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Here are selected titles from the Museum Store. Please stop in to browse the store for more great books.

An Industrial Heritage: Allis-Chalmers Corporation
By Walter F. Peterson

The Development of Allis-Chalmers is traced from the first products of the "Reliance Works" to the diversified international corporation of the 1970s.
1978; 448 pages; 253 photos; hard cover; $14.95, shipping & handling $5.00.

Bucket Boy
By Ernest Meyer

This reprint of Meyer's delightful book about his boyhood in Milwaukee's German-American community early in this century contains a special introduction written by Meyer's son Karl, placing the stories within the context of his father's career as a journalist.
1992; 1947; 236 pages; $12.00, shipping & handling $5.00.

Byron Kilbourn and the Development of Milwaukee
By Goodwin Berquist and Paul C. Bowers, Jr.

The first full-length biography of one of Milwaukee's founding fathers, this carefully researched volume follows Byron Kilbourn from his boyhood home in Ohio to Wisconsin where he served as a surveyor. The book describes his competitive relations with Solomon Juneau and George Walker as he developed the land west of the Milwaukee River.
2001; 204 pages; 41 black and white illustrations; $14.95, shipping & handling $5.00.

Dear Jane: A Soldier's Letters from West Africa and the Middle East, 1942-1945
By Frederick I. Olson and Jane Correll Olson

Inspired by the renewed interest in World War II, this book is based on a collection of over 350 letters written by a young Milwaukeean, Frederick I. Olson to his future wife, Jane Correll Olson. Dr. Olson is a professor emeritus of history at UW-Milwaukee, and a well-known authority on Milwaukee history.
1994; 200 pages; 22 black and white photos; $11.95, shipping & handling $5.00.

German-American Pioneers in Wisconsin and Michigan:
The Frank-Kerler Letters, 1849-1864
By Harry H. Anderson, editor

Two German-born families present, in the intimate detail of their own correspondence, the story of their pioneer years in America.
1971; 1989; 600 pages; 40 photos; hard cover; $19.00, shipping & handling $5.00.

Greater Milwaukee's Growing Pains, 1950-2000: An Insider's View
By Richard W. Cutler

This book examines the historic trends and battles which shaped Milwaukee in the past fifty years, including the boundary wars of the 1950s between city and suburban towns and municipalities, freeway construction, and arguments and lawsuits over basement flooding and the polluting of Lake Michigan.
2001; 325 pages; 5 photos; 12 full-color maps; soft cover; $19.95, shipping & handling $5.00.

Historic Photos of Milwaukee
By Elizabeth A. Chasco

This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens if hundreds of historic photographs. Published in striking black and white, these images communicate historic events of everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city. 2007, 206 pages; hard cover; $39.95, shipping & handling $5.00.

Joyworks: The Story of Marquette Electronics
By Mike Cudahy

The story of how Michael Cudahy and his friend and partner Warren Cozzens created Marquette Electronics, one of the miracles of modern business.
2002; 236 pages; 48 photos; soft cover; $19.95, shipping & handling $5.00.

Milwaukee at Mid-Century: The Photographs of Lyle Oberwise

Featuring over 150 color photographs taken by reclusive amateur photographer Lyle Oberwise, this is the first publication devoted to the work of this prodigious documentarian. All images are from the Lyle Oberwise Collection housed at the Historical Society. Prints of select images are available for purchase through the Research Library. 2007, 161 pages; 150 color photos; hard cover, $39.95, shipping & handling $5.00.

Milwaukee at the Gathering of the Waters
By Harry H. Anderson and Frederick I. Olson

A popular history of Milwaukee, extensively illustrated and written by two of the most recognized authorities on this community's heritage.
1981; 212 pages; 409 photos and illustrations; hard cover; $20.00, shipping & handling $5.00.

The Making of Milwaukee
By John Gurda

The first full-length history of Milwaukee since 1948, The Making of Milwaukee is a well-written, entertaining history of this hometown metropolis. John Gurda is a Milwaukee-born writer, historian, photographer, lecturer, and local history columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 1999; 458 pages; black and white photos; hard cover; $29.95 2006 3rd Edition, shipping & handling $5.00.

Trading Post to Metropolis: Milwaukee County's First 150 Years
By Ralph B. Aderman, Editor

This book traces the growth of Milwaukee County from a fur-trading post to an urban metropolis over a period of 150 years. The history of the development of public services -- health, social services, transportation, judicial, recreational, parks -- provided by Milwaukee County, as well as the evolution of County governance and administration, are themes expounded in this book.
1987; 1997; 382 pages; 92 black and white photos; hard cover; $18.00, shipping & handling $5.00.

Useful Work for Unskilled Women - A Unique Milwaukee WPA Project
By Mary Kellogg Rice

This book describes a unique Milwaukee project in the post-Depression years which trained thousands of unskilled, uneducated women in the production of a variety of handicrafts. These articles were displayed in schools, universities, hospitals and other public institutions around the country.
2003; 136 pages; 160 photos, illustrations and sketches; soft cover; $24.95, shipping & handling $5.00.