History
Schuster’s Delivery Wagon, 1908
Schusters had department stores for 80 years in Milwaukee and made deliveries to homes.
May 4th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
D.I.X. Bar A Marvel of Old Architecture
110-year-old bar has tin ceilings and oak bar, floors, wainscoting, ice box and on and on.
Apr 29th, 2016 by Michael Horne
Florist’s Horse-Drawn Wagon, 1910
Into the 1920s, horse-drawn wagons were still widely used for commercial transport.
Apr 26th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
Streets With Multiple Names
Is it Canal or Fairview, McKinley or Knapp, Third or MLK Drive? Yep, it’s confusing.
Apr 22nd, 2016 by Carl Baehr
The Town’s Most Ship-Shape Home
The "Boat House" on Cambridge, built in 1920s, is internationally known.
Apr 21st, 2016 by Michael Horne
Horse-Drawn Milk Delivery Truck, 1908.
Products came from downtown-based Gridley Dairy, the state's top butter manufacturer.
Apr 19th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
Jones Island Fishing Village, 1898
The settlement by Polish "Kashubes" even had a main street and a small beach.
Apr 13th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
Ghost Markers of Milwaukee
College Ave., Court St., Pittsburgh Ave. and other names are for something gone -- or never there.
Apr 7th, 2016 by Carl Baehr
Cream City Brick Making Gets Mechanized
Workers using a new Barnhart Steam Shovel in Menomonee Valley, about 1883.
Apr 7th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
Falcon Bowl, a Polish Milwaukee Treasure
An old-timey bar and hall and the sixth oldest bowling alley in America. Classic.
Apr 6th, 2016 by Michael Horne
Cream City Brick Factory, 1885
For decades the arduous work was done by hand -- with the help of lots of horses.
Mar 29th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
Tiny Corcoran Ave. Raised a Big Star
Cornelius L. Corcoran served as Third Ward’s alderman for 44 years, longer than any council member in history
Mar 25th, 2016 by Carl Baehr
