Shopping districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bitker family; Bitker, Pierce; Bitker, Thelma; Clothing trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Stores, Retail -- Wisconsin...
For many years, one of Milwaukee's busiest shopping areas ran along N. 3rd St. for several blocks on either side of North Ave. Stores like Rosenberg's, Grants and Schusters could be found there. After World War II, Mayor John Bohn urged that...
Center Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twenty-seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; F. W. Woolworth Company; Walgreen's (Firm); O'Hanlon, Francis E; Hankin's Department Store;...
The intricate network of cable hovered undisturbed over Center St. at 27th St. in this early morning photograph in the 1940s. Pedestrian and vehicle traffic was light. At rush hour in earlier days, streetcars dominated the activity, winding...
Barnum and Bailey; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows; Parades -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; James Morgan Dry Goods
The last horse drawn wagon of Barnum's circus parade is just visible at the lower left, crossing 3rd St. and Grand Ave., now 3rd and Wisconsin, in front of James Morgan's Dry Goods House, whose sign advertises another location on E. Water St. And,...
Hospitals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; St. Mary's Hospital (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water towers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Towers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lake Drive (Milwaukee, Wis.)
The water tower on Milwaukee's East Side (100 years old this year) is a very familiar landmark, but it's not as easy to recognize the other structure. It is the original St. Mary's Hospital, built in 1858. At that time, it was surrounded by a...
Mader's German Restaurant (Milwaukee, Wis.); Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mader, Gus; Prohibition -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
No doubt the signs on the window of Mader's Restaurant expressed the sentiments of many Milwaukeeans as the end of Prohibition approached in 1933. The display proclaimed joyfully, "Out they go! Our last 100 cases of near beer at 5 cents per...
Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Schultz, Ida Sandlers; Schultz, Elizabeth Sandlers; Schultz, Lydia; Arnold, Lydia; Fred Schultz; Meat industry and trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Sidewalks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
This foursome - posed in front of the family store and residence at 769 3rd St. (later 2213 N. 3rd St.) - looked a little resigned about being photographed, especially with work aprons covering their long skirts. The lady on the far right, it was...
A weeklong program of events marked the opening of Milwaukee's new Arena in 1950. From April 9 through April 15, variety shows were presented each night featuring such entertainers as Frances Langford, Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, Art...
Public Service Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company -- Buildings; Street railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Michigan Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Railroad terminals -- Wisconsin --...
The Public Service Building was the hub of much activity during the first half of the 20th century. The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. built the four-story structure between 2nd and 3rd Sts. facing Sycamore (now W. Michigan) St. as a...
Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Matthews Bros. Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Woolworth Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; James Morgan & Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Traffic is detouring around the building at N. 3rd St. and Wisconsin Ave. which for so many years was the downtown home of Woolworth's. This is how the site looked at the turn of the century. The Matthews Bros. Building was the only building on...
Broadway (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Buildings; London Hat Shop (Milwaukee, Wis.); Corporations -- Headquarters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Retail trade -- Wisconsin --...
Only Milwaukeeans who are 100 or so years old will remember when this building at Broadway St. and Wisconsin Ave. was the home of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., but many will recall it as the site of the London Hat Shop. The London...
Kinnickinnic River (Wis.); Froemming Brothers Shipyard (Milwaukee, Wis.); First Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Claiborne (Ship); Shipyards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Shipbuilding -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Electric railroads -- Cars -- Wisconsin --...
During World War II, a shipyard sprang up overnight in Milwaukee along the banks of the Kinnickinnic River. Local builder Ben Froemming, despite a lack of any shipbuilding experience, won a contract from the government in December 1941 to build...
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...
Ravenna Park (Shorewood, Wis.); Hubbard Park (Shorewood, Wis.); Mineral Springs Park (Shorewood, Wis.); Wonderland (Shorewood, Wis.); Amusement parks -- Wisconsin -- Shorewood
This picture, taken in 1912, shows people entering Ravenna Park for some summer fun. The private amusement emporium was the last in a series of predecessors to Hubbard Park, a retreat on the east bank of the Milwaukee River in Shorewood. It...
Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Roads -- Design and construction -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pavements, Brick -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The block between what is now W. State st. and W. Highland av. had just received a new brick surface when this picture was taken in 1905. The crew took time off after the job was completed to pose with the tools of their trade. Road construction...
Petit, Louis J.; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); American Legion. Alonzo Cudworth Post No. 23 (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The square Petit mansion, built in 1899 by Louis J. Petit, then president of the old Wisconsin National bank, was one of the finest examples of classical architecture in Milwaukee and the scene of many a fashionable gathering. Among its many rooms...
Mitchell Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Conservatories -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Botanical gardens -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The triple domes of Mitchell Park have not always graced the city's skyline. Above is a view of an entry to the old conservatory as it appeared about 1910. The conservatory was built in 1898 and the sunken gardens were completed in 1904. ...
Street-railroads (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Viaducts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Menomonee River Valley (Wis.); Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works; Wells Street Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.);...
Although it was part of the Milwaukee scene until the 1960's, this picture recalls some of the earlier days of the old Wells st. viaduct. For 70 years this lengthy span carried a succession of chugging little engines, rattling streetcars and...
