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21. Remember When...parking was no problem on Juneau Ave.? Remember When...parking was no problem on Juneau Ave.? Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Juneau Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Chestnut Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pavements, brick -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This view east down Juneau Ave. (it was called Chestnut St. then) from N. 7th St. showed ample, restriction free parking around 1925. Other rustic elements which have been eroded by "Progress" include...
22. 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...
23. Remember When...South Side Savings Served Milwaukee? Remember When...South Side Savings Served Milwaukee? South Side Savings Bank (Milwaukee, Wis.); Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Reed Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Oregon Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotel Knoeppel (Milwaukee, Wis.) It did not appear too imposing, housed in a building with a saloon, dentist, hotel and other small businesses, but the South Side Savings Bank was regarded as one of the foremost institutions of its type...
24. Remember When...sports were a far more formal affair? Remember When...sports were a far more formal affair? Lake Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tennis courts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fashion The sunny afternoon of Aug. 1, 1914, called for tennis, and the Lake Park tennis courts were a picturesque place to play. In those days, shorts were not considered acceptable clothing for men or women....
25. Remember When...downtown streets were quiet? Remember When...downtown streets were quiet? Jefferson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pfister Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Milwaukee's downtown streets were quiet in 1890 when this picture was taken. The quiet was disturbed by just two bicycles, a carriage and few pedestrians. Seen here is the now busy Jefferson St., looking...
26. Remember When...a winery stood on Forest Home Ave.? Remember When...a winery stood on Forest Home Ave.? Janesville Plank Road (Milwaukee, Wis.); Forest Home Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Root Creek (Wis.); Morgan Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lieber, Heinrich; Wineries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The winery of Heinrich Lieber stood on the Janesville Plank Road, now W. Forest Home Ave., near the turn of the century. This winery was open all year round, with people even coming by sled to buy wine....
27. Remember When...long skirts dusted Wisconsin Ave.? Remember When...long skirts dusted Wisconsin Ave.? Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fashion; Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; G. M. Barrett (Firm); George M. Barrett (Firm) The fashion of the day was long skirts, narrow waists and wide brimmed hats for the ladies when this picture was taken in about 1909. Even then, 5th and Wisconsin was a wind swept corner, where coattails...
28. Remember When...grocers offered delivery service? Remember When...grocers offered delivery service? Retzer Bros. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twenty-sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twenty-first Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mineral Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles; Retzer, Albert; Retzer, Bernard Before the days of the supermarket and evening shopping hours, it was quite common for the grocer to offer delivery service for the convenience of his customers. Retzer Bros. Grocers was right in style...
29. 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....
30. Remember When...Division st. was home to the German market? Remember When...Division st. was home to the German market? 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.) 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...
31. Remember When...wagon wheels were plentiful in the carriage age? Remember When...wagon wheels were plentiful in the carriage age? Carriage and wagon making -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles; C. Abresh Carriage and Wagon Works; C. Abresch Carriage and Wagon Works; Poplar Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); McKinley Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Badger Pump Factory; Abresch Auto Body Ltd.; Blacksmiths -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Carriage and wagon building and repairing was a booming business for many years in Milwaukee. Until the automobile, almost every family had one of these hand made carriers. This was the C. Abresh Carriage...
32. Remember When...east side of downtown looked like this? Remember When...east side of downtown looked like this? Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Jackson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cream City Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The southwest corner of Jackson st. and Wisconsin av. was the site of the Cream City hotel and restaurant in the late 1800s. Fine whiskies and cigars, as well as breakfast, dinner and supper, were available...
33. 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...
34. Remember When...a pagoda stood in Schlitz park? Remember When...a pagoda stood in Schlitz park? Schlitz Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Walnut Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Pagodas; Quentin's Park (Milwaukee, Wis.) Schlitz park, complete with 250 gas lights, was one of the city's most popular outdoor beer gardens in the gay nineties. Located on 8th and Walnut sts., where Roosevelt junior high school and Carver park...
35. Remember When...West park had a bandstand? Remember When...West park had a bandstand? West Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Washington Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bandstands -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Until 1900, Washington park was known as West park. Pictured above is the bandstand in the park as it appeared in the fall of 1912, 24 years before the present band shell was dedicated. Land for West park...
36. Remember When...UWM parking was plentiful? Remember When...UWM parking was plentiful? University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee -- Buildings; Automobiles; Universities and colleges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Darling, William; Bussewitz, M. A. This was the sum total of automobiles used in 1913 by the faculty and students of the State Normal School of Milwaukee, which is now the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. These six Fords, three Dodges...
37. Remember When...Mitchell Park was without domes? Remember When...Mitchell Park was without domes? Mitchell Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Conservatories -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Botanical gardens -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The triple domes of Mitchell Park have not always graced the city's skyline. Above is a view of an entry to the old conservatory as it appeared about 1910. The conservatory was built in 1898 and the sunken...
38. Remember When...horse drawn wagons used Water Street? Remember When...horse drawn wagons used Water Street? Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis); Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; First Wisconsin National Bank (Milwaukee, Wis.); Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marshall and Ilsley Corporation Horses and buggies, horseless carriages and electric streetcars all used E. Water st. (now N. Water st.) in June of 1914 when the above photo was taken. It was a time of change for the city as the automobile...
39. Remember When...Juneau park and its environs looked like this? Remember When...Juneau park and its environs looked like this? Cudahy Tower (Milwaukee, Wis.); Juneau Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Apartment houses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lake View Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Chicago and North Western Railway Co. -- Buildings Gone are the bridge walk and the switchback walks which crisscrossed the park; gone are the North Western road depot and shed and the Lake View hotel. Added to the horizon now is the War Memorial Center;...
40. Remember When...this palm garden quenched Milwaukee's thirst? Remember When...this palm garden quenched Milwaukee's thirst? Beer -- Advertising; Shorewood (Wis.); Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Shorewood; Oakland Avenue (Shorewood, Wis.); Adler, Charles A turn of the century pastime for neighborhood residents on a Sunday afternoon was a beer at Charles Adler's summer palm garden in Shorewood, followed by a walk across the street to the Wonderland amusement...
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