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January 17, 2016
Cream City (Milwaukee nickname)

Cream City (Milwaukee nickname)

Milwaukee (WI) has been nicknamed the "Cream City" because of the cream-colored bricks that were used in many of the buildings in the 1800s. The name "Cream City" was used on…

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