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1. 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....
2. 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...
3. Remember When...horse drawn wagons used Water Street? Remember When...horse drawn wagons used Water Street? Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis); Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; First Wisconsin National Bank (Milwaukee, Wis.); Banks and banking -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Bank buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marshall and Ilsley Corporation Horses and buggies, horseless carriages and electric streetcars all used E. Water st. (now N. Water st.) in June of 1914 when the above photo was taken. It was a time of change for the city as the automobile...
4. 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...
5. Remember When...the Grand av. viaduct was built? Remember When...the Grand av. viaduct was built? Viaducts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Grand Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Menomonee River Valley (Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Grand Avenue Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bridges -- Wisconsin -- MIlwaukee It was a strange sight that greeted Milwaukeeans who looked out over the Menomonee river valley while the Grand av. (now Wisconsin av.) viaduct was under construction. Humps of wooden scaffolding stretched...
6. 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...
7. Remember When...horses were common in the city? Remember When...horses were common in the city? Blizzards -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Snow -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Winter -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Weather -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Twenty-fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horses; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee On Jan. 29 and 30, 1947, Milwaukee was paralyzed by more than 18 inches of snow, with drifts as high as 15 feet. Thousands were stranded at work. It took six days to dig out, and the city was not fully...
8. Remember When...men, horses and steam built railroads? Remember When...men, horses and steam built railroads? Mill Road (Milwaukee, Wis.); Sixty-Fourth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Chicago and North Western Railway Company; Railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles This picture, taken in 1910, shows a railroad bed being prepared in the then-rural area south of present-day Mill Rd. and 64th St. Crews from the Chicago & North Western Railroad built a right-of-way using...
9. Remember When...the countryside was much closer? Remember When...the countryside was much closer? Sherman Boulevard (Milwaukee, Wis.); Mill Road (Milwaukee, Wis.); Graceland Cemetery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Grace Union Cemetery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Union Cemetery Association (Milwaukee, Wis.); Cemeteries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Farms -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Steam engines -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles; Wagons The farmland pictured here is the vicinity of Sherman Blvd. and Mill Rd. as it looked about 1912. Workers were using horsepower and steampower to create roads on the land, which formerly belonged to two...
10. Remember When...horses pulled delivery wagons? Remember When...horses pulled delivery wagons? Altmann Cartage Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Thirteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Altmann, James P.; Horse-drawn vehicles; Storage and moving trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cobblestone roads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee When Milwaukee's streets were paved with stones and lit by gas lamps, real horsepower got the delivery jobs done. This team and wagon belonged to Altmann Cartage Co. Between 1929 and 1942, the delivery...
11. 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...
12. Remember When...2nd and Plankinton was a cobbled corner? Remember When...2nd and Plankinton was a cobbled corner? Second Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Plankinton Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cobblestone roads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Cream City Brewing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Street-railroads -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee People who pass this corner in rush hour traffic may not believe it, but this really was the corner of N. 2nd and N. Plankinton (or W. Water as it was known) in the 1890's. Hitching posts lined the sidewalks...
13. Remember When...these butter and egg men made deliveries? Remember When...these butter and egg men made deliveries? Fifteenth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Meinecke Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Lambrecht Creamery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Dairy products industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Food industry and trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles Business was thriving for John Lambrecht and his wife in 1920 when the Lambrecht Creamery routemen and their horsedrawn wagons assembled on the southwest corner of N. 15th St. and W. Meinecke Ave. for...
14. Remember When...motorcycles were pulled by horses? Remember When...motorcycles were pulled by horses? Coffey and Larkin Trucking Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wisconsin Motorcycle Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Fifth Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Storage and moving trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Motorcycle industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles This photograph shows Coffey and Larkin Trucking Co. wagons delivering Indian motorcycles to the Wisconsin Motorcycle Co. on N. 5th St. between Wisconsin Ave. and Wells St. in abut 1914. In those days,...
15. Remember When...The Journal was three cents a copy? Remember When...The Journal was three cents a copy? Kline, Marshall; Kline, Norman; Twenty Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clybourn Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Wagons; Architecture, Domestic -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Paperboys -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee journal. Newspaper carriers have always needed an efficient way to haul their papers - bags and bicycles, friends and parents have all helped. Here Marshall Kline (right) an "off duty" paper boy used his Milwaukee...
16. Remember When...toy and confectionary stores sold cigars? Remember When...toy and confectionary stores sold cigars? Confectionery -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Eleventh Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Eleventh Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Toy stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Andris, Andrew; Cigars As you pushed the door open at such places, a little bell usually rang out to signal your arrival. And entering a wonderful toy shop like this one was no doubt a delightful occasion for children as well...
17. Remember When...commission row was Milwaukee's marketplace? Remember When...commission row was Milwaukee's marketplace? Broadway Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Streets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Horse-drawn vehicles; Markets -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Come spring, commission row on N. Broadway may be only a memory since relocation is necessitated by improvement of the street and by the east-west expressway. Already a memory are the horses and wagons...
18. Remember When...bakeries flourished in almost every neighborhood? Remember When...bakeries flourished in almost every neighborhood? Matyas Bakery (Milwaukee, Wis.); Bakers and bakeries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Holton Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Matyas, Leopold The neighborhood bakery has long been a tried and tasty institution on the Milwaukee scene. From the far reaches of the south side Polish bakeries to the little German shops on the north side, the tempting...
19. Remember When...grocery stores sold oil lamps? Remember When...grocery stores sold oil lamps? Franklin Place (Milwaukee, Wis.); Baumann, Herman F.; Baumann, George; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Sales personnel -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Herman F. Baumann, Grocer (Milwaukee, Wis.) A modern grocery store in 1910 - that's how George H. Baumann of Wauwatosa describes this picture of his father's business establishment on Milwaukee's East Side, 856 Franklin Pl. (later 1708 N. Franklin...
20. Remember When...Steinmeyer's was a household word? Remember When...Steinmeyer's was a household word? William Steinmeyer Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Third Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Highland Avenue (Milwaukee, Wis.); Horse-drawn vehicles; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The William Steinmeyer Co. was established in 1865 as a wholesale and retail grocery. Twenty-eight years later, the business moved from the southeast corner of N. 4th St. and W. Juneau Ave. to this five...
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