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1. Remember When...planes took off in Washington Park? Remember When...planes took off in Washington Park? Washington Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Airplanes, Military; Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Airshows -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee As the World War I fighter planes flew overhead there were cheers from Milwaukeeans below, because the "bombs" they were dropping were sheaves of Victory Loan Drive literature. The US Flying Circus, consisting...
2. Remember When...Milwaukee acquired 'breathing spots'? Remember When...Milwaukee acquired 'breathing spots'? Washington Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Outdoor recreation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee If one would but visit "the stifling alleys of any great city" he would "appreciate that the task of providing a great town with beautiful parks is one of the most grateful in the world; but it also becomes...
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. Remember When...wagon wheels were plentiful in the carriage age? Remember When...wagon wheels were plentiful in the carriage age? Carriage and wagon making -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles; C. Abresh Carriage and Wagon Works; C. Abresch Carriage and Wagon Works; Poplar Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); McKinley Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Badger Pump Factory; Abresch Auto Body Ltd.; Blacksmiths -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Carriage and wagon building and repairing was a booming business for many years in Milwaukee. Until the automobile, almost every family had one of these hand made carriers. This was the C. Abresh Carriage...
6. Remember When...West park had a bandstand? Remember When...West park had a bandstand? West Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Washington Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bandstands -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Until 1900, Washington park was known as West park. Pictured above is the bandstand in the park as it appeared in the fall of 1912, 24 years before the present band shell was dedicated. Land for West park...
7. 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...
8. Remember When...Shorewood was known as 'Cementville'? Remember When...Shorewood was known as 'Cementville'? Shorewood (Wis.); Cement industries -- Wisconsin -- Shorewood Back in 1875, J.R. Berthelet discovered that limestone found in the area now included in the village of Shorewood was ideal for making natural cement. One year later a plant for the manufacture of the...
9. Remember When...Wauwatosa's village looked like this? Remember When...Wauwatosa's village looked like this? Wauwatosa (Wis.); Harwood Avenue (Wauwatosa, Wis.); State Street (Wauwatosa, Wis.); Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Wauwatosa; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Wauwatosa The time: Shortly after the turn of the century. The place: Harwood av. looking south to State st. in Wauwatosa. The streets were unpaved and residents made their daily rounds in horse drawn wagons and...
10. 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....
11. 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,...
12. 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...
13. Remember When...the Golden Arches made their first appearance in Milwaukee? Remember When...the Golden Arches made their first appearance in Milwaukee? McDonald’s Corporation; Appleton Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fast food restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles Many billions of hamburgers ago, on June 29, 1957, Milwaukee’s first and Wisconsin’s second McDonald’s restaurant opened on W. Appleton Ave., a half block south of Capitol Dr. Honors for the state’s...
14. Remember When...St. John's cathedral was without a tower? Remember When...St. John's cathedral was without a tower? St. John's Cathedral (Milwaukee, Wis.); Catholic church buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Churches -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Jackson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.) Because he knew that early Milwaukeeans could not afford the necessary funds for the cathedral he envisioned for the city, Archbishop Martin J. Henni requested money from such far places as Mexico, Cuba,...
15. Remember When...Newberry Blvd. was being developed? Remember When...Newberry Blvd. was being developed? Newberry Boulevard (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lake Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Goldberg, B. M.; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gardens -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles This is a post card-type picture, printed in Germany around 1905, of fashionable Newberry Blvd. on Milwaukee's East Side. A uniformed chauffeur drives a prosperous young family past the richly planted...
16. 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...
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...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....
19. Remember When...nice weather brought strollers to Mitchell Park? Remember When...nice weather brought strollers to Mitchell Park? Mitchell Park (Milwaukee, Wis.); Parks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Conservatories -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gardens -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Water gardens -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee In the early 1900s, Milwaukeeans of all ages could be found enjoying the sunken gardens at Mitchell Park when the weather turned fine. Men, women and children wore hats to shade their heads from the sun...
20. Remember When...Milwaukee's riverfront looked like this? Remember When...Milwaukee's riverfront looked like this? Milwaukee River (Wis.); Waterfronts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); B. Mock and Sons Livery Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) If you glanced northward along the Milwaukee river from the Wisconsin st. bridge in the first decade of the century, this is the view which greeted you between Wisconsin and Mason sts. - the back doors...
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