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Italian Milwaukee (WI) (Images of America)
Italian Milwaukee - WI - Images of America Author:Martin Hintz, Mario A. Carini (Introduction) Milwaukee?s Italian families have a distinguished heritage, one that began in a great rush to the city shortly before the turn of the 19th century. Seeking a way out of the economic misery of their homeland, tens of thousands of Italians made their way to the Midwest, lured by the promise of Milwaukee?s well-paying factory and service industry j... more »obs. The émigrés brought their colorful traditions and culture with them, making themselves at home in close-knit neighborhoods. Arrivals from various villages settled into specific blocks, with a widespread Sicilian contingent living in the old Third Ward, while Italians from the north settled in Bay View. Others moved into the Brady Street area.« less