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1. Remember When...Grand Ave. had a swinging bridge? Remember When...Grand Ave. had a swinging bridge? Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles; Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; George Ziegler Company; Ziegler Candy, Inc. Where there's a bridge, there's a traffic jam. Even in the 1880s, horses, wagons and people had to bide their time while the Grand Ave. (Wisconsin Ave.) bridge swung around to permit passage of a boat....
2. Remember When...Milwaukee had a 'Newspaper Row'? Remember When...Milwaukee had a 'Newspaper Row'? Milwaukee Journal; Newspaper publishing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Newspaper buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse drawn vehicles; Mason Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Broadway Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Press Club; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Quiet House (Milwaukee, Wis.); Roth, Adam During the latter part of the 19th century this scene, looking west from what is now, E. Mason st. and N. Broadway, was part of what was known as " Milwaukee's Newspaper Row." On the corner was Adam Roth's...
3. Remember When...baseball fans rode the streetcar? Remember When...baseball fans rode the streetcar? Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Baseball -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Trolley cars -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company Opening day at County Stadium, with its parking lots teeming with automobiles, is a far cry from the good old days when the majority of fans boarded the trolley to root for the home team. Extra streetcars,...
4. Remember When...sidewalk billboards advertised coming attractions? Remember When...sidewalk billboards advertised coming attractions? Crow's Nest (Milwaukee, Wis.); Tenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Theatrical posters, American; Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Advertising, outdoor -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The year, 1909, was a time of many theaters, beer halls and taprooms in the growing city of Milwaukee. The Alhambra, a favorite showplace, advertised on this billboard "a new play and specialities every...
5. Remember When...passengers shivered when the Wells st. viaduct quivered? Remember When...passengers shivered when the Wells st. viaduct quivered? Street-railroads (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Viaducts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Menomonee River Valley (Wis.); Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works; Wells Street Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee and Wauwatosa Motor Railway Although it was part of the Milwaukee scene until the 1960's, this picture recalls some of the earlier days of the old Wells st. viaduct. For 70 years this lengthy span carried a succession of chugging...
6. 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....
7. Remember When...the 35th and Villard area looked like this? Remember When...the 35th and Villard area looked like this? Bacon House (Milwaukee, Wis.); Historic buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse drawn vehicles; Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; North Milwaukee (Wis.); Street railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Thirty-fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Villard Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Western Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Suburban life -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; William Schmidt and Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The intersection of Western av. (now N. 35th st.) and Villard av. looked like this when viewed from the roof of the Smith, Barnes & Strober Piano Co. on a Sunday afternoon in July, 1903. At that time the...
8. Remember When...Broadway and Wisconsin looked like this? Remember When...Broadway and Wisconsin looked like this? Broadway Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tailors -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Clothing trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; J. G. Lee and Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); H. M. Benjamin Coal and Coke (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eastman Coal Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bon Bon Confectionery Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Miller and Breitwisch, Photographers (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bailey and Esser Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad Company Where today the Railway Exchange building stands, a number of small Milwaukee firms did business back in the 1890s. On the corner of what is now W. Wisconsin av. and N. Broadway was John G. Lee and Co.,...
9. Remember When...quarries lined W. State st.? Remember When...quarries lined W. State st.? State Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Quarries and quarrying -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; G. D. Francey Coal, Stone and Supply Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Certified Concrete Company (Milwaukee, Wis.) Although they are now almost all filled in, there was a time when several quarries were worked along W. State st. The quarry pictured above was located east of N. 68th st. on the north side of W. State...
10. Remember When...6th and Wisconsin looked like this? Remember When...6th and Wisconsin looked like this? Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Strand Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Telephone Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Back in 1922, this was the view that greeted Milwaukeeans at the northeast corner of 6th st., and Grand av. (now N. 6th st. and W. Wisconsin av.). In place of the many storied Carpenter building were shops...
11. Remember When...Milwaukee was stopped cold by the blizzard of '47? Remember When...Milwaukee was stopped cold by the blizzard of '47? Blizzards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Winter -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Snow -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Weather -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Twenty-Seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Brown Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Electric railroads -- Cars -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The blizzard of Jan. 29-30, 1947, probably was the most memorable ever to hit Milwaukee. Fighting it proved almost impossible, so the city mainly just waited it out. People soon demonstrated their resourcefulness...
12. Remember When...the Milwaukee transit company operated service stations? Remember When...the Milwaukee transit company operated service stations? Badger Auto Service (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gasoline pumps; Water towers; Fond du Lac Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) Badger Auto Service was formed in the 1920s by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. to service and compete with the new mode of transportation - the car. Among other enterprises, Badger operated...
13. Remember When...Milwaukee celebrated the first Earth Day? Remember When...Milwaukee celebrated the first Earth Day? Earth Day; Milwaukee Performing Arts Center (Milwaukee, Wis.); Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (Milwaukee, Wis.); The Ox (Musical group); Crowds; Journal Company -- Buildings Earth Day, formally called the "National Environmental Teach-In," was the brainchild of Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.). He based it on the 1969 teach-ins and demonstrations against the Vietnam War, which...
14. Remember When...the streetcars passed by NML? Remember When...the streetcars passed by NML? Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Buildings; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Gas Light Company -- Buildings; Electric railroads -- Cars -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Corporations -- Headquarters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Wisconsin Gas Company -- Buildings; We Energies -- Buildings; Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) This photo, taken in 1914, shows a streetcar headed for N. 35th St., then the far West Side, after having just passed Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s newly opened headquarters building. The structure,...
15. Remember When...W. Wisconsin Ave. was rebuilt? Remember When...W. Wisconsin Ave. was rebuilt? Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; F. W. Woolworth Company; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles; Construction equipment This photo of Wisconsin Ave. between 3rd and 4th Sts., taken in January 1951, shows work beginning on the $500,000 renovation of the city's "Magnificent Mile" from the Milwaukee River to 11th St. The avenue...
16. Remember When...Militzer's bakery and restaurant was on N. 3rd St.? Remember When...Militzer's bakery and restaurant was on N. 3rd St.? Bakers and bakeries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Militzer, Walter; Militzer, Gertrude; Militzer, Norma; Doner, Norma; Militzer Bakery, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Soda fountains -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee One of the oldest family-owned bakeries in Milwaukee, Militzer's has undergone remarkable changes since its founding as single store in 1923. Walter R. and Gertrude Militzer opened their first shop that...
17. Remember When...men, horses and steam built railroads? Remember When...men, horses and steam built railroads? Mill Road (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sixty-Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Chicago and North Western Railway Company; Railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles This picture, taken in 1910, shows a railroad bed being prepared in the then-rural area south of present-day Mill Rd. and 64th St. Crews from the Chicago & North Western Railroad built a right-of-way using...
18. Remember When...building lobbies were as ornate as this? Remember When...building lobbies were as ornate as this? Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Buildings; Loyalty Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Corporations -- Headquarters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Office buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Staircases; Architecture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Atriums In his "Heritage Guidebook," architectural historian H. Russell Zimmerman calls the lobby of the formal Northwestern Mutual Insurance Building, now the Loyalty Building, "one of the best preserved and...
19. Remember When...Droegkamp's sold pots and pans? Remember When...Droegkamp's sold pots and pans? John Droegkamp Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Droegkamp Furnace Co. (Pewaukee, Wis.); Fond du Lac Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hardware stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Stores, Retail -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Droegkamp is a well-established name in Milwaukee's heating and cooling business. But the family company got its start more than 100 years ago when Mathilda Droegkamp purchased $27.90 worth of pots and...
20. Remember When...it was 'back to school time' at Spencerian? Remember When...it was 'back to school time' at Spencerian? Spencerian Business College (Milwaukee, Wis.); Broadway (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Miller Block (Milwaukee, Wis.); Business schools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; School buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; New York Central Railroad Company Spencerian Business College, noted for the fine business and secretarial training it provided, could boast of having hundreds of successful graduates by the turn of the century, including millionaires...
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