Many early Swedish immigrants brought skills as tailors, tradesmen, shopkeepers and mechanics in the city of Milwaukee. In 1881 records, Swedish-born tailors represented a very large percentage of local clothing producers compared to the size of the city’s total population. This unique situation and other employment skills brought to Milwaukee by the Swedish immigrant community will be the subject of a presentation by Historian Harry H. Anderson at a gathering of the Swedish American Historical Society of Wisconsin, Inc.

The Society’s meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at Redemption Lutheran Church, 4057 North Mayfair Rd. (Hwy. 100, just north of Capitol Dr.) Wauwatosa, WI. The public is invited to this free presentation and the coffee hour which follows. For further information, call 414-352-7890 or visit www.sahswi.org.