Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); World War, 1939-1945 -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Rationing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Warner Theatre (Milwaukee, Wis.); Christmas decorations -- Wisconsin --...
The holiday decorations are different now and streetcar tracks are no longer there, but the look of pre-Christmas in downtown Milwaukee hasn't changed all that much. This picture looking east from N. 3rd onto Wisconsin Ave. was taken Nov....
Earth Day; Milwaukee Performing Arts Center (Milwaukee, Wis.); Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (Milwaukee, Wis.); The Ox (Musical group); Crowds; Journal Company -- Buildings
Earth Day, formally called the "National Environmental Teach-In," was the brainchild of Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.). He based it on the 1969 teach-ins and demonstrations against the Vietnam War, which culminated in a march of a quarter million...
A living tableau depicting the past and present of the Milwaukee Public Library was presented in front of the Central Library on March 11, 1953, as part of the city's official observance of Library Day. Not visible in this picture but on hand to...
Gordon Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Swimming -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bathhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Crowds -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The temperature was a warm 96 degrees when the first all-city swimming meet of the season was held at Gordon Park on Sunday, July 17, 1921. The crowds gathered to view the river events from along the bridge and bathhouse, and even in canoes. ...
The hot month of August is certainly an ideal time to recall activities of Milwaukee's cooler months - perhaps they can serve to redirect thinking or create a "mind over matter" approach to the dog days. This view of an excellent day for sledding...
City Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.); City halls -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Municipal buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bells -- History -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
It was Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 1896, and many Milwaukeeans spent the morning of their holiday watching the new bell being raised to the top of the new City Hall tower. One day earlier, a careful procession with the bell on a wagon wound its way...
Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Michigan Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Ward School (Milwaukee, Wis.); Plankinton School (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth District School (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eighth Street School (Milwaukee, Wis.); North Division Downtown...
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...
Schmidt, Reinhold L.; Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; John G. Wollaeger Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
The automobile was just beginning to revolutionize transportation and the "filling station" was in its infancy when this photograph was taken in 1917. Reinhold L. Schmidt was the first employe at John G. Wollaeger's filling station at 4th and...
Fourth of July celebrations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Thirty-Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lapham Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Henry Tess Saloon (Milwaukee, Wis.); Zeke's Tap (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin --...
For a long time, Milwaukeeans have been celebrating the Fourth of July with parades and picnics. Here, flags are flying on two vehicles ready to lead the way from a local saloon for a day of enjoyment in this photograph from an Independence Day in...
Riverside High School (Milwaukee, Wis.); School buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Schools -- Buildings; Locust Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Schools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction and demolition debris -- Wisconsin --...
When a photographer set up his camera in the middle of Locust St. between the streetcar tracks on a quiet November day in 1913, construction of Riverside High had been under way for some time. Designed by Milwaukee architects Henry J. Van Ryn and...
Wisconsin State Fair Park; Wisconsin State Fair; Agricultural exhibitions -- Wisconsin
This was the main concession field at State Fair Park on opening day, Aug. 29, 1921. Despite prohibition (the beer tents served "near beer" that year), a crowd of 236,585 enjoyed the fair that week. That year, the event featured a horticulture...
Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Ninth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eleventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Monuments -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Court of Honor (Milwaukee, Wis.);...
Motorists who pass it every day might find it difficult to believe that this peaceful street is now W. Wisconsin av., between N. 9th and N. 11th sts., Milwaukee's Court of Honor. Lovely trees lined the avenue, known as Grand av. in those days, and...
Amusement parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pabst Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Garfield Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Pabst Park, located between N. 3rd and N. 5th Sts, south of W. Burleigh St., was a favorite of Milwaukeeans for many years. Capt. Frederick Pabst acquired the land in the 1890s from the Milwaukee Schuetzen Gesellschaft, a German shooting society. ...
Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Public Library (Milwaukee, Wis.) -- Buildings; Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Street lighting -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
If it wasn't for the roof line of the Central Library in the background, it would be hard to know just what street the photographer was on when he snapped this picture back around 1916. The crew working on the street light in the 700 block of...
Milwaukeeans of the late 1800s never failed to take their visitors past the Schandein mansion, located at 24th and Grand (now W. Wisconsin) Ave. It was built by Emil Schandein, one of the owners of the Pabst Brewery, and was styled after a castle...
"We're going to have some nasty weather," warned weatherman Howard J. Thompson, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1947, and he didn't know how right he was! Less than 48 hours later, Milwaukee was buried under 18.1 inches of snow. The fall was so thick that...
Clybourn Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirty-fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.): Marquette University -- Football; Crowds -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Football -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The 1926 Marquette University homecoming, heralded as "the biggest and best" ever arranged, opened on Thursday, November 4, with an alumni dance and ended that Saturday with a football game in the afternoon and fraternity reunion parties for alumni...
Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); First National Bank (Milwaukee, Wis.); First Wisconsin National Bank (Milwaukee, Wis.); Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee;...
This was the scene when hundreds of Milwaukeeans rushed in carriage and on foot to the First National Bank on the corner of what is now N. Water St. and E. Wisconsin Ave., in 1905. The bank's president had been arrested for embezzling $1.6 million...
Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); State Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fires -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Exposition Building (Milwaukee, Wis.) -- Fires, 1905; Exhibition buildings --...
The Nord Amerikanischer Skat Congress had just ended at the Exposition Building late in the afternoon of June 4, 1905. Nearly 2,000 of the players had concluded their game and left; some 600 others were still playing. According to The Milwaukee...
Elm Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Garfield Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); George Schott, Grocer (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; World War, 1914-1918 -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance
Like any good neighborhood grocer, George Schott couldn't let any empty window space go to waste, so he often painted signs on it to let passersby know what he was selling. But he wasn't advertising his own merchandise when this picture was taken;...
