John D. Buenker
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The Preface provides an excellent History of the FWP, a WPA program, its City Guide Series and the history of Milwaukee up to that time. Milwaukee’s status as the only American city led by socialist mayors for decades seized my interest from the start.
The content drawn from “Guide To Milwaukee” consists of 13 chapters, each focusing on a region of Milwaukee, followed by three chapters highlighting suburbs to the south, west and north.
Each chapter commences with an introduction to the region followed by descriptions of notable buildings, monuments and landmarks with their histories, significance, addresses, whether it is private or public and, if public, the times and terms under which it is open, all supplemented by black and white photographs.
I have minimal familiarity with the Milwaukee area. I imaging that this book would be even more fascinating to one connected to the city than me. While the ethnic composition of the neighborhoods has undoubtedly changed since 1940 I am sure that the frequent references to the German, Polish and Eastern European populations is still reflected in the Greater Milwaukee of today. Facts reported in the present tense in the 1930s have become history in the 21st Century. The explanation of the activities of the Turner Halls (German athletic associations) aids my understanding of the old buildings I have seen in St. Louis. References to the “World War” reveal what World War I was called before there was a II. Enumeration of the numbers of “men” employed in factories provides an unintended insight into the gender makeup of the work forces in the late 1930s.The entry about St. Francis Seminary reveals that resistance to the Civil War draft was not limited to New York. I have read elsewhere about Abraham Lincoln speaking to the 1859 Wisconsin State Fair but this is the first time I have learned that the $100 honorarium paid to him was controversial.
Although “Milwaukee In The 1930s” is an easy read, moderate in length interspersed with paragraphs that do not demand total attention, I learned much about sights I want to see in Milwaukee and topics about which I want to read further. Read it to whet your own appetite to explore and follow the paths it opens for you.
I did receive a free copy of this book without the obligation to post a review.… (lisätietoja)