Yesterday’s Milwaukee
Spencerian Business College, Late 1860s
Located in the four-story Library Block, one of the city's tallest structures.
Dec 29th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Menomonee Hotel, Late 1860s
One of earliest hotels, near what is now Plankinton and Wisconsin, was modest indeed.
Dec 22nd, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Milwaukee and Wisconsin Streets, Late 1860s
These buildings still stand today, except (at left) the original steeple of St. John's Cathedral.
Dec 15th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Broadway in Late 1860s
Then called Main St. and just south of Wisconsin, it boasted the Newhall House Hotel.
Dec 1st, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Wisconsin Ave. and Northwestern Mutual, 1870s
The company's new headquarters was proof of the city's increasingly cosmopolitan style.
Nov 25th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
South Side of Wisconsin Ave., 1868
Then called Wisconsin St., it was a hot spot for photography studios.
Nov 17th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Wisconsin and Broadway, 1867
The well-dressed people in the photo had to stand rigidly in place, so the photo wouldn't be ruined.
Nov 10th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Love Nest of A Beer Baroness
Huge 1889 mansion is where Pabst owner continued her affair with her daughter's husband.
Nov 3rd, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
The Mansion Where Scandal Brewed
The wife of the Pabst Brewery's co-owner had a scandalous affair in this fine Italianate mansion.
Oct 27th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Philip Best Brewery’s Moorish-Style Facility
The old bottling plant still stands today. By 1885 the future Pabst Brewing moved to Downtown.
Oct 20th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Philip Best & Co. Brewery, 1880
Already the world's largest brewer, the company would soon be renamed the Pabst Brewing Co.
Oct 13th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
Last Days of Melms Brewery, 1869
It would be taken over by the Pabst Brewery, soon to become a manufacturing colossus.
Oct 6th, 2015 by Jeff Beutner
