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1. milwaukeehistory.net › education › milwaukee-timelineMilwaukee Timeline

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   Meat-packing, tanning, brewing and flour milling were all very viable industries in Milwaukee during the last part of the 19th century. Workers versus Owners Milwaukee’s rapid industrialization following the Civil War had positive as well as negative consequences for the city.

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2. emke.uwm.edu › entry › meatpackingMeatpacking - Encyclopedia of Milwaukee

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   Prior to mechanical refrigeration, packing was seasonal work, limited to cold winter months in order to ensure the safe preparation of meat. In 1879-1880, the workforce at Milwaukee’s largest packer, Plankinton & Armour, fluctuated from as few as 200 to as many as 750 workers.

3. www.wisconsinhistory.org › Records › Articlemeat packing industry | Wisconsin Historical Society

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   Milwaukee has long dominated the meat packing industry in Wisconsin. The city was producing over three-quarters of the state's processed meat products by 1860 and became nationally known as a center for pork processing.

4. www.milwaukeepbs.org › the-making-of-milwaukee › historyMilwaukee's History

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   Milwaukee rose to early prominence as a trader of grain, and the city was the largest shipper of wheat on the planet in the early 1860s. Shipping was joined by processing industries—flour-milling, meat-packing, leather-tanning, and brewing—that turned Wisconsin’s agricultural bounty into useful products.

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5. onmilwaukee.com › articles › blaskovicsmeatmarketMeat market photo is a window into a disappeared Milwaukee ...

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   Mar 24, 2016 · It is a photograph of Helen’s parents at the family butcher shop at 1508 N. 10th St., between Cherry and Galena, dating to around 1910-12, and it is a window into an immigrant Milwaukee ...

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7. www.pbs.org › photos-milwaukees-industrial-pastPhotos: Milwaukee's Industrial Past | FRONTLINE - PBS

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   In the photo to the left, Jack Glusman stands in front of his meat market in 1976. Today, the storefront stands boarded-up. (NOTE: Move the slider to see before and after photos.)

8. www.jsonline.com › picture-gallery › newsHow Wisconsin life looked around 100 years ago in pictures

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   Jan 3, 2022 · The Hales Corners market was a gathering point for farmers situated southwest of Milwaukee. This is the market as it appeared in a 1924 Press Photo.

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   What was the meat industry like in Milwaukee?

   • The development and expansion of the railroads in the mid-19th century allowed the meat processing industry to centralize around transportation hubs, like Chicago and Milwaukee. Milwaukee's meat production industry began to rise to prominence in 1855 under the leadership of such firms as Plankinton and Layton and Thomas and Edward Roddis.

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   Why did Milwaukee grow so much meat?

   • Milwaukee’s growing population created an increasing demand for meat—particularly among the city’s Northern Europeans. New rail connections between the city and growing hinterland farms provided a steady stock of live cattle and hogs, later augmented by the shipment of livestock from farms and ranches in western states and territories.

   Meatpacking - Encyclopedia of Milwaukee

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   What is Milwaukee's most famous meat product?

   • Milwaukee meat firms made a variety of items, but sausages are perhaps the city’s most iconic meat product, with flavors as diverse as the city itself. The sausage industry shares its origins with the meatpacking industry in the city’s many small neighborhood butcher shops.

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   Why is Milwaukee famous for meatpacking?

   • In the decades following the Civil War, Milwaukee joined the ranks of national industry leaders, such that, by 1880, meatpacking had become the city’s leading industry. While the city’s packinghouses continued to process a variety of livestock, including calves, sheep, and cattle, Milwaukee became a key center for pork production.

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   What was Milwaukee known for?

   • Milwaukee rose to early prominence as a trader of grain, and the city was the largest shipper of wheat on the planet in the early 1860s. Shipping was joined by processing industries—flour-milling, meat-packing, leather-tanning, and brewing—that turned Wisconsin’s agricultural bounty into useful products.

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   Who started Milwaukee's meatpacking industry?

   • Like many of its major food processing trades, Milwaukee’s meatpacking industry started out small. It is unclear who had established Milwaukee’s first butcher shop. However, a number of modest operations emerged in the 1840s that produced a limited amount of meat for neighbors from animals they housed and slaughtered in their own yards.

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