Yesterday’s Milwaukee
Spring Street Bridge, 1867
The street also known as Wisconsin Ave. exemplified the conflict between dueling developers on each side of the river.
Mar 25th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Interior of Academy of Music, 1876
Advertised as the best opera house west of New York, it was indeed an elegant hall.
Mar 18th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Academy of Music, 1860s
Built where the new Marriott Hotel now stands, it was the city's most prestigious opera house.
Mar 11th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Rail Car Barn at Brady Street, 1870s
Rail cars were pulled by horses and this barn stood at Brady and Farwell, in what is now Walgreen's parking lot.
Mar 4th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Rock River Canal, 1860s
The area which is now the Beerline, looking toward the Humboldt Ave. bridge, was once a canal.
Feb 25th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Saengerfest and City Hall, 1868
The earlier City Hall was a converted market hall, here decorated for an annual German music festival.
Feb 18th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Iversen’s Store on Water and Mason Streets
A "stereoview" by famed photographer H.H. Bennett captures Water Street in the 1870s or 1880s.
Feb 11th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Prentiss Block, Late 1860s
This building, which still stands on the corner of Mason St. and Water St., may be Downtown's oldest commercial building.
Feb 4th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Mason Street at Lakefront, 1868
Before the days of Prospect Avenue mansions, the lakefront sported modest frame houses on an eroding, sandy bluff.
Jan 28th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Water Street 1858
It’s a very early photo of Milwaukee, but the Iron Block building still survives from that era.
Jan 21st, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
Commission Row 1910
Our new column will capture scenes of the old city, like this bustling strip of wholesale grocers.
Jan 15th, 2014 by Jeff Beutner
