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1. Remember When...Elkdom's Lodge was built? Remember When...Elkdom's Lodge was built? Elks (Fraternal order). Milwaukee Lodge No. 46 (Wis.); Prospect Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jefferson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Sidewalk superintendents must have had a field day when the nine story Elks Club building went up in 1924, gracing Milwaukee's lakefront skyline. The fraternal lodge was one of the most spacious in the...
2. 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....
3. Remember When...a winery stood on Forest Home Ave.? Remember When...a winery stood on Forest Home Ave.? Janesville Plank Road (Milwaukee, Wis.); Forest Home Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Root Creek (Wis.); Morgan Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lieber, Heinrich; Wineries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The winery of Heinrich Lieber stood on the Janesville Plank Road, now W. Forest Home Ave., near the turn of the century. This winery was open all year round, with people even coming by sled to buy wine....
4. Remember When...Milwaukeeans marched in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.? Remember When...Milwaukeeans marched in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.? Civil rights demonstrations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Race relations; Groppi, James, 1930- 1985 -- Pictorial works; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Palace Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Moon Fun Shop (Milwaukee, Wis.); Crowds On Monday, April 8, 1968, Milwaukee paid tribute to the civil rights leader, who had been slain four days earlier in Memphis, Tenn. After a memorial service, Milwaukeeans marched Downtown from St. Boniface...
5. 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....
6. 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,...
7. 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...
8. Remember When...the Wisconsin Theater offered visitors this view? Remember When...the Wisconsin Theater offered visitors this view? Wisconsin Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lobbies (Rooms); Staircases Long before freeways arrived and before shopping malls were built outside the city, Milwaukee's downtown was the center of entertainment for the area. There were theaters, nightclubs, dance halls and taverns...
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...Milwaukee celebrated the first Earth Day? Remember When...Milwaukee celebrated the first Earth Day? Earth Day; Milwaukee Performing Arts Center (Milwaukee, Wis.); Marcus Center for the Performing Arts (Milwaukee, Wis.); The Ox (Musical group); Crowds; Journal Company -- Buildings Earth Day, formally called the "National Environmental Teach-In," was the brainchild of Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.). He based it on the 1969 teach-ins and demonstrations against the Vietnam War, which...
11. Remember When...Milwaukeeans enjoyed summer weekends at Ravenna? Remember When...Milwaukeeans enjoyed summer weekends at Ravenna? Ravenna Park (Shorewood, Wis.); Hubbard Park (Shorewood, Wis.); Mineral Springs Park (Shorewood, Wis.); Wonderland (Shorewood, Wis.); Amusement parks -- Wisconsin -- Shorewood This picture, taken in 1912, shows people entering Ravenna Park for some summer fun. The private amusement emporium was the last in a series of predecessors to Hubbard Park, a retreat on the east bank...
12. Remember When...you could fill up for a buck and get change? Remember When...you could fill up for a buck and get change? Service stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Thirty-Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Villard Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kraetsch, Charlie (Red); Rosie's Sealicious Seafood (Milwaukee, Wis.); Menos Jewelers and Merchandisers, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.) Charlie (Red) Kraetsch operated his Standard Oil station on the northeast corner of 35th Villard for a number of years. The Menos Jewelry store now occupies the site. This photo, taken in the early 1930s,...
13. Remember When...Milwaukee had a Lincoln Library? Remember When...Milwaukee had a Lincoln Library? Milwaukee Public Library. Lincoln Library; Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Library buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Eighth Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.) The Lincoln Library branch of the Milwaukee Public Library was opened in 1924 at what was then 985 Eighth Ave., largely to serve the working class Polish people who settled in the area. The entire book...
14. Remember When...The intersection of Oklahoma and Howell Aves. flooded? Remember When...The intersection of Oklahoma and Howell Aves. flooded? Oklahoma Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Howell Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Floods -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Weather -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The flooding caused by the huge rainstorm of two weeks ago wasn't the first for the intersection of Oklahoma and Howell Aves. and much of the South and West Sides. On June 22 and 23, 1917, a rainstorm...
15. Remember When...Fox Film Corp. marked its Silver Jubilee Week? Remember When...Fox Film Corp. marked its Silver Jubilee Week? Modjeska Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.); Modjeska Tog Shop (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mitchell Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Motion picture theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Parades -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Fox Film Corporation; Automobiles Parades! Milwaukeeans have always enjoyed them, whether it was this summer's grand productions or the more modest spectacle of Oct. 13, 1929, pictured here. A long line of decorated automobiles led by...
16. Remember When...clowns watched over Grand Ave.? Remember When...clowns watched over Grand Ave.? Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Patton Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Builders' and Traders' Exchange Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Kuesel & Puls Jewelers (Milwaukee, Wis.); E. T. Doyn (Milwaukee, Wis.); Summer festivals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Carnival; Flags; Harry W. Schwartz, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.) This picture shows turn-of -the-century Milwaukee's famed urban order and tranquility. This is a view of the northeast corner of 5th St. and Grand Ave. (W. Wisconsin Ave.) at what is now the Patton Building....
17. 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...
18. Remember When...warships were built in Milwaukee? Remember When...warships were built in Milwaukee? Kinnickinnic River (Wis.); Froemming Brothers Shipyard (Milwaukee, Wis.); First Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Claiborne (Ship); Shipyards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Shipbuilding -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Electric railroads -- Cars -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee (Wis.) -- Aerial photographs; Crowds -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles During World War II, a shipyard sprang up overnight in Milwaukee along the banks of the Kinnickinnic River. Local builder Ben Froemming, despite a lack of any shipbuilding experience, won a contract from...
19. 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...
20. Remember When...the Natatorium was a bath house? Remember When...the Natatorium was a bath house? Greenbush Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public baths -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Swimming pools -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Natatorium (Milwaukee, Wis.) The establishment of public baths in Milwaukee was endorsed in the 1880s "to encourage healthful swimming and cleanliness facilities for those not fortunate enough to have their own baths." In those days,...
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