General Mitchell Field (Milwaukee County, Wis.); Airports -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Airport terminals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Milwaukee County Airport
Back in the 1930's the terminal at what is now Milwaukee's Gen. Mitchell field, at that time known simply as the Milwaukee county airport, looked like this, The land on which the airport stands was purchased by the county park commission in 1926...
In 1901 when Daniel Wells Jr. erected the Wells Building at 324 E. Wisconsin Ave., he recalled hunting quail at this location. The building was originally 15 stories high, but two or more stories were added in 1905. Wells looked upon the building...
Some 250 moviegoers attending the afternoon showing of "Run for Cover" on May 12, 1955 at the Riverside Theatre, had to run for cover themselves when a coupling on an air refrigerating unit exploded at the theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave. The...
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...
Milwaukee Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Police communication systems -- Wisconsin --...
Ladies stepped carefully when crossing streets intersecting Wisconsin av. to avoid twisting their ankles. Eight inch cedar wood blocks, on a two inch wood plank base, had replaced six inch blocks in 1890. These, in turn, were replaced with two...
Tony Campanelli ran his market at 232 (later 811 E.) Brady St. from 1920 to 1946. From then until 1972, the family store was at 1699 N. Astor St. Campanelli's sold all manner of grocery products, especially imported foods, such as olives and...
This charming little house was the Linus Dewey home, which once stood at 1631 N. 4th St. It appears that there were only three such octagon shaped dwellings ever built in Milwaukee. But at one time, before the Civil War, they were somewhat of an...
Edward Schuster and Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twelfth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Vliet Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Department stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee County (Wis.) -- Buildings; Automobiles
The department store that made Milwaukee famous by giving native speech the expression "I'm going by Schuster's," once had a store at N. 12th and W. Vliet St. That store had moved, in 1911, from the firm's first branch operation on 12th and...
Hartford Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); University School of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee University School -- Buildings; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee -- Buildings; Schools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Engelmann Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.);...
Milwaukee University School was founded in 1851 as the Milwaukee Educational Association by wealthy German families who sought more comprehensive educational facilities than were then available to their children. Conducted in a rented building on...
Fires -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; H. Penner Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) -- Fire, 1892; William Bayley & Sons Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) -- Fire, 1892; Historic Third Ward District (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Fire, 1892; Water Street (Milwaukee,...
Recent tragic fires in Milwaukee remind us that 1987 marks the 95th anniversary of the Third Ward Fire. At that time, the Third Ward included the area south of Wisconsin Ave. and east of the Milwaukee River, a neighborhood of warehouses, light...
Sidewalk superintendents must have had a field day when the nine story Elks Club building went up in 1924, gracing Milwaukee's lakefront skyline. The fraternal lodge was one of the most spacious in the country at that time with a huge hall on the...
Washington Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Airplanes, Military; Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Airshows -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
As the World War I fighter planes flew overhead there were cheers from Milwaukeeans below, because the "bombs" they were dropping were sheaves of Victory Loan Drive literature. The US Flying Circus, consisting of two captured German Fokkers, five...
Hamilton Field (Cudahy, Wis.); Milwaukee County Airport; General Mitchell Field (Milwaukee County, Wis.); Airport terminals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Airports -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Cudahy (Wis.)
A remodeled farmhouse served as the Milwaukee County Air Terminal in the 1930s. The two story structure housed the administration offices, weather instruments, broadcasting equipment, illumination controls and a restaurant. Milwaukee County was...
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,...
Davidson Theatre (Milwaukee, Wis.); Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotel Davidson (Milwaukee, Wis.); Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Countless stage greats played the Davidson Theater at 621 N. 3rd St. Its playbills included stars like Sarah Bernhardt, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Irene Dunne, Boris Karloff and Fred Allen. Milwaukee's own Pat O'Brien played there, too, in James...
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...
"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...
Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Oneida Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jefferson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); City Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; City halls -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
"The city directory is Milwaukee's catalog," its ads used to proclaim, and certainly their listings are still a big help in pinpointing what's where in Milwaukee, especially in old photographs like this one. E. Wells St. was called Oneida St. when...
Holton Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Holton Street Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.); Viaducts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
The Holton St. viaduct is a familiar part of the East Side Milwaukee landscape, and there are, no doubt, many Milwaukeeans who can recall its dedication ceremonies in 1926. But there aren't too many people who remember its predecessor, this lift...
Milwaukee Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Juneau Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); College Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Carlton Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee College -- Buildings; Milwaukee-Downer College -- Buildings; Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee;...
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...
