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1. Remember When...banks looked like temples? Remember When...banks looked like temples? Marshall & Ilsley Corporation; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Office equipment and supplies -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Office decoration -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The old Marshall & Ilsley Bank, 721 N. Water St, was built when banks tried to present an image of security and safety. Massive solidity and quiet dignity were stressed, not today's friendly openness....
2. Remember When...horses pulled delivery wagons? Remember When...horses pulled delivery wagons? Altmann Cartage Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Altmann, James P.; Horse-drawn vehicles; Storage and moving trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cobblestone roads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee When Milwaukee's streets were paved with stones and lit by gas lamps, real horsepower got the delivery jobs done. This team and wagon belonged to Altmann Cartage Co. Between 1929 and 1942, the delivery...
3. Remember When...The school building at 8th and Michigan was brand new? Remember When...The school building at 8th and Michigan was brand new? Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Michigan Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Ward School (Milwaukee, Wis.); Plankinton School (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth District School (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eighth Street School (Milwaukee, Wis.); North Division Downtown Campus (Milwaukee, Wis.); Urban Day School (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fulton Junior High School Annex (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eighth Street Middle School (Milwaukee, Wis.); School buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Schools -- Buildings There were wooden sidewalks, hitching posts and gas lights at 8th and Michigan Streets when this building, now the oldest building in use in the Milwaukee Public School System, was built in 1884. A school...
4. Remember When...Red Arrow park had a 'natural' wading pool? Remember When...Red Arrow park had a 'natural' wading pool? Kneeland's Grove (Milwaukee, Wis.); Red Arrow Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eleventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Michigan Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Swimming pools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Crowds -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Originally known as Kneeland's Grove, the area which came to be called Red Arrow park once featured a natural lagoon, the exclusive domain of swans and ducks. Then, after the land was taken over by the...
5. Remember When...horsepower meant the real thing? Remember When...horsepower meant the real thing? Emil A. Krause, Horse-Shoer (Milwaukee, Wis.); Blacksmithing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Blacksmiths -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Krause, Emil A.; North Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) In 1910, bicycles were abundant and about 1,500 automobiles traveled the streets of Milwaukee, but the blacksmith trade still flourished. For every 1,000 people in the census that year, the city recorded...
6. Remember When...Jones Island was home to fishermen? Remember When...Jones Island was home to fishermen? Jones Island (Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Jones Island; Fishing villages -- Wisconsin -- Jones Island It was an island then with about 100 homes, some built from driftwood and wreckage, softened by morning glories and Virginia creepers, not to mention the weather and ubiquitous fish nets. In Jones island's...
7. 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...
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