© Graphic The People Behind The Way We Live Do you know how the inventions you use everyday really came to be? Inventions are thing we use everyday and we tend to over look how they came to be. For instance indoor plumbing, in 1775 Alexander Cumming invents an S-shaped trap that uses standing water. This infographic covers many everyday inventions and how they came to be what they are...
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Information graphics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present information quickly and clearly. They can improve cognition by utilizing graphics to enhance the human visual system’s ability to see patterns and trends. Infographics have been around for many years, but have become widely used in the age of short attention spans. They have evolved in recent years to be used for mass communication, and are therefore designed with fewer assumptions about knowledge base of readers. This collection covers various aspects of how social media, and specifically Facebook, affects members of the community. The toggle...
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Concerning the ongoing controversy of NFL players not standing for the national anthem, the argument against it has been that the protest disrespects American veterans. But all the shouting about respect has hijacked the actual action that shows respect in the most simple terms, a Veterans Day Parade. Leaving the NFL issue aside, those Milwaukee voices who talk about respect have done nothing to put their money where their mouth is. Because since 2014, a foreign corporation has kept the Milwaukee Veterans Day Parade going. Without the generous assistance from the TransCanada Corporation, a 54 year tradition of honoring...
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Earlier this month, the blog Think About published a satirical letter as an example of an unhealthy relationship. It was written from the perspective of a narcissist, to the soul who had fallen in love with someone who can never return that love. After reading the original text it seemed aptly fitting to look beyond those words, intended as an example for couples counseling. Residents of Milwaukee, as a community and collective of America, have a trend to support abusive and narcissistic behavior. The city’s segregation problem is an indirect result of that culture. Love and fear can be...
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Steve Schaffer, Assistant Archivist at the Milwaukee County Historical Society (MCHS) spoke with the Milwaukee Independent about the 600 rare China-Burma-India images in the Lyle Oberwise Photography Collection, and their amazing significance. Oberwise is legendary for his meticulous photographic documentation of Milwaukee over the decades from 1945 to 1993. MCHS purchased the entire Oberwise image library in 2003, consisting of 45,000 black and white photographs and Kodachrome color slides. During World War II, Oberwise served in the United States Army as a military photographer with the 3374th Signal Photo Corps, and travelled between China, Burma, and India. The CBI...
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2018 will mark the second time in 69 years that the South Shore Frolics will be suspended, according to event organizers at the Bay View Lions Club. The event, which began in 1948 as the South Shore Water Frolics in Bay View’s South Shore Park, has taken place every year since, except 1993. Beginning in 1995, the Bay View Lions Club has hosted the free three-day event featuring food, music, a classic car show, an art show, a parade, and other family activities, including the famous ‘atomic’ fireworks to close each evening. “A number of our fixed costs continue...
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