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1. Remember When...Elkdom's Lodge was built? Remember When...Elkdom's Lodge was built? Elks (Fraternal order). Milwaukee Lodge No. 46 (Wis.); Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jefferson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Sidewalk superintendents must have had a field day when the nine story Elks Club building went up in 1924, gracing Milwaukee's lakefront skyline. The fraternal lodge was one of the most spacious in the...
2. Remember When...the statue of Lincoln stood here? Remember When...the statue of Lincoln stood here? Lincoln Memorial Drive (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lincoln Memorial Drive Bridge (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Where the War Memorial Building stands today was once a memorial to Abraham Lincoln. A movement to commemorate the life of the great American statesman began in 1916, and a campaign to raise funds for...
3. 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...
4. Remember When...Trupke and Goetter made wagons on Teutonia? Remember When...Trupke and Goetter made wagons on Teutonia? Horse-drawn vehicles; Teutonia Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); North Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Trupke and Goetter (Milwaukee, Wis.); Blacksmiths -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Wagons; Carriage and wagon making -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Carriage industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Whether your horse needed new shoes or your surrey new fringe, Trupke and Goetter would attend to it promptly. The firm operated on Teutonia and North avs. from 1887 to 1928. This photograph dates from...
5. Remember When...the Grand av. viaduct was built? Remember When...the Grand av. viaduct was built? Viaducts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Menomonee River Valley (Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Grand Avenue Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bridges -- Wisconsin -- MIlwaukee It was a strange sight that greeted Milwaukeeans who looked out over the Menomonee river valley while the Grand av. (now Wisconsin av.) viaduct was under construction. Humps of wooden scaffolding stretched...
6. Remember When...hay was sold in Haymarket Square? Remember When...hay was sold in Haymarket Square? Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Poplar Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); McKinley Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Haymarket Square (Milwaukee, Wis.); Markets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee In the days before the advent of the automobile, Haymarket Square was truly a hay market. Farmers from the surrounding counties brought wagon loads of hay to the square, located at N. 5th and W. Poplar...
7. Remember When...the Third Ward burned down? Remember When...the Third Ward burned down? Fires -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; H. Penner Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) -- Fire, 1892; William Bayley & Sons Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) -- Fire, 1892; Historic Third Ward District (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Fire, 1892; Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Chicago Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Iron works -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Photographers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Recent tragic fires in Milwaukee remind us that 1987 marks the 95th anniversary of the Third Ward Fire. At that time, the Third Ward included the area south of Wisconsin Ave. and east of the Milwaukee...
8. Remember When...the Hillside Terrace housing project was built? Remember When...the Hillside Terrace housing project was built? Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Ninth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Galena Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Vliet Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public housing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Housing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Low-income housing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Hillside Terrace Development (Milwaukee, Wis.); Baensch Food Products, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Construction and demolition debris -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles; Horse-drawn vehicles The Hillside public housing development replaced some of Milwaukee's worst slums, which long had been ignored. These photos were taken when work began in 1948 and when the project neared completion in...
9. Remember When...the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital was new? Remember When...the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital was new? Sacred Heart Sanitarium (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hospitals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Layton Boulevard (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sanatoriums -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; School Sisters of St. Francis (Milwaukee, Wis.) The Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital at 1545 S. Layton Blvd. recently marked its 100th birthday. The building was opened on Dec. 23, 1893, and the picture above probably was taken not long after that....
10. Remember When...Milwaukee had its own White House? Remember When...Milwaukee had its own White House? White House Theatre (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mid-City Theatre (Milwaukee, Wis.); Atlantic Theatre (Milwaukee, Wis.); Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee A 1,365-seat movie theater called the White House was opened Dec. 16, 1916, by promoters Otto Meister and John Freuler. The theater was on N. 3rd St. between Wisconsin Ave. and Wells St. Its façade contained...
11. Remember When...Milwaukee's Oriental Theater was new? Remember When...Milwaukee's Oriental Theater was new? Oriental Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Farwell Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Crowds; Fox Film Corporation This crowd lined up on Oct. 16, 1929, to see “The Greene Murder Case,” a well-reviewed mystery starring William Powell, Jean Arthur and Florence Eldridge. It was Fox Silver Jubilee Week. The Oriental...
12. Remember When...the Civic Center was yet to come? Remember When...the Civic Center was yet to come? Milwaukee County Courthouse; Courthouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Civic Center Plaza (Milwaukee, Wis.); Automobiles This 1940 photo shows the County Courthouse surrounded by a jumble of apartment buildings, houses, billboards and a service station - a far cry from today's Civic Center Plaza. The courthouse in the photo...
13. Remember When...Milwaukeeans shopped at Steinmeyer's? Remember When...Milwaukeeans shopped at Steinmeyer's? Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Steinmeyer's (Milwaukee, Wis.) It was a sad day in March 1949 when the Steinmeyer grocery store on 3rd and Highland Sts. closed its doors. Long a Milwaukee institution, it claimed to be the nation's largest independent retail grocery...
14. Remember When...Milwaukee had no freeways? Remember When...Milwaukee had no freeways? Sixth Street Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.); Viaducts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Traffic congestion -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Express highways -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles Although Milwaukeeans rushed to buy automobiles in the flush times after World War II, driving on city streets in all those new or resurrected cars could be frustrating. This photo, taken in pre-freeway...
15. Remember When...Mitchell Field looked like this? Remember When...Mitchell Field looked like this? Aero Services Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wis.); Airport terminals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee County Airport; General Mitchell Field (Milwaukee County, Wis.); Airports -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Howell Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Layton Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) Now the home of the Aero Services Milwaukee, this much-remodeled building served as Milwaukee's airport terminal from 1940 to 1955. The first Milwaukee County Airport was established in 1919, on the site...
16. Remember When...the 'family room' looked like this? Remember When...the 'family room' looked like this? Smith, Amos A. L.; Lawyers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Music rooms and equipment -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Living rooms -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Interior decoration -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Imagine! No television, VCR, stereo, CD player, boom box, computer or even radio. Perhaps a telephone in the back of the house somewhere, but otherwise only books, art items and the piano - quiet, refined...
17. Remember When...Gimbels was just a tiny store? Remember When...Gimbels was just a tiny store? Gimbel Brothers; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Department stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Building sites -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Gimbels, the department-store institution that now has been taken over by Marshall Field's, started out modestly in Milwaukee. This picture, taken on Aug. 30, 1901, shows the original Gimbels Milwaukee...
18. Remember When...Fox Film Corp. marked its Silver Jubilee Week? Remember When...Fox Film Corp. marked its Silver Jubilee Week? Modjeska Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Modjeska Tog Shop (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mitchell Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Parades -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fox Film Corporation; Automobiles Parades! Milwaukeeans have always enjoyed them, whether it was this summer's grand productions or the more modest spectacle of Oct. 13, 1929, pictured here. A long line of decorated automobiles led by...
19. Remember When...library visits began in the rotunda? Remember When...library visits began in the rotunda? Milwaukee Public Library; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Signs and signboards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The Central Library building, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., which once housed both the Library and the Museum, has undergone quite a bit of rearranging over the years. Built in 1898, the Library has a beautiful...
20. Remember When...the city's first housing project was built? Remember When...the city's first housing project was built? Housing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public housing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Low-income housing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Twenty-Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Atkinson Abvenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Teutonia Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Garden Homes (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Aerial photographs When the Garden Homes housing project was built in 1922, in the area of N. 26th St., W. Atkinson Ave. and N. Teutonia Ave., that part of the city was really out in the country and included many small farms....
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