Quotes About Milwaukee

The Oxford Plaza Apartments building, located at 924 North 25th Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was torn down. All the former residents had to find new homes.

During this time, he worked a series of odd jobs—a stint at a plasma center and then a temporary job service—but his chronic drinking and attitude always cost him his employment. Eventually, he got a job working third shift at the Ambrosia Chocolate Factory in downtown Milwaukee. His new job provided him with an ample salary, but third shift was hard on his body and he found it difficult to sleep.

After finding no record of the marriage, French reporters doubted the story, but American papers picked it up with headlines proclaiming that a young black woman from St. Louis had become a countess. The June 22, 1927, issue of the Milwaukee Journal headlined: JOSEPHINE BAKER, BLACK DANCER, WEDS A REAL COUNT. They quoted