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21. Remember When...a clock tower crowned the Pabst Building? Remember When...a clock tower crowned the Pabst Building? Pabst Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); 110 E. Wisconsin Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clocks and watches -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Office buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Familiar to Milwaukeean today as the 110 E. Wisconsin Building, the Pabst Building on the northwest corner of E. Wisconsin Ave. and N. Water St., was built in 1892 and capped by a graceful tower and gables....
22. Remember When...a doctor donated Doctors Park? Remember When...a doctor donated Doctors Park? Doctors Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Schneider, Joseph E.; Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Trees and trails have long helped make Doctors Park a Milwaukee favorite. The 49 ½ acre lakeshore tract was donated to the city in 1928 by Dr. Joseph E. Schneider, world renowned eye specialist, whose...
23. Remember When...A familiar Downtown corner looked like this? Remember When...A familiar Downtown corner looked like this? Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Central business districts (Milwaukee, Wis.); Rex Caramel Popcorn (Milwaukee, Wis.); Empress Burlesk (Milwaukee, Wis.); Towne Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Towne Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Reuss Federal Plaza (Milwaukee, Wis.); Winter -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles Snow-covered cars, many of them larger than the average automobile on the streets today, lined 3rd St. between Wells St. and Wisconsin Ave. when this photograph was taken during the winter of 1955. At...
24. Remember When...a fire station became the Center Street Library? Remember When...a fire station became the Center Street Library? Center Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Library. Center Street Library.; Fire stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Savoy Theater (Milwaukee, Wis The Center Street Library moved from its building at 2620 W. Center St. May 26 after more than 50 years to a new $1.8-million structure a block away. This picture was taken about the time the old library...
25. Remember When...a Friday night fish fry cost 10 cents? Remember When...a Friday night fish fry cost 10 cents? Serio, William B.; Serio's Seafood Bar (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cooking (Fish); Food habits -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The Friday fish fry has been a part of Milwaukee for a long time, but years ago the setting was more often a neighborhood tavern than a fancy restaurant. A sign on the wall at Serio's Seafood Bar, 2405...
26. Remember When...a gasoline deliveryman had to sell his product first? Remember When...a gasoline deliveryman had to sell his product first? Seventeenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Vliet Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Schoenecker, Frank G.; Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gasoline industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Trucks; Kissel Motor Car Company Back in 1919, when Frank G. Schoenecker first got his job working for Standard Oil, he received a brand new Kissel truck, made in Hartford, to drive on his rounds. Back then, his job was as "tank truck...
27. Remember When...a mansion went unoccupied? Remember When...a mansion went unoccupied? Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Plankinton, Elizabeth; Knights of Columbus. Council no. 524 (Milwaukee, Wis.) There are several stories as to why Elizabeth Plankinton chose never to live in this ornate mansion now occupied by the Knights of Columbus. The stone home was built around 1890 by her father, John, millionaire...
28. Remember When...a pagoda stood in Schlitz park? Remember When...a pagoda stood in Schlitz park? Schlitz Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Walnut Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Pagodas; Quentin's Park (Milwaukee, Wis.) Schlitz park, complete with 250 gas lights, was one of the city's most popular outdoor beer gardens in the gay nineties. Located on 8th and Walnut sts., where Roosevelt junior high school and Carver park...
29. Remember When...a railroad builder lived here? Remember When...a railroad builder lived here? Finney, Frederick N.; Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This was the residence of Frederick N. Finney at 34 Prospect Ave. (later 1252 N. Prospect). Finney was born in Boston in 1832. At age 25, he came to Wisconsin, studying law at Oshkosh. Later he turned...
30. Remember When...a shooting grounds became an amusement park? Remember When...a shooting grounds became an amusement park? 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...
31. Remember When...a shooting grounds became an amusement park? Remember When...a shooting grounds became an amusement park? Pabst Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Garfield Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Amusement parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The leaves had all fallen and things looked a bit deserted when this picture was taken at Pabst Park in October, 1921. Located between N. 3rd and N. 5th Sts., south of W. Burleigh St., the park was a favorite...
32. Remember When...a ski jump rose in Gordon Park? Remember When...a ski jump rose in Gordon Park? Gordon Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Skis and skiing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Ski Club Neither drizzle, nor warm weather, nor a freak thunderstorm could dampen the enthusiasm of the 20,000 spectators drawn to this event - the first annual ski tournament, Feb. 8, 1925, in Gordon Park. Skiing...
33. Remember When...a tornado hit State Fair Park? Remember When...a tornado hit State Fair Park? Wisconsin State Fair Park; Tornadoes -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Weather -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Roofs It was the buildings, rather than the animals and exhibits displayed within them that attracted attention at State Fair Park on May 31, 1914. A tornado swept through the park on that Sunday afternoon and...
34. Remember When...a trolley bus went shopping? Remember When...a trolley bus went shopping? Lawrenz Grocery (Milwaukee, Wis,); Trolley buses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Buses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Accidents -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Out of control after a collision with an automobile, a trackless trolley crashed into the Lawrenz grocery store, 5133 W. North Ave., on Jan. 26, 1950. The driver of the automobile was hurt but the trolley...
35. Remember When...a west side intersection looked like this? Remember When...a west side intersection looked like this? Fond du Lac Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Center Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twenty-seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Things aren't quite the same as they were when little girls in sailor blouses, straw hats and long black stockings waited for a streetcar on the triangle at Fond du Lac av., Center and 27th sts. Perhaps...
36. Remember When...a winery stood on Forest Home Ave.? Remember When...a winery stood on Forest Home Ave.? Janesville Plank Road (Milwaukee, Wis.); Forest Home Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Root Creek (Wis.); Morgan Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lieber, Heinrich; Wineries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The winery of Heinrich Lieber stood on the Janesville Plank Road, now W. Forest Home Ave., near the turn of the century. This winery was open all year round, with people even coming by sled to buy wine....
37. Remember When...Alfred Uihlein's mansion was on 5th St.? Remember When...Alfred Uihlein's mansion was on 5th St.? Uihlein, Alfred; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This was the Alfred Uihlein residence at 545 (later 1639 N.) 5th St., between Galena and Walnut. It is believed to have been built around 1878. Uihlein, one of four brothers, was born in Wertheim-on-the-Main,...
38. Remember When...another circus parade dazzled downtown? Remember When...another circus parade dazzled downtown? 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...
39. Remember When...bacon was 29 cents a pound? Remember When...bacon was 29 cents a pound? Third Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Frank Tatera, Grocer (Milwaukee, Wis.); Tatera, Ervin; Tatera, Florence; Tatera, Frank; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Advertising "Rinso." "Holsum Bread." "Free 'American Family Soap' - Bring Coupons Here." These were just a few of the signs in Frank Tatera's grocery story at 1025 Third Ave. (later 2401 S. 8th St.) in 1929. Many...
40. Remember When...bakeries flourished in almost every neighborhood? Remember When...bakeries flourished in almost every neighborhood? Matyas Bakery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bakers and bakeries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Holton Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Matyas, Leopold The neighborhood bakery has long been a tried and tasty institution on the Milwaukee scene. From the far reaches of the south side Polish bakeries to the little German shops on the north side, the tempting...
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