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The group rented space for its library in a number of locations over the years and expanded into sponsoring a lecture series with such important speakers as Horace Mann, Horace Greeley and Ralph Waldo Emerson. [2] In 1878, the city-sponsored library began when the state legislature authorized Milwaukee to establish a public library.
The Central Library is the headquarters for the Milwaukee Public Library System as well as for the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. [3] Designated a Milwaukee Landmark in 1969, [4] the building remains one of Milwaukee's most monumental public structures.
Milwaukee Public Library: 2005 () Richard Taylor: abstract: aluminum: 168 x 48 x 84 in City of Milwaukee [105] Connect: Riverside Park: 2005 () Jeremy Wolf figure: bronze: 60 x 38 x 38 in Urban Ecology Center [106] Fairies Candles: Kilbourn-Kadish Park
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The MCFLS provides a number of useful services to any person who is a member of one of its libraries. These services allow the person to use any member library as if they belonged to it, such as searching all libraries' collection through a common catalog system, checking out any library's materials through the internet, and requesting them to be delivered to a closer library.
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Richard Henry Park's George Washington, dedicated on November 7, 1885, was the first public monument in Milwaukee. [2] It was given to the city as a gift by Elizabeth Plankinton, popularly known as Miss Lizzie, as a gesture of her love for Milwaukee. "It would also ensure, as one of the speakers noted at the dedication of the statue, that ...
This exemplar found its way into René Schleinitz's art collection and was bequeathed to the Milwaukee Public Library and housed in their Central Library (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). [2] In December 2014, the painting was placed on permanent loan to the Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee. A final version of the piece was ...