Explore Your Archive Week: Action Archives
We have another entry for @explorearchives (twitter) #ExploreYourArchive week 2019!
Surely the acrobat group of the Milwaukee Turners (founded as the Socialer Turnverein in 1853) is a great representation of action in the archives!
The Turner movement was an ardent promoter of physical, intellectual, social, and political activity, their motto being “Sound Mind in a Sound Body.” The Milwaukee outgrowth of the Turners were highly influential throughout Milwaukee’s history and continue to be an active force in Milwaukee today!
The first photograph shown above dates from 1866 and the remainder of the photographs are from 1900. All photographs come from the Milwaukee Turners Foundation Records (PH Milwaukee Mss BM, box 5).