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Adam Levin has long been rescuing, collecting and sharing vintage images of Milwaukee via his Facebook groups and his books, like "Kodachrome Milwaukee." Here, he shares shots of families enjoying themselves around the house and around the town.
Levin finds the photographs at estate sales, in antique stores and via donations.
You can see lots in his "Kodachrome Milwaukee" book (his ghost signs book is pretty great, too) and on the Old Milwaukee and Kodachrome Milwaukee Facebook groups.
But here are a few to bring a smile to your face on this winter's day.
Shopping day on 3rd and State, 1971
Field trip to the new Domes, 1966
Menomonee Falls basement party, 1954
Slides & movies at a West Allis bachelor party, 1959
South Milwaukee basement dance party with live band, 1961
Milwaukee Public Museum visit, 1969
Shorewood Halloween party, 1965
New Year's Eve 1977: New Berlin
Model airplane torpedo bomber contest at Capitol Court, 1962
Showbiz Pizza Place birthday party, 27th & Layton, 1982
A visit to the Milwaukee County Zoo, 1963
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
