Title	Remember When...6th and Wisconsin looked like this?
Description	One of Milwaukee's present landmarks, the Schroeder hotel, had not yet been built when this picture was taken in 1922. The hotel didn't make the city directory until 1927. The Wisconsin theater (note the vacant lot on the left) materialized two years later (1924) as "Milwaukee's newest monument to civic progress." The Palace theater (note lower part of marquee on right) was already in business, as was the Strand, which at the time of this picture was showing the film "Strongheart Brawn of the North" and featured a novelty jazz band every week. There were no stop and go lights on the corner, but there was a traffic policeman-and have a look at those cars! (Picture from the local history collection, Milwaukee public library.)
Library of Congress Subject Headings	Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Palace Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Strand Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Police -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Boston Store (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Publisher	Milwaukee Public Library
Date Original	1922
Source	Milwaukee Journal
Newspaper Publication Date	03-17-1965
Date Copyrighted	2005
Type	Image
Has Format	Photograph
Relation	RW 141
Collection	Remember When, F. P. Zeidler Humanities Room, Milwaukee Public Library
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Date created	12-14-2005