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1. 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...
2. Remember When...Milwaukee had pedestrian tunnels like this? Remember When...Milwaukee had pedestrian tunnels like this? Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Pedestrian areas -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marquette University; Traffic engineering -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Once automobiles became popular, cities had to do something about protecting pedestrians from the machines. This pedestrian subway at 13th St. and Wisconsin Ave. was built to allow people to walk across...
3. Remember When...Milwaukee had so-called 'dry goods' stores? Remember When...Milwaukee had so-called 'dry goods' stores? Kohlenberg Family; Kohlenberg, Al; Kohlenberg, Bess; Kohlenberg, Charles; Dry goods -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Retail trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Charles Kohlenberg, Dry Goods (Milwaukee, Wis.) Charles Kohlenberg, shown here with his son Al and daughter Bess, operated a small but well-stocked dry goods emporium on 6th St. and Juneau Ave. during the 1920s. Kohlenberg came to Milwaukee in 1903...
4. Remember When...portraits were sold on the street? Remember When...portraits were sold on the street? Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jackson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cream City Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Portrait photographers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This turn-of -the-century photograph shows a closed Cream City Hotel on the northwest corner of Wisconsin and Jackson Sts. On the left, an enterprising photographer set up a shop and sold "Tintypes 4 for...
5. Remember When...Milwaukeeans rode the roller coaster at Pabst Park? Remember When...Milwaukeeans rode the roller coaster at Pabst Park? Pabst Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Garfield Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Amusement parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Roller coasters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee In the early 1900s, amusement park thrills could be found between 3rd and 5th Sts. south of Burleigh. Capt. Fred Pabst bought the 8-acre parcel from the Milwaukee Shooting Club, which had used it as a...
6. 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...
7. Remember When...Milwaukee County's second courthouse was torn down? Remember When...Milwaukee County's second courthouse was torn down? Courthouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee County Courthouse; Cathedral Square (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction and demolition debris -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Although this may look like a bombing scene, it was really the razing of Milwaukee's second courthouse. As was Milwaukee's first courthouse, it was located in what is now Cathedral Square. Solomon Juneau...
8. Remember When...Blatz beer was first brewed here? Remember When...Blatz beer was first brewed here? Blatz, Valentin; Van Buren Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This is the Valentin Blatz home, built in 1885 and razed in 1964, at 605 (later 1141 N.) Van Buren St. Blatz was born in Miltenber-am-Main, Bavaria, in 1826. He came to the United States about 1847. He...
9. Remember When...'city hall' was in a church? Remember When...'city hall' was in a church? Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Methodist Church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; City halls -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Municipal buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; St. James Guild Hall (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Ward School (Milwaukee, Wis.) Milwaukee's Methodists have always been proud of the fact that when the city of Milwaukee was incorporated on Jan. 31, 1846 its first offices were established in the pioneer Methodist church building....
10. Remember When...Thomas Kennan practiced law here? Remember When...Thomas Kennan practiced law here? Kennan, Thomas Lathrop, 1827-1920; Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles This was the home of Milwaukee lawyer Thomas Lathrop Kennan, at 179 (later 1605 N.) Prospect Ave. Born in Morristown, N.Y., in 1827, Kennan attended district schools there in winter and worked on a farm...
11. Remember When...Marshall was in business without Ilsley? Remember When...Marshall was in business without Ilsley? Marshall, Samuel; Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bankers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Samuel Marshall was born of Quaker parentage in Pennsylvania in 1820. After serving an apprenticeship to a hardware merchant and working in a hardware store, he came to Milwaukee in 1847 and opened a bank....
12. Remember When...Schuster's had a store on Vliet St.? Remember When...Schuster's had a store on Vliet St.? Edward Schuster and Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Twelfth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Vliet Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Department stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee County (Wis.) -- Buildings; Automobiles The department store that made Milwaukee famous by giving native speech the expression "I'm going by Schuster's," once had a store at N. 12th and W. Vliet St. That store had moved, in 1911, from the firm's...
13. Remember When...Jones Island was the place for a fish dinner? Remember When...Jones Island was the place for a fish dinner? Jones Island (Wis.); Fishing villages -- Wisconsin -- Jones Island; Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Jones Island; Cannibal's Rendezvous; John Fogg's Saloon Old timers will remember when Jones Island was a fishermen's village, managing without electricity, sidewalks or sanitary facilities, but adequately equipped with drinking establishments. Like this one...
14. Remember When...taverns were headquarters for immigrants? Remember When...taverns were headquarters for immigrants? First Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Slovenes -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Slovenian-Americans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lenko, John; Tratnik, Albert; Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Christmas decorations It was Christmas time in 1924 when this picture was taken at a tavern at 379 1st Ave. (later 929 S. 6th St.), between Walker and Mineral Sts. The tavern was the headquarters for Slovenians. There they...
15. Remember When...ladies took gents for a carriage ride? Remember When...ladies took gents for a carriage ride? Twelfth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lemke, Albert; Lemke, Ellen; Lemke, Rose; Brown, Ellen; Brown, Will; Horse-drawn vehicles Being all dressed up was enough of a reason for the Lemke sisters to have their picture taken - with their favorite horse, Prince - as they readied for a ride back in the 1890s. The house in the background...
16. Remember When...the Benjamin Church home was relocated? Remember When...the Benjamin Church home was relocated? Church, Benjamin; Estabrook Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Historic buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horvath, Cecilia A simple but elegant house like this, with its Greek Revival style featuring four columns in the front and classical cornices, must have looked like a gem in the wilderness when it was built in 1844 on...
17. Remember When...the Schandein mansion graced Grand Avenue? Remember When...the Schandein mansion graced Grand Avenue? Twenty-fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Schandein, Emil; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Milwaukeeans of the late 1800s never failed to take their visitors past the Schandein mansion, located at 24th and Grand (now W. Wisconsin) Ave. It was built by Emil Schandein, one of the owners of the...
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