Twenty-two story Art Deco style high-rise building with a large steel tower on top. The first story and main entrance are polished granite or marble. The upper stories have Art Deco style setbacks.
Art Deco style high-rise building with large sign reading: GAS dries clothes faster. A large cartoon genie riding a magic carpet with flames for hair also adorns the building.
Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tower Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Signs and signboards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; North Twenty-seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.);
Exterior of the Tower Theater in 1937. Pedestrians on the street. Cars driving past. Large front façade with lit up advertisement for current features. Brick façade. Demolished in 1975.
Occupations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Town of Lake (Milwaukee, Wis.); Steam shovels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction workers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Robert A. Anderson Water Tower & Municipal Building
Steam shovel at left back. Man bending down next to pilings in the pit for Town of Lake water tower.
Occupations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Town of Lake (Milwaukee, Wis.); Steam shovels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction workers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Robert A. Anderson Water Tower & Municipal Building
Steam shovel at left. Man sitting on steam shovel. Pilings seen in the pit for Town of Lake water tower.
Business -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mathias Schwalbach (Milwaukee, Wis.); M. Schwalbach Star Tower Clock Works (Milwaukee, Wis.); Pedestrians -- Wisconsin -- Milwuakee; Clock towers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; North Ninth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Two story building with clock tower on top. Pedestrians on sidewalk. Words ""M. Schwalbach. Start Tower Clock Works"" seen on front and side of building.
The steel skeleton of the first eleven stories of this building. There is a large crane atop the structure. Scaffolding stretches halfway up the east side of the structure.
A view of the building under construction looking east down Wisconsin Avenue. The building has partially completed exterior and the steel frame is visible for the upper portion of the structure. A portion of the Central Library is visible on the...
Allen-Bradley Company -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tower clocks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Flags -- United States;
Two faces of Allen-Bradley Clock Tower, said to be the world's largest four faced clock, lit up in the darkness. The American flag waves atop the tower.
Long shot of brick residence and business. Tower at center of structure. Arched top Italianate windows at street level and second story. Balustrade on first roofline. Tower and residence have hip roof. Dirt road passes property at a steep pitch.
Close shot of six-story brick building and tower on southeast corner of N 4th and W Wells streets. Decorative terra cotta elements on cornice and tower. Tower was removed in 1956. Storefront windows painted with "X" and post "for rent" signs.
Occupations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Town of Lake (Milwaukee, Wis.); Construction workers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Robert A. Anderson Water Tower & Municipal Building
Two men working down in pit on pilings. Multiple piling stumps seen throughout the pit. Center core of dirt visible. Edge of pit seen at top.
Occupations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Town of Lake (Milwaukee, Wis.); Steam shovels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction workers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Trucks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Robert A. Anderson Water Tower & Municipal Building
Steam shovel seen on top of pit driving pilings. Worker standing in pit next to pilings. Two men in foreground at edge of pit. Truck partially visible at right.
Occupations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Town of Lake (Milwaukee, Wis.); Steam shovels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction workers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Robert A. Anderson Water Tower & Municipal Building
Steam shovel seen on top of pit driving pilings. Workers in pit next to pilings. House and towers seen in back right. Steam shovel sitting on large wooden tracks.
Foundations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction workers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction equipment -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; West Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.)
An enormous pit of dirt beside a brick industrial building with a painted advertisement for Mier Commercial Securities. There are a few men working in the pit. There is a sign for S.M. Siesel Co. Engineering & Contracting.
The steel frame of a building being erected. There are two large cranes and scaffolding around the building's skeleton. There is a sign for S.M. Siesel Co. Engineering & Contracting. Another sign reads: Steel furnished and erected by J.C....
Construction -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; High-rise buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Scaffolding -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; North Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); West Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.);
Highrise building under construction. A tall scaffolding stretches to the roof along the building's eastern exposure. The exterior of the building's upper stories appears nearly complete.
