{"id":2954,"date":"2023-04-17T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/?page_id=2954"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:32:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:32:45","slug":"greetings-from-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/greetings-from-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Greetings from Milwaukee<\/h1><\/header><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class='uwm-file-php'>\n    <script>\n        function changeActionURL( e ) {\n            e.preventDefault();\n            const actionSrc = 'https:\/\/collections.lib.uwm.edu\/digital\/collection\/gfmmke\/search\/searchterm\/' + document.getElementsByName(\"CISOBOX1\")[0].value;\n            window.location.href = actionSrc;\n        }\n    <\/script>\n    \n    <form\n        id=\"collection-search\"\n        method=\"get\"\n        action=\"https:\/\/collections.lib.uwm.edu\/digital\/collection\/gfmmke\/search\/searchterm\/\"\n        role=\"search\"\n        class=\"search-form uwm-c-form uwm-u-mb-20\"\n        onsubmit=\"changeActionURL( event )\"\n    >\n        <label for=\"sd-search-field\" class=\"uwm-u-mb-0\">\n            <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Search<\/span>\n            <input type=\"text\" name=\"CISOBOX1\" id=\"searchterm\" class=\"collection-search-input\" placeholder=\"Search this collection...\">\n        <\/label>\n\n        <button type=\"submit\" class=\"search-submit uwm-c-button\">\n            <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Search<\/span>\n            <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"217\" height=\"222\" viewBox=\"0 0 217 222\" class=\"svg-icon\">\n                <path fill=\"\" d=\"M210.1,198.15c0,4.2-1.5,7.9-4.6,10.9c-3.1,3.1-6.7,4.6-10.9,4.6c-4.4,0-8-1.5-10.9-4.6l-41.7-41.6 c-14.5,10.1-30.7,15.1-48.5,15.1c-11.6,0-22.7-2.2-33.3-6.7s-19.7-10.6-27.4-18.2c-7.7-7.7-13.7-16.8-18.2-27.4s-6.7-21.7-6.7-33.3 s2.2-22.7,6.7-33.3s10.6-19.7,18.2-27.4c7.7-7.7,16.8-13.7,27.4-18.2c10.6-4.5,21.7-6.7,33.3-6.7s22.7,2.2,33.3,6.7 s19.7,10.6,27.4,18.2c7.7,7.7,13.7,16.8,18.2,27.4c4.5,10.6,6.7,21.7,6.7,33.3c0,17.8-5,34-15.1,48.5l41.7,41.7 C208.6,190.25,210.1,193.85,210.1,198.15z M131.9,135.45c10.7-10.7,16-23.5,16-38.5s-5.3-27.8-16-38.5s-23.5-16-38.5-16 s-27.8,5.3-38.5,16s-16,23.5-16,38.5s5.3,27.8,16,38.5c10.7,10.7,23.5,16,38.5,16S121.2,146.15,131.9,135.45z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/form>\n\n    <p class=\"size-p-md uwm-c-link--external uwm-u-my-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.lib.uwm.edu\/digital\/collection\/gfmmke\/search\/searchterm\/\"><strong>Browse this collection<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-notice uwm-p-notice--info\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-info fa-fw\"><\/i><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--content\"><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--title\">This page has been archived and is not updated<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-notice--message\">If you need assistance with this page, please use this form to make a request: <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/digital-collections\/digital-collections-request-for-accessible-web-content-form\/\">https:\/\/uwm.edu\/libraries\/digital-collections\/digital-collections-request-for-accessible-web-content-form\/<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-white uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection consists of about 12,000 postcards on a broad range of local, regional, national and international subjects. Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert, who have been actively collecting postcards since 1945, donated the collection to the UW-Milwaukee Libraries beginning in September 1998. Although the collection is still being processed, it may be accessed upon request in Special Collections at the UWM Libraries. Greetings from Milwaukee: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Collection is a virtual collection of selected images from the larger postcard collection, and serves as an introduction to the overall collection. Due to the Blifferts&#8217; interest in historic images of their hometown, the collection contains many postcards with images of Milwaukee. This digital presentation focuses on a portion of those Milwaukee postcards produced primarily by Milwaukee publishers. From the late 19th century to the 1960s, there were numerous postcard publishers active in Milwaukee. The two largest, the L. L. Cook Co. and the E. C. Kropp Co., produced thousands of cards on every imaginable subject. Most cards have images of parks, buildings, street scenes, churches, hotels and restaurants, making them invaluable as a resource on historic Milwaukee. Many of these postcards show scenes of Milwaukee that are now vastly different; many older buildings have been torn down and replaced, parks have been landscaped with less Victorian flair, and raccoons no longer reside in the County Zoo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":2871,"parent":0,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-2954","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Greetings from Milwaukee - UWM Libraries Digital Collections<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/greetings-from-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Greetings from Milwaukee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/greetings-from-milwaukee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UWM Libraries Digital Collections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T19:32:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/620\/2023\/04\/landing_post_milw_000679-1500-400.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/greetings-from-milwaukee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/lib-collections\/greetings-from-milwaukee\/\",\"name\":\"Greetings from Milwaukee - 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