL-CIO signs that read, "Boycott Grapes" to support the grape boyc...
General Information

Obreros Unidos by Jesus Salas

The Roots and Legacy of the Farmworkers Movement
First-hand narrative of the fight for farmworkers' rights from celebrated labor leader, Jesus Salas

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