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| Title | Remember When...Division st. was home to the German market? |
| Description | The East Division Street Market (on what is now E. Juneau av.) was "downtown" for Milwaukee's German population between about 1870 and 1920. Here, the German housewives could buy produce, eggs, Schmierkaes (soft cheese) and Spanferkel (suckling pig), as well as find out the latest gossip. Saturday night saw the market square ablaze with the light of pine knot torches as this popular meeting place of friends took on a festive air. The market moved to this area, just north of the city hall, when the city took over market hall as the new city hall. The large building in the foreground of this 1885 photo was known as City Market and housed many market stalls for small businessmen. Organizations such as Baumgarten-Krueger florists and many vegetable dealers gained loyal clients during their formative years in the East Division Market. (Picture and information from the Milwaukee public library's local history collection.) |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings | Division Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Juneau Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Markets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Germans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; German-Americans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; City Market (Milwaukee, Wis.) |
| Publisher | Milwaukee Public Library |
| Date Original | 1885 |
| Source | Milwaukee Journal |
| Newspaper Publication Date | 1969-12-20 |
| Date Copyrighted | 2005 |
| Type | Image |
| Has Format | Photograph |
| Relation | RW 636 |
| Collection | Remember When, F. P. Zeidler Humanities Room, Milwaukee Public Library
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| Rights | All rights reserved © Milwaukee Public Library |
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