Water Works
"Water Works: An Aquatic History of Milwaukee" is a production of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Department of History and the Milwaukee County Historical Society. In its first season, the show explored the the effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic and the current COVID-19 pandemic on Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In this second season, the show tells the aquatic history of Milwaukee.
Water Works
Episode 6: The Healthiest City
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Milwaukee County Historical Society
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Season 1
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Episode 6
Milwaukee's success at handling the influenza pandemic did not mean the going was easy. For the city's bars and restaurants, shut down orders and consumer fear made business difficult. On this week's episode of The Healthiest City, we explore how Milwaukee's entertainment and retail establishments navigated the influenza pandemic, and consider what this tells us about how to navigate the coronavirus pandemic today.
For more information, including photographs and documents from the era, check out https://milwaukeehistory.net/podcast/.