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1. Remember When...Thanksgiving dinners were made from scratch? Remember When...Thanksgiving dinners were made from scratch? Retzer Bros.; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Twenty-first Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); National Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Retzer, Albert; Retzer, Bernard The pumpkin on the doorstep and the wishbones on the window of Retzer Bros. Quality Grocers reminded shoppers in 1908 that the feast was rapidly approaching. The Gold Medal Flour window display was another...
2. Remember When...billboards surrounded the Milwaukee public library? Remember When...billboards surrounded the Milwaukee public library? Milwaukee Public Library (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Scourge of beautification committees! When the Milwaukee public library and museum building went up during the mid 1890s, it was surrounded by nothing but commercial advertising. (Today art students are...
3. 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...
4. Remember When...there was no 16th St. viaduct? Remember When...there was no 16th St. viaduct? Menomonee River Valley (Wis.); Chain Belt Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Industrial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Water towers; Automobiles The Menomonee Valley, with good reason, has sometimes been called "the back door of Milwaukee." The heart of the city's industrial area, with access by ship, train and truck, the valley lacked the polish...
5. Remember When...The neighborhood grocer knew your name? Remember When...The neighborhood grocer knew your name? Detroit Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); St. Paul Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cascio, Leonard; Migliaccio family; Migliaccio, Angelo; Migliaccio, Jennie; Migliaccio, Joseph; Migliaccio, Louis; Migliaccio, Michelangelo; Migliaccio, Pasquale; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Leonard Cascio, Grocer (Milwaukee, Wis.) Detroit Street (three blocks south of Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee's Third Ward) was a busy community area with a number of shops. Customers could count on personal service at the grocery store owned...
6. Remember When...the German Market flourished in Milwaukee? Remember When...the German Market flourished in Milwaukee? Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Juneau Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Markets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gruner Markt (Milwaukee, Wis.); Germans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; German-Americans -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Division Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Market Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles Customers got more than just fresh produce and dairy products at "der Gruner Markt," located on the corner of E. Water and Division St. (now known as N. Market St. and E. Juneau Ave.). The market was a...
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