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1. 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...
2. Remember When...W. Wisconsin Ave. was rebuilt? Remember When...W. Wisconsin Ave. was rebuilt? Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Central business districts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; F. W. Woolworth Company; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles; Construction equipment This photo of Wisconsin Ave. between 3rd and 4th Sts., taken in January 1951, shows work beginning on the $500,000 renovation of the city's "Magnificent Mile" from the Milwaukee River to 11th St. The avenue...
3. Remember When...Gimbels was just a tiny store? Remember When...Gimbels was just a tiny store? Gimbel Brothers; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Department stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Building sites -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Gimbels, the department-store institution that now has been taken over by Marshall Field's, started out modestly in Milwaukee. This picture, taken on Aug. 30, 1901, shows the original Gimbels Milwaukee...
4. Remember When...the Grand Avenue bridge was only one wagon wide? Remember When...the Grand Avenue bridge was only one wagon wide? Bridges -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Grand Avenue Bridge (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The wooden swing bridge at Wisconsin-Grand Avs. looked like this (from the east) in the late 1870's. A new iron swing bridge, fabricated in the North Chicago Rolling Mills in Bay View, went up in 1881...
5. Remember When...'turtles' guided Milwaukee traffic? Remember When...'turtles' guided Milwaukee traffic? Kinnickinnic Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lincoln Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Pavements, Brick -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Traffic signs and signals -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles An island in this sea of rails and bricks at Kinnickinnic and Lincoln Avenues in 1926 was the "turtle," also known as the "button" and "mushroom," which was located throughout Milwaukee streets as a traffic...
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