While nothing compared to the tragic loss of life that occurred, Milwaukee Public Library also lost something when the RMS Titanic sank: a shipment of materials in French and German.
Read moreMarch 15, 2017 marked the centennial of a very particular badge of honor for Milwaukee Public Library: the day the future Prime Minister of Israel started work here.
Read moreWhere can you find a sirloin steak dinner for 65 cents, both American fried and French fried potatoes, and a “Chop Suey” sundae?
Read more"It's a Wonderful Life" was playing at the Alhambra Theater in Downtown on January 28, 1947. Paperboys delivered The Milwaukee Journal after school. The front page carried the U.S. Weather Bureau forecast of "an inch or so of snow" for Wednesday, January 29. They were wrong.
Read moreIt’s like having the best international newsstand in the world right at your fingertips.
Read moreWhen Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries overthrew the corrupt Cuban military dictator Fulgencio Batista on New Year's Day, 1959, a 37-year-old American mercenary born and raised in Milwaukee would soon become known as “The Butcher.”
Read moreWith lavish illustrations by Gustave Dore, this treasure of MPL's collection is no impossible dream - it's available at the Central Library.
Read moreWe remember the late great Gene Wilder by exploring his Milwaukee roots.
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