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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...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...
3. 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...
4. Remember When...the Petit home graced Prospect av.? Remember When...the Petit home graced Prospect av.? Petit, Louis J.; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); American Legion. Alonzo Cudworth Post No. 23 (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The square Petit mansion, built in 1899 by Louis J. Petit, then president of the old Wisconsin National bank, was one of the finest examples of classical architecture in Milwaukee and the scene of many...
5. Remember When...6th st. was bricked? Remember When...6th st. was bricked? Sixth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Roads -- Design and construction -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pavements, Brick -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The block between what is now W. State st. and W. Highland av. had just received a new brick surface when this picture was taken in 1905. The crew took time off after the job was completed to pose with...
6. 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...
7. 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...
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...horses were common in the city? Remember When...horses were common in the city? Blizzards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Snow -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Winter -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Weather -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Twenty-fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horses; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee On Jan. 29 and 30, 1947, Milwaukee was paralyzed by more than 18 inches of snow, with drifts as high as 15 feet. Thousands were stranded at work. It took six days to dig out, and the city was not fully...
10. Remember When...Wells St. was lined with lovely mansions like these? Remember When...Wells St. was lined with lovely mansions like these? Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Sidewalks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Railroad tracks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Mansions -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee We often forget that Milwaukee is an old city. This photograph, taken in 1885, shows some beautiful Victorian homes along W. Wells St. near 24th St. The sidewalks were wooden in those days, and no automobiles...
11. 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...
12. Remember When...horses pulled delivery wagons? Remember When...horses pulled delivery wagons? Altmann Cartage Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Altmann, James P.; Horse-drawn vehicles; Storage and moving trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cobblestone roads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee When Milwaukee's streets were paved with stones and lit by gas lamps, real horsepower got the delivery jobs done. This team and wagon belonged to Altmann Cartage Co. Between 1929 and 1942, the delivery...
13. Remember When...you entered State Fair park through this gate? Remember When...you entered State Fair park through this gate? Wisconsin State Fair Park; Wisconsin State Fair; Fairs -- Wisconsin At the turn of the century, State Fair park was really out in the country. In 1892 it was given its permanent quarters at the McFedtridge farm in what is now West Allis. The move was necessary because...
14. Remember When...Milwaukee's Northwest Side looked like 'Out West?' Remember When...Milwaukee's Northwest Side looked like 'Out West?' Doornek & Wranovsky (Milwaukee, Wis.); Appleton Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mill Road (Milwaukee, Wis.); State Trunk Highway 100; Blacksmiths -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles; Granville (Wis.) In the early 1900s, bicycles were popular and the automobile was coming into vogue, but horses still were vital to business and transportation, and the blacksmith trade flourished. The Doornek & Wranovsky...
15. Remember When...the Pabst Building was Water Street's skyscraper? Remember When...the Pabst Building was Water Street's skyscraper? City Hall Square (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 -- Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fountains -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pabst Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee At the turn of the century, the area to the south of City Hall was known as City Hall Square. The statue of Henry Bergh and his dog standing in the square was as well known as City Hall itself. Bergh founded...
16. Remember When...City Hall Square looked like this? Remember When...City Hall Square looked like this? Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wells Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Blatz Hotel (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotels -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pabst Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bergh, Henry, 1811-1888 -- Statues -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; City Hall Square (Milwaukee, Wis.) N. Water and E. Wells Sts. formed a busy intersection in the early 1900s. The Blatz Hotel was on the southwest corner. Across the street was the Pabst Theater and next to the theater was a popular café....
17. Remember When...2nd and Plankinton was a cobbled corner? Remember When...2nd and Plankinton was a cobbled corner? Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Plankinton Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cobblestone roads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cream City Brewing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee People who pass this corner in rush hour traffic may not believe it, but this really was the corner of N. 2nd and N. Plankinton (or W. Water as it was known) in the 1890's. Hitching posts lined the sidewalks...
18. 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...
19. Remember When...these butter and egg men made deliveries? Remember When...these butter and egg men made deliveries? Fifteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Meinecke Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lambrecht Creamery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Dairy products industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Food industry and trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles Business was thriving for John Lambrecht and his wife in 1920 when the Lambrecht Creamery routemen and their horsedrawn wagons assembled on the southwest corner of N. 15th St. and W. Meinecke Ave. for...
20. Remember When...motorcycles were pulled by horses? Remember When...motorcycles were pulled by horses? Coffey and Larkin Trucking Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Motorcycle Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Storage and moving trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Motorcycle industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles This photograph shows Coffey and Larkin Trucking Co. wagons delivering Indian motorcycles to the Wisconsin Motorcycle Co. on N. 5th St. between Wisconsin Ave. and Wells St. in abut 1914. In those days,...
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