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1. Remember When...the Union Depot was in the heart of town? Remember When...the Union Depot was in the heart of town? Union Depot (Milwaukee, Wis.); Reed Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles The old Union Depot was built in 1866 at the foot of Reed St. ( S. 2nd) and was Milwaukee's principal railroad "port of entry." H. Russell Austin, in "The Milwaukee Story," described the area: "The street...
2. Remember When...South Side Savings Served Milwaukee? Remember When...South Side Savings Served Milwaukee? South Side Savings Bank (Milwaukee, Wis.); Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Reed Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Oregon Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Hotel Knoeppel (Milwaukee, Wis.) It did not appear too imposing, housed in a building with a saloon, dentist, hotel and other small businesses, but the South Side Savings Bank was regarded as one of the foremost institutions of its type...
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. Remember When...the Civic Center was yet to come? Remember When...the Civic Center was yet to come? Milwaukee County Courthouse; Courthouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Kilbourn Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Civic Center Plaza (Milwaukee, Wis.); Automobiles This 1940 photo shows the County Courthouse surrounded by a jumble of apartment buildings, houses, billboards and a service station - a far cry from today's Civic Center Plaza. The courthouse in the photo...
6. Remember When...the streetcars passed by NML? Remember When...the streetcars passed by NML? Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company -- Buildings; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Gas Light Company -- Buildings; Electric railroads -- Cars -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Corporations -- Headquarters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Wisconsin Gas Company -- Buildings; We Energies -- Buildings; Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) This photo, taken in 1914, shows a streetcar headed for N. 35th St., then the far West Side, after having just passed Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.'s newly opened headquarters building. The structure,...
7. Remember When...banks looked like temples? Remember When...banks looked like temples? Marshall & Ilsley Corporation; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Office equipment and supplies -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Office decoration -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The old Marshall & Ilsley Bank, 721 N. Water St, was built when banks tried to present an image of security and safety. Massive solidity and quiet dignity were stressed, not today's friendly openness....
8. 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...
9. 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...
10. 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...
11. Remember When...the library was at 4th and Grand? Remember When...the library was at 4th and Grand? Plankinton Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Espenhaim Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Library Block (Milwaukee, Wis.); Milwaukee Public Library (Milwaukee, Wis.); Libraries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Public libraries --Wisconsin -- Milwaukee For the 18 years between 1880 and 1898, Milwaukeeans went to the second floor of this building, variously known as Library block, the Plankinton building or the Espenhain building, to enjoy the city's...
12. Remember When...Milwaukeeans dined at THIS Toy's? Remember When...Milwaukeeans dined at THIS Toy's? Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Restaurants -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Charles Toy Restaurant (Milwaukee, Wis.); Toy's Chinatown Restaurant (Milwaukee, Wis.) The name of Toy has been synonymous with good Chinese food in Milwaukee since the turn of the century, when Charlie Toy arrived here and started a restaurant. In the 1920s and early 1930s, his establishment...
13. Remember When...homes and shops lined East Michigan St.? Remember When...homes and shops lined East Michigan St.? Michigan Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Jackson Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Contipodero, Theo; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Shoe shiners -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Lewis Center (Milwaukee, Wis.); Francesco Librizzi Boot Black and Shoe Repair (Milwaukee, Wis.); Shoes -- Repairing -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Theo Contipodero Grocery (Milwaukee, Wis.) The four identical houses pictured here lined the south side of Michigan St. east of Jackson St. in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Theo Contipodero's neighborhood grocery store was on the first floor...
14. Remember When...baseball's opening day was at Borchert Field? Remember When...baseball's opening day was at Borchert Field? Borchert Field (Milwaukee, Wis.); Athletic Field (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eighth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Chambers Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Baseball fields -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball team : 1902-1952); Baseball -- History -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Automobiles The trees were still bare, but spring had arrived - baseball fans filled Borchert Field. Once called Athletic Field, Borchert, located on the northeast corner of N. 8th and W. Chambers Sts., was the home...
15. Remember When...Burghardt's was a book store? Remember When...Burghardt's was a book store? Burghardt, Charles A.; Burghardt Sporting Goods (Milwaukee, Wis.); C. A. Burghardt Books and Stationery; Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bookstores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The Burghardt Sporting Goods company got its start in business as a bookstore more than 100 years ago. Milwaukee in the 1880s was very German in influence, and German newspapers and books were sold along...
16. Remember When...cobblestones paved Plankinton Ave.? Remember When...cobblestones paved Plankinton Ave.? Plankinton Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Gimbel Brothers; Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company; Pavements -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Gayety Theater (Milwaukee, Wis.) Plankinton Ave. was still called West Water St. when this photograph was taken about 1910 looking north toward Grand Ave., now Wisconsin Ave. Horse-drawn carriages and wagons were still the primary means...
17. Remember When...Kupper Jewelers opened its doors? Remember When...Kupper Jewelers opened its doors? Kupper, Herman; Kupper Jewelers (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clocks and watches -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Tower clocks -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Jewelry stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Muskego Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.) Herman Kupper, shown here outside the first store he opened in 1909 in the 1700 block of Muskego Ave., came to Milwaukee from Russia in 1898 and worked as a watchmaker for a jeweler on the South Side before...
18. Remember When...interurban journeys began here? Remember When...interurban journeys began here? Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (Milwaukee, Wis.); Public Service Building (Milwaukee, Wis.); Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Waiting rooms; Information services; Benches It may have been a cold, blustery Sunday in Milwaukee in the early 1900s, but passengers inside the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. terminal could relax and stay warm. These waiting rooms occupied...
19. Remember When...theater fans went to the Bijou? Remember When...theater fans went to the Bijou? Bijou Opera House (Milwaukee, Wis.); Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Theaters -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The Bijou Opera House, on Second St. between Wisconsin Ave. and Michigan St., was the home of melodrama in Milwaukee at the turn of the century. The theater was part of a chain owned by Jacob Litt. According...
20. Remember When...the North Western depot overlooked Lake Michigan? Remember When...the North Western depot overlooked Lake Michigan? Michigan, Lake; Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Chicago and North Western Railway Company -- Buildings; Milwaukee County War Memorial Center (Milwaukee, Wis.) The Chicago & North Western Railroad's passenger depot, 915 E. Wisconsin Ave., was built in 1889. Like other terminals of the era-at the height of the railroads' prosperity - it was meant not only to serve...
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