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Milwaukee in the 1930s : a Federal Writers Project City Guide / edited by John D. Buenker with Beverly J. K. Buenker.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milwaukee (Wis.)-Guidebooks.
- Milwaukee (Wis.)-Tours.
- Milwaukee (Wis.)-History.
- Milwaukee (Wis.)--Guidebooks.
- Milwaukee (Wis.).
- Milwaukee (Wis.)--Tours.
- Milwaukee (Wis.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wisconsin : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- What would it be like to take an intensive tour of Milwaukee as it was during the late 1930s--at the confluence of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the run-up to World War II?That is precisely what the participants in the Federal Writers Project did while researching their Guide to Milwaukee.
- Contents:
- Note on Sources and Corrections
- Today
- The Neighborhoods
- Area One: The Civic Center
- Area Two: Old Spring Street
- Area Three: Where Juneau Built
- Area Four: "The Ward"
- Area Five: Historic Milwaukee
- Area Six: The "Gold coast"
- Area Seven: The "Wooden Shoe" District
- Area Eight: A City Expands
- Area Nine: Kilbourn's Dream
- Area Ten: Milwaukee's "Back Door"
- Area Eleven: Layton Park
- Area Twelve: Walker's Point
- Area Thirteen: Bay View
- Around Milwaukee County: a tour
- Section A: Southward
- Section B: Due West
- To the North
- Chronology
- Calendar of Annual events
- General Information.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87020-743-1
- OCLC:
- 930508920
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