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HISTORICAL PHOTOS
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Photos and Captions Courtesy of Fran Coffey Stanat, Ph.D.
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Naturalization Class - Click to enlarge
Playground - Click to enlarge
Naturalization Class (circa 1913)
Immigrants were served with evening schools, citizenship classes, English classes taught at tanneries and settlement houses and athletic leagues representing various ethnic preferences were included (e.g., soccer, rugby).
Special Events
The Harvest Festival of Many Lands was a three day event celebrating the rich diversity of Milwaukee and later evolved into the Holiday Folk Fair that exists today.
   
Band @ Social Center - Click to enlarge
Pool - Click to enlarge
Band @ State School Social Center
Music activities included bands, an orchestra, glee clubs, mandolin clubs, harmonica clubs, singing clubs, minstrel troupes and voice placement classes.
Activities
City park activities included swimming, golf, tennis, skating, tobogganing, trapshooting, flower shows, and safe fourth of July celebrations
   
Guardian Club - Click to enlarge
Dance - Click to enlarge
Guardian Club @
Fourth St. School Social Center

Classes in the applied arts included lip reading, beauty culture, dressmaking, furniture making, home care of the sick, knitting/crocheting, miniature aircraft, patchwork quilts, leather tooling, metal work, rug making, textile painting, food preparation.
Saturday Night Neighborhood Social @
Dover St. School Social Center

The early precursors of teen centers were exemplified with rough house rooms for boys and young men & drop-in rooms for teens to meet, play games, dance and just generally socialize.
   
Drama - Click to enlarge
 
Dramatic Club @ Dover St. School Social Center
There were advanced classes arranged for individuals who excelled in an activity. A School of Drama was instituted for those who excelled with the Milwaukee Players. Similarly, individuals who excelled in various athletic events and local playgrounds were able to participate in a city-wide athletic league.
 
   





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