During the latter part of the 19th century this scene, looking west from what is now, E. Mason st. and N. Broadway, was part of what was known as " Milwaukee's Newspaper Row." On the corner was Adam Roth's Quiet House saloon. The third floor of...
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This photograph of the southwest corner of Wisconsin St. and Broadway in 1895 affords a glimpse of what life was like then. Dr. Swenk ("The Painless Dentist") was advertising his special service - "sets teeth on rubber - $6.50." Miller &...
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Although the Model T had been on the market for over a decade, this downtown intersection scene from 1925 shows that Milwaukee streets were not yet automobile oriented. A horse drawn truck delivered goods for the Milwaukee Linen Supply Co. (whose...
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Where today the Railway Exchange building stands, a number of small Milwaukee firms did business back in the 1890s. On the corner of what is now W. Wisconsin av. and N. Broadway was John G. Lee and Co., merchant tailors, offering fine ready to...
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Milwaukee College was founded in 1848 as the Milwaukee Female Seminary and was reorganized in 1851 largely through the efforts of Catherine Beecher. This Gothic spired building, located on the southeast corner of what is now N. Milwaukee St. and...
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Around the turn of the century, baseball fans turned out in large numbers for the home games at Athletic Field. Later, in 1913 and 1914, the American Association pennant flew at the park as a reminder that the first Milwaukee Brewers were...
Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); North Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Rosenberg's Ladies Ready to Wear (Milwaukee, Wis.); Shopping centers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Walgreen Co.; W. T. Grant Co.; Lawton's Clothing (Milwaukee, Wis.); Brills Clothes...
Even when Wisconsin Ave. was Grand and shoppers filled downtown streets, the city was too large for one area to fill the needs of all its shoppers. In those days, neighborhood "shopping centers" did as brisk a business as downtown stores. One of...
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When automobiles had running boards and streetcars lined W. Wisconsin Ave., the marquees of a number of movie houses dotted the street. In this view looking east from 7th St., the Wisconsin, Palace, Strand and Alhambra are all in view. The...
Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Ninth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Essex Apartments (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hampton Court Apartments (Milwaukee, Wis.); Dugout Tavern (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee County Courthouse; Public...
The Milwaukee County Courthouse had been located at E. Kilbourn Ave. and Jefferson St. until the present-day structure, Milwaukee's third courthouse building, was built between 1929 and 1931 at 9th St. and Kilbourn Ave. The new building, the last...
Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cedar Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Herman Toser Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); C. N. Caspar Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Reinhard's Buffet (Milwaukee, Wis.); Quin's Athletic Goods (Milwaukee,...
A close look at this late 1800s picture of the intersection of E. Water and Cedar Sts. (later N. Water and W. Kilbourn) enables you to pick out some interesting details. The Herman Toser Co., a wholesaler of wines and liquors, was located at the...
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It's unlikely any readers alive today will remember Old St. Mary's Church when it was new, for the church was started in 1846 - but this is too rare a photo to miss. Taken in 1868, it shows the new tower facade and rear sanctuary addition to the...
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The history of Milwaukee's Chamber of Commerce goes back to 1858 when the Board of Trade and the Corn Exchange, which had functioned independently, combined into the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Milwaukee. The new chamber, with 99 members,...
Union Depot (Milwaukee, Wis.); Reed Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Seeboth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company --...
Milwaukee has had a number of train stations that have been called "union" depots or stations, although they have usually been the depots of the Milwaukee Road or its predecessors. This first Union Depot, at Reed and S. Water Sts. (now S. 2nd and...
State Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Rescue Mission; Automobiles; Snow; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; John E. Kampe, Tailor (Milwaukee, Wis.);...
Milwaukee’s Auditorium opened in 1909, and in about 1912 someone stood on the north side of the building and took this photograph. Horse drawn vehicles shared State St. with modern automobiles. Between 4th and 6th Sts., where parking lots and a...
The Grand Avenue Mall is celebrating its first anniversary, but the heart of the mall, the Plankinton Arcade, has been having anniversaries for many years. This is a view of the Plankinton building under construction in August 1916. The building...
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There were wooden sidewalks, hitching posts and gas lights at 8th and Michigan Streets when this building, now the oldest building in use in the Milwaukee Public School System, was built in 1884. A school has occupied the site ever since the...
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Buildings; Insurance Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Free Press Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Broadway Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Broadway (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Office...
From 1870 to 1886, this Victorian Gothic building was the home office of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Known first as the Insurance Building, later the Free Press Building and finally the Broadway Building, it was located on the...
Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Patton Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Builders' and Traders' Exchange Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kuesel & Puls Jewelers (Milwaukee, Wis.); E. T. Doyn...
This picture shows turn-of -the-century Milwaukee's famed urban order and tranquility. This is a view of the northeast corner of 5th St. and Grand Ave. (W. Wisconsin Ave.) at what is now the Patton Building. A long-skirted woman glides along on...
Bacon House (Milwaukee, Wis.); Historic buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse drawn vehicles; Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; North Milwaukee (Wis.); Street railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Thirty-fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Villard...
The intersection of Western av. (now N. 35th st.) and Villard av. looked like this when viewed from the roof of the Smith, Barnes & Strober Piano Co. on a Sunday afternoon in July, 1903. At that time the area was part of the village of North...
