Title Town U.S.A. decal, Green Bay, 1961.1961 was the start of a record-setting winning streak for the Green Bay Packers. Under Coach Vince Lombardi, the Packers won three NFL Championships and two Super Bowls in seven years. via: Turning Points in Wisconsin History, Wisconsin Historical Society
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Title Town U.S.A. decal, Green Bay, 1961.

1961 was the start of a record-setting winning streak for the Green Bay Packers. Under Coach Vince Lombardi, the Packers won three NFL Championships and two Super Bowls in seven years.

via: Turning Points in Wisconsin History, Wisconsin Historical Society

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Fair housing march, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1966 (James Groppi, center). We’re recapping the top 12 most-liked and most-reblogged photos we posted in 2012. #11 was one of the dramatic images of Civil Rights activists selected by guest curator Mark Speltz, who provided an overview of Milwaukee’s Civil Rights movement for us in January 2012.   When we posted this photo last January, a reader asked if we could identify the other people marching with Groppi. Activist Margaret Rozga (wife of Father Groppi), who still lives in Milwaukee, identified several: “Unfortunately most of the people on the picture have died. The woman on the left is Carol Butler, the tallest person is Duane Tolliver. The person in the sunglasses behind Carol Butler may be Forthune Humphrey. The woman behind the two Youth Council men on the right (with her right hand up at her forehead) is Vada Harris.” In 2007, Rozga published an article about the “March on Milwaukee” in the Wisconsin Magazine of History. via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-25167 by way of March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project, UW-Milwaukee Libraries
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Fair housing march, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, 1966 (James Groppi, center).

We’re recapping the top 12 most-liked and most-reblogged photos we posted in 2012. #11 was one of the dramatic images of Civil Rights activists selected by guest curator Mark Speltz, who provided an overview of Milwaukee’s Civil Rights movement for us in January 2012.  

When we posted this photo last January, a reader asked if we could identify the other people marching with Groppi. Activist Margaret Rozga (wife of Father Groppi), who still lives in Milwaukee, identified several: “Unfortunately most of the people on the picture have died. The woman on the left is Carol Butler, the tallest person is Duane Tolliver. The person in the sunglasses behind Carol Butler may be Forthune Humphrey. The woman behind the two Youth Council men on the right (with her right hand up at her forehead) is Vada Harris.”

In 2007, Rozga published an article about the “March on Milwaukee” in the Wisconsin Magazine of History.

via: Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-25167 by way of March on Milwaukee Civil Rights History Project, UW-Milwaukee Libraries

Source: wisconsinhistory.org

Bucky Badger helps make lunch, UW-Madison, ca. 1967. We’re recapping the top 12 most-liked and most-reblogged photos we posted in 2012. #12 was one of the quirky costumes selected by guest curator Chris Lay in October.  via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Bucky Badger helps make lunch, UW-Madison, ca. 1967.

We’re recapping the top 12 most-liked and most-reblogged photos we posted in 2012. #12 was one of the quirky costumes selected by guest curator Chris Lay in October. 

via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Goodwill Thanksgiving for 400, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1960. Milwaukee residents share a meal at a Thanksgiving dinner sponsored by Goodwill and the Wisconsin Telephone Pioneer Women (presumably a chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, a charitable organization of volunteers from the telecom industry). via: Wisconsin Traditions of Social Care, Wisconsin Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Goodwill Thanksgiving for 400, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1960.

Milwaukee residents share a meal at a Thanksgiving dinner sponsored by Goodwill and the Wisconsin Telephone Pioneer Women (presumably a chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America, a charitable organization of volunteers from the telecom industry).

via: Wisconsin Traditions of Social Care, Wisconsin Historical Society by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

I thought “This is such a fun picture” and then I realized they’re all someone’s grandmother now and now I can’t stop grinning. Women in costume, Madison, Wisconsin, 1961. via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Thanks to Chris Lay, our guest curator this week! Chris is is the person behind the excellent Twitter feed and Facebook page from Wisconsin Historical Images.
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I thought “This is such a fun picture” and then I realized they’re all someone’s grandmother now and now I can’t stop grinning.

Women in costume, Madison, Wisconsin, 1961.

via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Thanks to Chris Lay, our guest curator this week! Chris is is the person behind the excellent Twitter feed and Facebook page from Wisconsin Historical Images.

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

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