Henry Uihlein came to the United States from Germany in 1862 after mastering the art of brewing and malting in Bavaria. He arrived in Milwaukee in 1871 at the invitation of his uncle Joseph Schlitz, and took charge of the practical end of the...
Lake Park Depot (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company -- Buildings; Lake Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The Lake Park Depot - photographed from the park looking west - was the end of the Milwaukee Electric Railway's Center St. line, but the beginning of countless picnics, tennis games, and days at the beach. The Center St. line ran along Center,...
The elaborate old Milwaukee building on Wisconsin Ave. at N. 4th St., housed one of the city’s popular stores. Espenhain’s was known for being gracious, convenient and for having an abundant stock of dry goods and apparel. The store was...
Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Glass Block (Milwaukee, Wis.); Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Browning King & Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
In the 1920s, Grand Ave. (now Wisconsin Ave.) looked like this west of the Milwaukee River bridge. On the south side of the avenue, the Gimbels building towered over its neighbors, while the Glass Block was across the street to the north. One of...
Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Charles Toy Restaurant (Milwaukee, Wis.); Toy's Chinatown Restaurant (Milwaukee, Wis.)
The name of Toy has been synonymous with good Chinese food in Milwaukee since the turn of the century, when Charlie Toy arrived here and started a restaurant. In the 1920s and early 1930s, his establishment was in this ornate building on 2nd St....
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...
The popularity of the automobile brought all kinds of new problems to the city's governing fathers, especially that of how to control the new horseless carriages and their operators. The city soon began experimenting with a variety of mechanical...
Twenty-seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wadham's Oil Corporation (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Boulevard Fire Proof Storage Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.); F. J. Legois Mobilgas...
There aren't too many of these distinctive, Oriental style roofs left atop Milwaukee service stations. This picture shows an early variety of the architectural trend on the Wadhams Station at 27th and Wisconsin Ave., which was built in 1925. ...
Ruck, Frederick C.; Milwaukee Public Library (Milwaukee, Wis.); Steam-boilers
Seated at his rolltop desk is the late Frederick C. Ruck, chief engineer. He ran the "power plant" in the Central Library and Museum building at 8th and Wisconsin for 40 years - from 1905 until he retired at age 70. The steam generators in this...
Young Men's Christian Association (Milwaukee, Wis.) -- Buildings; Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.)
As Milwaukee began putting down roots and growing into a booming America town, many organizations worked to meet the social needs to which a city civilization gave rise.
An example of this was the Young Men's Christian Association. After...
Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Juneau Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Chicago and Northwestern Railway; Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Eugene's Restaurant (Milwaukee,...
When the Chicago and North Western Railway Depot stood on Wisconsin St. overlooking the lake, the nearby Juneau Hotel at 229 Wisconsin welcomed visitors to Milwaukee. The structure was built at the turn of the century as an apartment house, but in...
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public Service Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Waiting rooms; Information services; Benches
It may have been a cold, blustery Sunday in Milwaukee in the early 1900s, but passengers inside the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. terminal could relax and stay warm. These waiting rooms occupied the first floor of the four-story Public...
Charles Kohlenberg, shown here with his son Al and daughter Bess, operated a small but well-stocked dry goods emporium on 6th St. and Juneau Ave. during the 1920s. Kohlenberg came to Milwaukee in 1903 from Austria-Hungary with his wife Sarah and...
