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61. Remember When...Campanelli's was on Brady? Remember When...Campanelli's was on Brady? Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Brady Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Campanelli, Tony; Campanelli, Antonietta 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...
62. Remember When...cars traveled east on E. Clybourn St.? Remember When...cars traveled east on E. Clybourn St.? Clybourn Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Button Block (Milwaukee, Wis.); Joey Buona's Pizzeria and Restaurant (Milwaukee, Wis.); Brett Favre's Steakhouse (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mad Hatter (Milwaukee, Wis.); Park Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Northwestern Furniture Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles In 1959 Downtown Milwaukee had not yet become crisscrossed by the expressway, and many of today's one-way streets were still traveled by autos in both directions. A stream of cars made their way east on...
63. Remember When...cars were topless? Remember When...cars were topless? Danielson, Daniel B; Danielson, Lalla; Danielson, Rayline; Oestreich, Rayline; Twenty-second Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Layton Boulevard (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twenty-seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Betty O'Sullivan, who sent in this picture, tells us all about it in her letter: "This picture of my aunt, uncle and cousin - Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Danielson and daughter Rayline (now Mrs. Carl Oesstreich...
64. Remember When...Caspar's bookstore bulged? Remember When...Caspar's bookstore bulged? C. N. Caspar Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bookstores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Antiquarian booksellers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee In case passersby didn't get the message from the rows and rows of books in the windows, Carl Nicolaus Caspar had the presence of his "antiquarian bookstore" announced in German and English signs over...
65. Remember When...Cedar and Biddle Sts. finally met? Remember When...Cedar and Biddle Sts. finally met? Biddle Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cedar Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee River (Milwaukee, Wis.); City Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Edward E. Gillen (Firm) (Milwaukee, Wis.) A proposal that a bridge be built over the Milwaukee River to connect the east and west sides of the city just north of City Hall was made in 1900. But it wasn't until 1927 that construction began. Biddle...
66. Remember When...Chapman's had an eagle on top? Remember When...Chapman's had an eagle on top? T. A. Chapman and Company; Milwaukee Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Department stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The location is the same and the sign above the door still says Chapman's, but almost everything else has changed. T. A. Chapman & Co. was established in 1857; this store was built in 1872 on the southeast...
67. Remember When...Chapman's was rebuilt after a fire? Remember When...Chapman's was rebuilt after a fire? T. A. Chapman (Firm); Department stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fires -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction and demolition debris -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This photograph shows the beginning of work to rebuild the T.A. Chapman department store after it was almost totally destroyed by fire on Oct. 23, 1884. A newspaper account of the blaze reported: "The...
68. Remember When...children learned to swim at Bechstein's? Remember When...children learned to swim at Bechstein's? Milwaukee River (Wis.); Swimming -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bechstein's Swimming School; William Bechstein Company In years past, people looked to the Milwaukee River as a place to swim. And Bechstein's was one of three widely known swimming schools built about the deep water above the North Ave. dam. According to...
69. Remember When...church and bell tower parted company? Remember When...church and bell tower parted company? St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twenty-seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Anglican church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The photographer caught the action at just the right moment, and if it weren't for the crane visible on the right, one might think this photo was depicting a true act of God. Spring cleanup fever was responsible...
70. Remember When...cigars cost a nickel? Remember When...cigars cost a nickel? Toman, Charles J.; Charles J. Toman Cigars Tobacco; Chestnut Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Juneau Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Paradise Alley (Milwaukee, Wis.); Tomah Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cigar industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee County Transit System A "home-made, Havana cigar," as this store window advertised, was only 5 cents at the turn of the century. Cigar manufacturing was big business in Milwaukee for many years. Charles J. Toman (center) owned...
71. Remember When...cigars were manufactured in Bay View? Remember When...cigars were manufactured in Bay View? Vierheilig, A. E.; Potter Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bay View (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Vierheilig, Edward; Vierheilig, John; Vierheilig, Henriette; Clatworthy, Henriette; Cigar industry -- Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Bicycles This photograph shows the cigar factory and home of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Verheilig in about 1897. The home and factory included the numbers 574, 576 and 578 Potter Ave. (now the 700 block of E. Potter Ave.)...
72. Remember When...City Hall Square looked like this? Remember When...City Hall Square looked like this? Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Blatz Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pabst Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 -- Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; City Hall Square (Milwaukee, Wis.) N. Water and E. Wells Sts. formed a busy intersection in the early 1900s. The Blatz Hotel was on the southwest corner. Across the street was the Pabst Theater and next to the theater was a popular café....
73. Remember When...City Hall was towerless? Remember When...City Hall was towerless? City Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.); City halls -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Municipal buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Aerial photographs Workers hadn’t yet completed the ornate tower and cupola on City Hall when a high-climbing photographer took his picture in 1895 from the roof of the since-demolished Pabst Building on E. Wisconsin Ave....
74. Remember When...Civil War veterans lived at Soldiers' Home? Remember When...Civil War veterans lived at Soldiers' Home? National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Northwestern Branch; Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center; United States -- Veterans Administration -- Wisconsin -- Wood; Soldiers' homes -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Veterans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County These residents of the National Soldiers' Home, at least some of them veterans of the Civil War, posed for a picture outside the library in the early 1900s. The home - known today as the Veterans Administration...
75. Remember When...class visits to the museum began at the lecture hall? Remember When...class visits to the museum began at the lecture hall? Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Public Library; Milwaukee Public Museum; Auditoriums -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Centennial Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.); School buses; School children -- Transportation If you grew up in Milwaukee in the '40s and '50s, chances are you once stood in line like this at the entrance to the Museum Lecture Hall at 733 N. 8th Street. The lecture hall, built in 1913, was the...
76. Remember When...clowns watched over Grand Ave.? Remember When...clowns watched over Grand Ave.? Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Patton Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Builders' and Traders' Exchange Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kuesel & Puls Jewelers (Milwaukee, Wis.); E. T. Doyn (Milwaukee, Wis.); Summer festivals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Carnival; Flags; Harry W. Schwartz, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.) This picture shows turn-of -the-century Milwaukee's famed urban order and tranquility. This is a view of the northeast corner of 5th St. and Grand Ave. (W. Wisconsin Ave.) at what is now the Patton Building....
77. Remember When...clubs like the Millioki flourished in Milwaukee? Remember When...clubs like the Millioki flourished in Milwaukee? Millioki Club (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; First Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wright Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Knights of Pythias In the late 1800s and early part of the 20th century hundreds of associations, societies, and clubs of various kinds were being founded all over the city. Singing societies-the Liederkranz, the Arions,...
78. Remember When...cobblestones paved Plankinton Ave.? Remember When...cobblestones paved Plankinton Ave.? Plankinton Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Gimbel Brothers; Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; Pavements -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gayety Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.) Plankinton Ave. was still called West Water St. when this photograph was taken about 1910 looking north toward Grand Ave., now Wisconsin Ave. Horse-drawn carriages and wagons were still the primary means...
79. Remember When...coffee and gasoline rationing began? Remember When...coffee and gasoline rationing began? Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); World War, 1939-1945 -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Rationing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Warner Theatre (Milwaukee, Wis.); Christmas decorations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Crowds -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The holiday decorations are different now and streetcar tracks are no longer there, but the look of pre-Christmas in downtown Milwaukee hasn't changed all that much. This picture looking east from N. 3rd...
80. Remember When...college students capered at Cracker-Jacks Park? Remember When...college students capered at Cracker-Jacks Park? Cracker-Jacks Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Richards Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Dentists -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Kuhm, Herbert W.; Toussaint, Gilbert; Frey, John; Gerber, Harry; Sturm, Alex; Jambor, MacKinley These frisky fellows, pictured in 1919 enjoying their nickel beers, are members of the Marquette University Dental School banner four year class of 1921. In those days, Cracker-Jacks Park, located on N....
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