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1. Remember When...the corner store was almost always open? Remember When...the corner store was almost always open? Bartos, Rudolph; Grocery trade -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Groceries -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee The corner grocery store, although a far cry from today's warehouse supermarkets, took care of most of the needs of the neighborhood. Grocer Rudolph Bartos (behind counter) posed in his store at the corner...
2. Remember When...this was the oldest building in Milwaukee? Remember When...this was the oldest building in Milwaukee? Water Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Dousman, George D.; Main Express Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Storage and moving industry -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Warehouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Historic preservation -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee This old warehouse at 117 N. Water St. was reputed, in 1950, to be the oldest structure in the city. And at one time or another, its owners had included some of Milwaukee's most prominent early settlers....
3. Remember When...this Bay View building collapsed? Remember When...this Bay View building collapsed? Bay View (Milwaukee, Wis.); Stewart Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Gruhl Sash & Door Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); Warehouses -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Industrial accidents -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Buildings -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Residents of Milwaukee's Bay View area were startled by a loud crash at about 12:30 p.m. on May 6,1936. The cause of that noise was the collapse of the abandoned Gruhl Sash & Door Co. warehouse building...
4. Remember When...a brewery warehouse collapsed? Remember When...a brewery warehouse collapsed? Forsyth Leather Co. (Wauwatosa, Wis.); Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.); State Street (Wauwatosa, Wis.); Breweries -- Wisconsin -- Wauwatosa; Brewing industry -- Accidents -- Wisconsin -- Wauwatosa; Industrial accidents -- Wisconsin -- Wauwatosa; Fire fighters -- Wisconsin -- Wauwatosa The old Forsyth Leather Co. plant in the 6600 block of W. State St. - then occupied by the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. - was the scene of a disaster on Aug. 10, 1942, when a portion of the building, which...
5. Remember When...Boston Store had uniformed delivery? Remember When...Boston Store had uniformed delivery? Boston Store (Milwaukee, Wis.); Clinton Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Virginia Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); First Street (Milwaukee, Wis.); Department stores -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Milwaukee (Wis.) Fire Department -- Buildings; Delivery of goods -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee Philip J. Fritsch of Milwaukee wonders how many readers can remember when Boston Store delivery men wore uniforms, in the early 1930s. This picture was taken in front of the Milwaukee Fire Department Repair...
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