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1. Remember When...pork steak was 11c per pound? Remember When...pork steak was 11c per pound? Lincoln Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jos. Smith Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee It has been many years since numbers like 3, 7 and 11 referred to the cost per pound of meat. But these were the prices which were advertised by the Jos. Smith Co., which owned the market pictured above....
2. 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...
3. Remember When...you could fill up for a buck and get change? Remember When...you could fill up for a buck and get change? Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Thirty-Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Villard Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kraetsch, Charlie (Red); Rosie's Sealicious Seafood (Milwaukee, Wis.); Menos Jewelers and Merchandisers, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.) Charlie (Red) Kraetsch operated his Standard Oil station on the northeast corner of 35th Villard for a number of years. The Menos Jewelry store now occupies the site. This photo, taken in the early 1930s,...
4. Remember When...Milwaukee had a Lincoln Library? Remember When...Milwaukee had a Lincoln Library? Milwaukee Public Library. Lincoln Library; Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Eighth Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.) The Lincoln Library branch of the Milwaukee Public Library was opened in 1924 at what was then 985 Eighth Ave., largely to serve the working class Polish people who settled in the area. The entire book...
5. Remember When...the corner store was almost always open? Remember When...the corner store was almost always open? Bartos, Rudolph; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Groceries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The corner grocery store, although a far cry from today's warehouse supermarkets, took care of most of the needs of the neighborhood. Grocer Rudolph Bartos (behind counter) posed in his store at the corner...
6. Remember When...The bell was addded to City Hall? Remember When...The bell was addded to City Hall? City Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.); City halls -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Municipal buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bells -- History -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee It was Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 1896, and many Milwaukeeans spent the morning of their holiday watching the new bell being raised to the top of the new City Hall tower. One day earlier, a careful procession...
7. 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...
8. Remember When...the American Legion headquarters was dedicated? Remember When...the American Legion headquarters was dedicated? State Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Zeidler, Frank P.; Wisconsin American Legion; Clubhouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mayors -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Crowds; Bands (Music) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Veterans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The dedication of a new department headquarters for the Wisconsin American Legion, a building that had been purchased from the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, was held on Dec. 7, 1952, at 812 E. State St....
9. Remember When...tower clocks were made in Milwaukee? Remember When...tower clocks were made in Milwaukee? Mathias Schwalbach & Sons (Milwaukee, Wis.); Star Tower Clock Works (Milwaukee, Wis.); Ninth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clocks and watches -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tower clocks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Matthias Schwalbach & Sons Star Tower Clock Works manufactured church and tower clocks in this building - built by its owner in 1887 - at 426 9th St. (now the 1300 block of N. 9th St.). Schwalbach first...
10. Remember When...people went to the zoo to go boating? Remember When...people went to the zoo to go boating? Washington Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Boats and boating -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee It was just another lazy summer afternoon when these boaters pushed off for a tour around the Washington Park lagoon on July 11, 1914. One newspaper reported that the temperature got up to 79 that day....
11. Remember When...the library celebrated its 75th birthday? Remember When...the library celebrated its 75th birthday? Milwaukee Public Library (Milwaukee, Wis.); Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Library -- Anniversaries, etc.; Antross, Richard; Firtzlaff, Robert; Laux, Peter; Tenney, William; Ziemendorf, Robert; Horse-drawn vehicles; Automobiles A living tableau depicting the past and present of the Milwaukee Public Library was presented in front of the Central Library on March 11, 1953, as part of the city's official observance of Library Day....
12. Remember When...Marquette had a football team? Remember When...Marquette had a football team? Clybourn Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirty-fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.): Marquette University -- Football; Crowds -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Football -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The 1926 Marquette University homecoming, heralded as "the biggest and best" ever arranged, opened on Thursday, November 4, with an alumni dance and ended that Saturday with a football game in the afternoon...
13. Remember When...the Wisconsin State Fair was mostly tents? Remember When...the Wisconsin State Fair was mostly tents? Wisconsin State Fair Park; Wisconsin State Fair; Agricultural exhibitions -- Wisconsin This was the main concession field at State Fair Park on opening day, Aug. 29, 1921. Despite prohibition (the beer tents served "near beer" that year), a crowd of 236,585 enjoyed the fair that week. That...
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