The old Museum and Library lecture hall, on the east side of the Central Library building, was a meeting place for community groups such as the audience attending a homemaking meeting in this 1952 photograph. Thousands of Milwaukeeans will...
Wisconsin State Fair Park; Wisconsin State Fair; Fairs -- Wisconsin
At the turn of the century, State Fair park was really out in the country. In 1892 it was given its permanent quarters at the McFedtridge farm in what is now West Allis. The move was necessary because Milwaukee's westward expansion took over its...
Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Thirty-Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Villard Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kraetsch, Charlie (Red); Rosie's Sealicious Seafood (Milwaukee, Wis.); Menos Jewelers and Merchandisers, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Charlie (Red) Kraetsch operated his Standard Oil station on the northeast corner of 35th Villard for a number of years. The Menos Jewelry store now occupies the site. This photo, taken in the early 1930s, shows owner Kraetsch in front of his...
