"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 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 moreWe remember the late great Gene Wilder by exploring his Milwaukee roots.
Read moreMilwaukee Public Library once fielded the question of who played the Braves’ Chief Noc-A-Homa mascot in Milwaukee. But what if the mascot wasn't originally called Chief Noc-A-Homa? Articles from The Milwaukee Journal emerged with the answer.
Read moreVisit the Central Library’s 2nd floor display on historic Milwaukee movie theaters, including the Riverside and the centenarian Downer.
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