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1. 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...
2. 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...
3. 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...
4. Remember When...bakeries sold penny ice cream cones? Remember When...bakeries sold penny ice cream cones? William Schuster Bakery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sixteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hopkins Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bakers and bakeries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Schuster, William; Hass, Minnie; Heinkel, Minnie; Schuster, Bertha An ice cream parlor adjoined the William Schuster Bakery at the intersection of N. 16th and W. Hopkins Sts. in 1906. Small cones were a penny in those days, and large cones sold for a nickel. Ice cream...
5. 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...
6. 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....
7. Remember When...the cornerstone was laid for Gesu Church? Remember When...the cornerstone was laid for Gesu Church? Gesu Church (Milwaukee, Wis.); Church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Catholic church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee More than 20,000 people showed up on May 21, 1893, to witness the laying of the cornerstone for the main (northwest) tower of Gesu Church, 1145 W. Wisconsin Ave. The cornerstone, made of buff Bedford limestone,...
8. Remember When...the Sherman Pharmacy served north Milwaukee? Remember When...the Sherman Pharmacy served north Milwaukee? Sherman, Nathan; Sherman, David; Sherman Pharmacy (Milwaukee, Wis.); Drugstores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Candy; Soda fountains Nathan Sherman and his son David pose next to three bushels of bulk candy in this photo of the Sherman Pharmacy at 35th St. and Villard Ave. The photo was taken in 1927. An old-fashioned marble-topped...
9. Remember When...Milwaukee was stopped cold by the blizzard of '47? Remember When...Milwaukee was stopped cold by the blizzard of '47? Blizzards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Winter -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Snow -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Weather -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Twenty-Seventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Brown Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Electric railroads -- Cars -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The blizzard of Jan. 29-30, 1947, probably was the most memorable ever to hit Milwaukee. Fighting it proved almost impossible, so the city mainly just waited it out. People soon demonstrated their resourcefulness...
10. Remember When...the Milwaukee transit company operated service stations? Remember When...the Milwaukee transit company operated service stations? Badger Auto Service (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gasoline pumps; Water towers; Fond du Lac Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) Badger Auto Service was formed in the 1920s by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. to service and compete with the new mode of transportation - the car. Among other enterprises, Badger operated...
11. Remember When...Riverside High School was being built? Remember When...Riverside High School was being built? Riverside High School (Milwaukee, Wis.); School buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Schools -- Buildings; Locust Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Schools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Construction and demolition debris -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee When a photographer set up his camera in the middle of Locust St. between the streetcar tracks on a quiet November day in 1913, construction of Riverside High had been under way for some time. Designed...
12. Remember When...a fire station became the Center Street Library? Remember When...a fire station became the Center Street Library? Center Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Library. Center Street Library.; Fire stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Savoy Theater (Milwaukee, Wis The Center Street Library moved from its building at 2620 W. Center St. May 26 after more than 50 years to a new $1.8-million structure a block away. This picture was taken about the time the old library...
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...Militzer's bakery and restaurant was on N. 3rd St.? Remember When...Militzer's bakery and restaurant was on N. 3rd St.? Bakers and bakeries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Militzer, Walter; Militzer, Gertrude; Militzer, Norma; Doner, Norma; Militzer Bakery, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Soda fountains -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee One of the oldest family-owned bakeries in Milwaukee, Militzer's has undergone remarkable changes since its founding as single store in 1923. Walter R. and Gertrude Militzer opened their first shop that...
16. Remember When...building lobbies were as ornate as this? Remember When...building lobbies were as ornate as this? Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Buildings; Loyalty Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Corporations -- Headquarters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Office buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Staircases; Architecture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Atriums In his "Heritage Guidebook," architectural historian H. Russell Zimmerman calls the lobby of the formal Northwestern Mutual Insurance Building, now the Loyalty Building, "one of the best preserved and...
17. 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...
18. Remember When...Mitchell Field had a canopy? Remember When...Mitchell Field had a canopy? General Mitchell Field (Milwaukee County, Wis.); General Mitchell International Airport (Milwaukee County, Wis.); Airport terminals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Airports -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County; Airport control towers -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee County In July 1955 Milwaukee County dedicated the new $3.5 million air terminal at General Mitchell Field. The terminal was proclaimed by many national aviation authorities as the most beautiful and functional...
19. 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....
20. Remember When...Droegkamp's sold pots and pans? Remember When...Droegkamp's sold pots and pans? John Droegkamp Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Droegkamp Furnace Co. (Pewaukee, Wis.); Fond du Lac Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hardware stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Stores, Retail -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Droegkamp is a well-established name in Milwaukee's heating and cooling business. But the family company got its start more than 100 years ago when Mathilda Droegkamp purchased $27.90 worth of pots and...
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