Number
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Date
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Title: Remember When...
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1 |
11.13.1963 |
the Courthouse Statue Leaned? |
2 |
11.16.1963 |
the Supermarket Came to Your Door? |
3 |
11.20.1963 |
the Radio Was King in Every Home? |
4 |
11.23.1963 |
streetcars clanged down Milwaukee’s streets? |
5 |
11.27.1963 |
more hay than produce was sold at Haymarket Square? |
6 |
11.30.1963 |
school fire drill meant sliding down a chute? |
7 |
12.4.1963 |
stores displayed wares on the sidewalk? |
8 |
12.7.1963 |
electric automobiles were a noiseless wonder? |
9 |
12.11.1963 |
the Christopher Columbus made daily trips to Chicago? |
10 |
12.14.1963 |
the Pabst Theater cafe was alongside the Pabst Theater? |
11 |
12.18.1963 |
you could learn how to swim in Milwaukee river? |
12 |
12.21.1963 |
the skating season -- and winter -- seemed longer? |
13 |
12.24.1963 |
Christmas trees were lighted with candles? |
14 |
12.28.1963 |
schooner masts, not TV antennas, pierced the skyline? |
15 |
12.31.1963 |
social calls were made New Year’s day? |
16 |
1.4.1964 |
the Kilbourntown was the Church house? |
17 |
1.8.1964 |
Byrd’s South Pole Ship Visited Milwaukee? |
18 |
1.11.1964 |
bicycles had a bigger front wheel? |
19 |
1.14.1964 |
the Kneeland residence graced Grand Ave.? |
20 |
1.17.1964 |
drinking fountains were artistic? |
21 |
1.22.1964 |
this was considered the latest word in fire fighting
equipment? |
22 |
1.25.1964 |
‘tower clocks’ kept time for Milwaukeeans? |
23 |
1.29.1964 |
policemen had corner offices? |
24 |
2.1.1964 |
infants had a lake front pavilion? |
25 |
2.5.1964 |
it took two men to swing a bridge? |
26 |
2.8.1964 |
Old Dobbin had his own water troughs? |
27 |
2.12.1964 |
the elegant Plankinton mansion was a home? |
28 |
2.15.1964 |
the Milwaukee Journal’s brass was in demand at concerts? |
29 |
2.19.1964 |
industrial expositions were an annual event? |
30 |
2.22.1964 |
Pigsville floods make news? |
31 |
2.26.1964 |
the Union Depot was Milwaukee’s ‘port of entry’? |
32 |
2.29.1964 |
there was a variety of gatherings at Schlitz park? |
33 |
3.4.1964 |
commission row was Milwaukee’s marketplace? |
34 |
3.7.1964 |
Milwaukee honored ‘Wrong Way Corrigan’? |
35 |
3.11.1964 |
wash hung on porches in the ‘Civic Center’? |
36 |
3.14.1964 |
Milwaukee did have a Music Hall? |
37 |
3.18.1964 |
show globes of colored liquids meant drugstore? |
38 |
3.21.1964 |
there was a horse trough at the Bergh monument? |
39 |
3.25.1964 |
Wisconsin street, 1870 |
39a |
3.25.1964 |
the Grand Avenue Bridge was only one wagon wide? |
40 |
3.28.1964 |
there was a bandstand in Mitchell Park? |
41 |
4.1.1964 |
street lights were really fancy? |
42 |
4.4.1964 |
the Calumet Club set the pace for social clubs? |
43 |
4.8.1964 |
the Pabst home was a Grand Ave. Showplace? |
44 |
4.11.1964 |
shoeing horses was a little boy’s ambition? |
45 |
4.15.1964 |
Milwaukee’s ‘pit’ was an innovation? |
46 |
4.20.1964 |
Jones Island was home to fishermen? |
47 |
4.22.1964 |
annual outings meant a decorated flivver? |
48 |
4.25.1964 |
the villain was hissed at the Bijou? |
49 |
4.29.1964 |
the Layton Art Gallery was an east side landmark? |
50 |
5.2.1964 |
‘Buster Brown’? |
51 |
5.6.1964 |
27th and Wisconsin was ‘out in the country’? |
52 |
5.9.1964 |
milk came in cans on a wagon? |
53 |
5.13.1964 |
there was a ‘Rhine castle’ on Grand Ave.? |
54 |
5.16.1964 |
the Kirby House offered ‘homelike’ service? |
55 |
5.20.1964 |
Cathedral Square had a fountain? |
56 |
5.22.1964 |
typewriters looked like this? |
57 |
5.27.1964 |
posters promoted city products? |
58 |
5.30.1964 |
it was fashionable to visit the Whitefish Bay resort? |
59 |
6.3.1964 |
ladies ‘wore’ parasols instead of suntan lotion? |
60 |
6.6.1964 |
the Police band practiced at 6th and Mineral? |
61 |
6.10.1964 |
the Memorial Center site looked like this? |
62 |
6.13.1964 |
the Butterfly Theater glowed? |
63 |
6.17.1964 |
the Milwaukee Brewers drew crowds at Borchert field? |
64 |
6.20.1964 |
‘summer cars’ offered cooling breezes? |
65 |
6.24.1964 |
the circus came to town? |
66 |
6.27.1964 |
there were wooden sidewalks in Milwaukee? |
67 |
7.1.1964 |
vaudeville meant the Crystal Theater? |
68 |
7.3.1964 |
‘silent policemen’ were an innovation? |
69 |
7.8.1964 |
bathing suits were voluminous? |
70 |
7.11.1964 |
there was a race track on the south side? |
71 |
7.15.1964 |
the Chequamegon was resort bound? |
72 |
7.18.1964 |
the post office was at 324 E. Wisconsin Ave.? |
73 |
7.22.1964 |
there was a Triumphal arch on Wisconsin Ave.? |
74 |
7.25.1964 |
a ‘photographic automobile map’ was used? |
75 |
7.29.1964 |
the City Hall bell tolled the hour? |
76 |
8.1.1964 |
policemen were a welcome part of every neighborhood? |
77 |
8.5.1964 |
people dressed like this for the fair? |
78 |
8.8.1964 |
ragmen were regular neighborhood visitors? |
79 |
8.12.1964 |
Daphne Boat Club members rowed, rowed, rowed? |
80 |
8.15.1964 |
Franklin park was ‘Baby park’ and had a fountain? |
81 |
8.19.1964 |
a wooden Indian stood guard at cigar store? |
82 |
8.22.1964 |
the iceman cometh in response to a card in the window? |
83 |
8.26.1964 |
shows at the Gayety were eyebrow raisers? |
84 |
8.29.1964 |
there was a tea kettle on every stove? |
85 |
9.2.1964 |
telephones looked like this? |
86 |
9.5.1964 |
the Athenaeum was a nation-wide innovation? |
87 |
9.9.1964 |
Milwaukee was a shipbuilding center? |
88 |
9.12.1964 |
this hotel was downtown? |
89 |
9.16.1964 |
Pollworth’s was ‘by the river’? |
90 |
9.19.1964 |
horses sported fay nets? |
91 |
9.23.1964 |
an iron mill was the lifeblood of Bay View? |
92 |
9.26.1964 |
the downtown lake front looked like this? |
94 |
10.3.1964 |
the harbor’s ‘straight cut’ was fishing territory? |
95 |
10.7.1964 |
Barretts made deliveries in this truck? |
96 |
10.10.1964 |
moving was a horse and wagon affair? |
97 |
10.14.1964 |
baby was aired in splendor? |
98 |
10.17.1964 |
there were motorcycle races in Shorewood? |
99 |
10.21.1964 |
‘weinstubes’ were gathering places? |
100 |
10.24.1964 |
cuspidors were standard equipment? |
101 |
10.28.1964 |
the 3rd ward fire burned into Milwaukee history? |
102 |
10.31.1964 |
you ‘played’ the piano by foot? |
103 |
11.4.1964 |
a 20 mule team visited Milwaukee? |
104 |
11.9.1964 |
picturesque brewery wagons make deliveries? |
105 |
11.11.1964 |
the Schlitz Hotel was at 3rd St. and Grand Ave.? |
106 |
11.14.1964 |
statuary was a decorative must in homes? |
107 |
11.18.1964 |
bathroom fixtures looked like this? |
108 |
11.21.1964 |
Milwaukee had a ‘home coming’? |
109 |
11.25.1964 |
the Brumder building was the Germania? |
110 |
11.28.1964 |
cars had running boards? |
111 |
12.2.1964 |
this was a standard type of oven? |
112 |
12.5.1964 |
Billy the Brownie helped Santa reach Milwaukee? |
113 |
12.9.1964 |
the Globe Hotel was the oldest hotel on Wisconsin Ave.? |
114 |
12.12.1964 |
ice was ‘harvested’ on ponds, lake and rivers? |
115 |
12.16.1964 |
panoramas preceded cinerama? |
116 |
12.19.1964 |
the ‘new’ State St. Bridge was dedicated? |
117 |
12.23.1964 |
Martini’s was a symbol of Milwaukee gemutlichkeit? |
118 |
12.26.1964 |
Summit Ave. over Juneau Park looked like this? |
119 |
12.30.1964 |
hitching posts lined Milwaukee streets? |
120 |
1.2.1965 |
Steinmeyer’s was Milwaukee’s great supermarket? |
121 |
1.6.1965 |
itinerant cameramen had a live ‘prop’? |
122 |
1.9.1965 |
Caspar’s was Milwaukee’s best known bookstore? |
123 |
1.13.1965 |
winter meant a sleigh? |
124 |
1.16.1965 |
the Stadt Theater was on the site of the Pabst? |
125 |
1.20.1965 |
Wisconsin Ave. had cedar wood blocks? |
126 |
1.23.1965 |
a streetcar disaster made news? |
127 |
1.27.1965 |
metal weights anchored Old Dobbin? |
128 |
1.30.1965 |
hair styles were simpler? |
129 |
2.3.1965 |
steam pumpers came to the rescue? |
130 |
2.6.1965 |
people had a ‘barrel of fun’? |
131 |
2.10.1965 |
sleeve protectors were in style? |
132 |
2.13.1965 |
Valentines were Sentimental and Flowery? |
133 |
2.17.1965 |
110 E. Wisconsin building had a clock tower? |
134 |
2.20.1965 |
the bride may have worn black? |
135 |
2.24.1965 |
ladies used the family entrance at a saloon? |
136 |
2.27.1965 |
motorcycle policemen were an innovation? |
137 |
3.3.1965 |
this shelter was an east side landmark? |
138 |
3.6.1965 |
the Central police station was on Broadway? |
139 |
3.10.1965 |
the German-English Academy was on Broadway? |
140 |
3.13.1965 |
a dirigible ‘parked’ on Waverly Pl.? |
141 |
3.17.1965 |
6th and Wisconsin looked like this? |
142 |
3.20.1965 |
the corner store had penny candy? |
143 |
3.24.1965 |
Milwaukee celebrated the return of beer? |
144 |
3.27.1965 |
children had most of their fun outdoors? |
145 |
3.31.1965 |
the Davidson had fine shows? |
146 |
4.3.1965 |
the grade school class sat at desks for its picture? |
147 |
4.7.1965 |
ships were launched in midtown Milwaukee? |
148 |
4.10.1965 |
a grotto graced Mitchell Park? |
149 |
4.14.1965 |
the Milwaukee Braves romance began? |
150 |
4.17.1965 |
cigar manufacturing was big business here? |
151 |
4.21.1965 |
cement came from ‘Cementville’? |
152 |
4.24.1965 |
THIS was the height of fashion? |
153 |
4.28.1965 |
the GAR paraded down ‘the avenue’? |
154 |
5.1.1965 |
Tunney beat Dempsey the first time? |
155 |
5.5.1965 |
a big blast rocked the Pabst brewery? |
156 |
5.8.1965 |
we got our first horseless patrol car? |
157 |
5.12.1965 |
‘Old Doddin’ helped deliver milk? |
158 |
5.15.1965 |
the Safety building was going up? |
159 |
5.19.1965 |
traffic officers wore white hats and gloves? |
160 |
5.22.1965 |
Milwaukee Canoe Club members paddled on the river? |
161 |
5.26.1965 |
we saw chimney sweeps? |
162 |
5.29.1965 |
men wore two piece bathing suits? |
163 |
6.2.1965 |
planes like this ‘bombed’ Milwaukee? |
164 |
6.5.1965 |
the scissors sharpener called? |
165 |
6.9.1965 |
the Schlitz Palm Garden had this staff? |
166 |
6.12.1965 |
you could use a wood in Lake Park? |
167 |
6.16.1965 |
steam engines puffed in unison? |
168 |
6.19.1965 |
the greenhouse came on wheels? |
169 |
6.23.1965 |
brass bands played at dance? |
170 |
6.26.1965 |
wire wheels were standard equipment? |
171 |
6.30.1965 |
beer wagons rolled on Milwaukee streets? |
172 |
7.3.1965 |
‘buggies’ like these rolled on the glorious 4th of July? |
173 |
7.7.1965 |
boys were dressed like this? |
174 |
7.10.1965 |
power was supplied by the motor wheel? |
175 |
7.14.1965 |
park concerts were frequent? |
176 |
6.17.1965 |
automobiles were gaining on horses? |
177 |
7.21.1965 |
gymnastic societies flourished in Milwaukee? |
178 |
7.24.1965 |
Milwaukee firemen wore suspenders? |
179 |
7.28.1965 |
housewives regularly pinched pennies and parsnips at the
haymarket? |
180 |
7.31.1965 |
the Milwaukee river was a bathers’ Mecca? |
181 |
8.4.1965 |
Milwaukee made its own fire engines? |
182 |
8.7.1965 |
Lake Park was a campers’ Mecca? |
183 |
8.11.1965 |
ornate wagons picked up milk from farms? |
184 |
8.14.1965 |
park pavilions were the place to dance? |
185 |
8.18.1965 |
the Wisconsin State Fair was younger? |
186 |
8.21.1965 |
Mayor-elect Carl Zeidler made his victory tour? |
187 |
8.25.1965 |
horses helped control downtown traffic? |
188 |
9.5.1965 |
bakeries flourished in almost every neighborhood? |
189 |
9.1.1965 |
these rigs were in use? |
190 |
9.4.1965 |
live radio broadcasts emanated from cars like this? |
191 |
9.8.1965 |
trotters raced at Washington Park? |
192 |
9.11.1965 |
you gassed up at the local ‘filling’ station? |
193 |
9.15.1965 |
the doctor first tried a horseless carriage? |
194 |
9.18.1965 |
fine carriages were made in these buildings? |
195 |
9.22.1965 |
‘best in the world’ hats sold for $2? |
196 |
9.25.1965 |
the city primped for the Elks national convention? |
197 |
9.29.65 |
Marquette intramural teams competed at Jesu gym? |
198 |
10.2.1965 |
‘Old Betsy’ was the pride of the Dummy Line? |
199 |
10.6.1965 |
outdoor girls dressed like this? |
200 |
10.9.1965 |
Milwaukee built a new City Hall? |
201 |
10.13.1965 |
there was such a thing as homemade bread? |
202 |
10.16.1965 |
young men box at the South Side Armory? |
203 |
10.20.1965 |
the library got ‘dressed up’ for National Children’s Book
Week? |
204 |
10.23.1965 |
regular air passenger service started here? |
204a |
10.22.1965 |
‘best in the world’ hats sold for $2? |
205 |
10.27.1965 |
Al Simmons field was dedicated? |
206 |
10.30.1965 |
bathing suits like these graced the shores of Lake
Michigan? |
207 |
11.3.1965 |
the Wisconsin State League was ‘the league’ in Milwaukee? |
208 |
11.6.1965 |
the ‘Old Timers’ performed on WTMJ? |
209 |
11.10.1965 |
Milwaukee’s sky line looked like this? |
210 |
11.13.1965 |
the American Legion convened here? |
211 |
11.17.1965 |
Milwaukee had a White House? |
212 |
11.20.1965 |
panorama painters were at work in Milwaukee? |
213 |
11.24.1965 |
Mader’s was ‘Tourists’ Headquarters’? |
214 |
11.27.1965 |
the first car chugged here? |
215 |
12.1.1965 |
almost everyone wore hats? |
216 |
12.4.1965 |
‘660’ made the ‘last run’ on Upper 3rd St.? |
217 |
12.8.1965 |
the sunken gardens in Mitchell Park look like this? |
218 |
12.11.1965 |
a west side intersection looked like this? |
219 |
12.15.1965 |
Milwaukee was known for its many parades? |
220 |
12.18.1965 |
North Point pumping station had two smoke stacks? |
221 |
12.22.1965 |
the city’s Christmas tree was in the Court of Honor? |
222 |
12.24.1965 |
a winter outing was in a horse drawn sleigh? |
223 |
12.29.1965 |
youths joined the CCC in depression days? |
225 |
1.5.1966 |
music came from 811 Grand Ave.? |
226 |
1.8.1966 |
Milwaukee hospital had a ‘2 horsepower’ ambulance? |
227 |
1.12.1966 |
we celebrated Carnival Week? |
228 |
1.15.1966 |
student nurses wore uniforms like these? |
229 |
1.19.1966 |
fight crowds jammed the Auditorium? |
230 |
1.22.1966 |
this small building housed the Milwaukee hospital? |
231 |
1.26.1966 |
you could get beer or buttermilk at the Brighton Inn? |
232 |
1.29.1966 |
Milwaukee’s post office used ‘auto cars’? |
233 |
2.2.1966 |
this was the height of fashion? |
234 |
2.5.1966 |
the big blizzard of ‘47 buried Milwaukee? |
235 |
2.9.1966 |
high collars and high shoes were considered fashionable? |
236 |
2.12.1966 |
the fire department had real horsepower? |
237 |
2.16.1966 |
the Lincoln Hotel was almost razed? |
238 |
2.19.1966 |
Milwaukee had a lake front landing field? |
239 |
2.23.1966 |
Judge Blenski was given a military funeral? |
240 |
2.26.1966 |
‘Gay Blades’ drove cars like this? |
241 |
3.2.1966 |
side wheelers docked along the Milwaukee river? |
242 |
3.5.1966 |
Milwaukee celebrated the Perry Centennial? |
243 |
3.9.1966 |
the city’s first housing project was built? |
244 |
3.12.1966 |
the 35th and Villard area looked like this? |
245 |
3.16.1966 |
aspiring young doctors studied here? |
246 |
3.19.1966 |
bands like this entertained in Milwaukee parks? |
247 |
3.23.1966 |
there was a run on the First National Bank? |
248 |
3.26.1966 |
brides dressed like this? |
249 |
3.30.1966 |
Milwaukee honored Lucky Lindy? |
250 |
4.1.1966 |
boys and girls dressed like this for school? |
251 |
4.6.1966 |
horse drawn wagons were the only moving vans? |
252 |
4.9.1966 |
cards like this carried Easter greetings? |
253 |
4.13.1966 |
this was the way to spend a Sunday afternoon? |
254 |
4.16.1966 |
an ‘ice war’ made news? |
255 |
4.20.1966 |
there was an amusement park in Shorewood? |
256 |
4.23.1966 |
newsboys carried bugles? |
257 |
4.27.1966 |
societies like the Eichenkranz sang in Milwaukee? |
258 |
4.30.1966 |
the steering wheel was on the right? |
259 |
5.4.1966 |
the well dressed sand lot baseball team looked like this? |
260 |
5.7.1966 |
the Lawson Line was flying high? |
261 |
5.11.1966 |
horse and man drank together? |
262 |
5.14.1966 |
Indians camped out on the lake front? |
263 |
5.18.1966 |
a modern office looked like this? |
264 |
5.21.1966 |
horses were almost part of the family? |
265 |
5.25.1966 |
homes like this lined Prospect Ave.? |
266 |
5.28.1966 |
tennis fans gathered at the Town club? |
267 |
6.1.1966 |
passengers shivered when the Wells St. Viaduct quivered? |
268 |
6.4.1966 |
street sprinklers were ‘horse’ powered? |
269 |
6.8.1966 |
hatters were familiar part of the Milwaukee scene? |
270 |
6.11.1966 |
you could recognize little girls by their clothes? |
271 |
6.15.1966 |
Milwaukee had a ‘Newspaper Row’? |
272 |
6.18.1966 |
stereoptic cards like this provided hours of
entertainment? |
273 |
6.22.1966 |
sun bathing was a ‘coat and tie’ affair? |
274 |
6.25.1966 |
Washington park was West park and looked like this? |
275 |
6.29.1966 |
your car didn’t need a trunk? |
276 |
7.2.1966 |
children’s toys required more imagination? |
277 |
7.6.1966 |
there were ‘vacation’ schools? |
278 |
7.9.1966 |
family picnics meant scenes like this? |
279 |
7.13.1966 |
grade school field days were annual events? |
280 |
7.16.1966 |
Dohmen’s was on Reed St.? |
281 |
7.20.1966 |
this was the terminal at the county airport? |
282 |
7.23.1966 |
Milwaukee welcomed Gen. Douglas MacArthur? |
283 |
7.27.1966 |
the Court of Honor looked like this? |
284 |
7.30.1966 |
streetcars were ‘air conditioned’? |
285 |
8.3.1966 |
boats like these were toys for little boys? |
286 |
8.6.1966 |
the mayor went to the mound on opening day? |
287 |
8.10.1966 |
Milwaukeeans went all out for war bond drives? |
288 |
8.13.1966 |
the machine section of the state fair looked like this? |
289 |
8.17.1966 |
these establishments graced Grand Ave.? |
290 |
8.20.1966 |
sightseers toured Milwaukee in a tallyho? |
291 |
8.24.1966 |
the modern grocery store looked like this? |
292 |
8.27.1966 |
groups like this played for Milwaukee dances? |
293 |
8.31.1966 |
reefers were in style? |
294 |
9.3.1966 |
the Labor Day picnic in Washington park was an annual
event? |
295 |
9.7.1966 |
the model K was Ford’s ‘luxury’ car? |
296 |
9.10.1966 |
boys studied at the Milwaukee Academy? |
297 |
9.14.1966 |
the Milwaukee Turnverein had a drum corps? |
298 |
9.17.1966 |
pigtails were in style? |
299 |
9.21.1966 |
Victor Berger was a familiar personality on the Milwaukee
scene? |
300 |
9.24.1966 |
11th and Wisconsin Ave. looked like this? |
301 |
9.28.1966 |
Milwaukee had a ‘Grand’ telephone exchange? |
302 |
10.1.1966 |
this building housed St. Mary’s Hospital? |
303 |
10.5.1966 |
the Milwaukee Country club looked like this? |
304 |
10.8.1966 |
Teddy Roosevelt visited Milwaukee? |
305 |
10.12.1966 |
there was a midway in Milwaukee? |
306 |
10.15.1966 |
Victorian was in style on Highland Blvd.? |
307 |
10.19.1966 |
pumpers fought the blaze at the Middleton Manufacturing
Co.? |
308 |
10.22.1966 |
formal portraits like this were fashionable? |
309 |
10.22.1966 |
the carriage trade was big business in Milwaukee? |
310 |
10.29.1966 |
buildings like this were part of the Milwaukee scene? |
311 |
11.2.1966 |
the Light Horse Squadron Armory stood on Broadway? |
312 |
11.5.1966 |
the Christopher Columbus crashed in Milwaukee? |
313 |
11.9.1966 |
windmills turned in Milwaukee county? |
314 |
11.11.1966 |
Milwaukee celebrated the 1918 armistice? |
315 |
11.16.1966 |
the typical hunting party looked like this? |
316 |
11.19.1966 |
the ‘Plank-Road Brewery’ stood on State St.? |
317 |
11.23.1966 |
a well equipped kitchen looked like this? |
318 |
11.26.1966 |
the Buick line looked like this? |
319 |
11.30.1966 |
skating was a more formal affair? |
320 |
12.3.1966 |
Milwaukee was host to a Grand Prix? |
321 |
12.7.1966 |
E. Wisconsin Ave. looked like this? |
322 |
12.10.1966 |
a full set of teeth cost $5? |
323 |
12.17.1966 |
planes had natural air conditioning? |
324 |
12.21.1966 |
Santa arrived in a horseless carriage? |
325 |
12.14.1966 |
Milwaukeeans rode in electric streetcars? |
326 |
12.24.1966 |
coffee came in bushels instead of cans? |
327 |
12.28.1966 |
the family went for a spin in a sleigh? |
328 |
12.31.1966 |
the modern homemaker used a carpet sweeper? |
329 |
1.4.1966 |
little charmers advertised Atlas flour? |
330 |
1.7.1967 |
people used calling cards like this? |
331 |
1.11.1967 |
fashionable newlyweds looked like this? |
332 |
1.14.1967 |
‘the birthplace of first gasoline auto’ was on National
Ave.? |
333 |
1.18.1967 |
horse shoeing was a big business in Milwaukee? |
334 |
1.21.1967 |
2nd and Plankinton was a cobbled corner? |
335 |
1.25.1967 |
‘the boys’ caroused in duds like these? |
336 |
1.28.1967 |
Milwaukee welcomed ‘les terribles’? |
337 |
2.1.1967 |
cycle clubs wheeled around Milwaukee? |
338 |
2.4.1967 |
deliveries were make with a horse and wagon? |
339 |
2.8.1967 |
hairdos had that ‘natural’ look? |
340 |
2.13.1967 |
schooners sailed in and out of Milwaukee Harbor? |
341 |
2.15.1967 |
the Merrill building was the finest on the avenue? |
342 |
2.18.1967 |
the corner drugstore offered home remedies? |
343 |
2.22.1967 |
Blatz celebrated its 50th anniversary? |
344 |
2.25.1967 |
this was the gateway to the old soldiers’ home? |
345 |
3.1.1967 |
kids dressed up for Washington’s birthday? |
346 |
3.4.1967 |
you could learn brewing on Broadway? |
347 |
3.8.1967 |
Growler Rusher provided a beer break? |
348 |
3.11.1967 |
an eagle perched atop the carnival column? |
349 |
3.15.1967 |
women wore oversized bloomers as outer garments? |
350 |
3.18.1967 |
Wadhams pagodas dotted Milwaukee? |
351 |
3.22.1967 |
there was a road house on N. Lake Dr.? |
352 |
3.29.1967 |
skirts were longer? |
353 |
3.25.1967 |
little girls dressed like this for Easter? |
354 |
4.1.1967 |
Red Arrow Park had a ‘natural’ wading pool? |
356 |
4.5.1967 |
clubs like the Millioki flourished in Milwaukee? |
356 |
4.8.1967 |
streetcar No. 1011 was ‘shipwrecked’? |
357 |
4.12.1967 |
the Dewey house was a Milwaukee landmark? |
358 |
4.15.1967 |
a ‘convertible’ had 2 tops? |
359 |
4.19.1967 |
the Bergh fountain was dedicated? |
360 |
4.22.1967 |
William Howard Taft visited Milwaukee? |
361 |
4.26.1967 |
Schlitz’s park pavilion was the city’s cultural center? |
362 |
4.29.1967 |
Kentucky whisky sold for 5¢? |
363 |
5.3.1967 |
a mustache and beard were standard equipment? |
364 |
5.6.1967 |
‘kinder’ played like this? |
365 |
5.10.1967 |
the Juneau Hotel was a Milwaukee landmark? |
366 |
5.13.1967 |
the family rode in a trap? |
367 |
5.17.1967 |
Milwaukee’s finest looked like this? |
368 |
5.20.1967 |
these were driving fashions? |
369 |
5.24.1967 |
St. James’ Guild Hall was a Milwaukee landmark? |
370 |
5.27.1967 |
billiard ball rolled at the Pfister? |
371 |
5.31.1967 |
there was a ball park at 27th and Keefe? |
372 |
6.3.1967 |
Rogers Groups were ‘in’? |
373 |
6.7.1967 |
graduates wore gowns like these? |
374 |
6.10.1967 |
the Senn home housed Holy Angels Academy? |
375 |
6.14.1967 |
McKinley beach had wide open spaces? |
376 |
6.17.1967 |
first German immigrant arrived? |
377 |
6.21.1967 |
‘motor wheeling’ was popular? |
378 |
6.24.1967 |
nets dried on Jones Island? |
379 |
6.28.1967 |
washing was a rub ‘n’ tub affair? |
380 |
7.1.1967 |
4th of July floats were simpler? |
381 |
7.5.1967 |
even park benches were ornate? |
382 |
7.8.1967 |
traffic obeyed signals like these? |
383 |
7.12.1967 |
little girls wore lace and curls? |
384 |
7.15.1967 |
6th and State looked like this? |
385 |
7.19.1967 |
North Milwaukee was a city and had own police force? |
386 |
7.22.1967 |
Toser’s was on Water St.? |
387 |
7.26.1967 |
women were allowed to wear men’s bathing suits? |
388 |
7.29.1967 |
rowing on the river was a popular sport? |
389 |
8.2.1967 |
Milwaukee had an all-woman orchestra? |
390 |
8.5.1967 |
the Gargoyle was a favorite Milwaukee restaurant? |
391 |
8.9.1967 |
you entered State Fair park through this gate? |
392 |
8.12.1967 |
high button shoes were fashion favorites? |
393 |
8.16.1967 |
villagers drove to town in rigs like these? |
394 |
8.19.1967 |
15th and Wisconsin was a quiet, residential area? |
395 |
8.23.1967 |
the Republican House was the city’s finest? |
396 |
8.26.1967 |
the Brewers won their first pennant? |
397 |
8.30.1967 |
bands played at the Soldiers’ Home? |
398 |
9.2.1967 |
the family dressed like this for a summer drive? |
399 |
9.6.1967 |
rails were rolled in Bay View? |
400 |
9.9.1967 |
the St. Charles Hotel was on E. Water St.? |
401 |
9.13.1967 |
the library was at 4th and Grand? |
402 |
9.16.1967 |
Lake Park was wide open spaces? |
403 |
9.20.1967 |
Milwaukee’s riverfront looked like this? |
404 |
9.23.1967 |
West Side High fielded this rugged team? |
405 |
9.27.1967 |
‘booze’ was sold from barrels? |
406 |
9.30.1967 |
polo was played at the fairgrounds? |
407 |
10.4.1967 |
the Schlitz Palm Garden was a Milwaukee night spot? |
408 |
10.7.1967 |
Nash Automobiles Rolled Through Milwaukee? |
409 |
10.11.1967 |
the fashionable girl’s basketball team looked like this? |
410 |
10.14.1967 |
blacksmiths toiled in old Milwaukee? |
411 |
10.18.1967 |
the 4th ward school had a cupola? |
412 |
10.21.1967 |
the best place to buy woolens was Boruszak’s? |
413 |
10.25.1967 |
Milwaukeeans rode the interurban to East Troy? |
414 |
10.28.1967 |
a masquerade party meant duds like these? |
415 |
11.1.1967 |
we had ‘Golden Jubilee of Freedom’? |
416 |
11.4.1967 |
Milwaukee’s first arbitration board settled the Adler
strike? |
417 |
11.8.1967 |
basketball uniforms had more to them? |
418 |
11.11.1967 |
these town houses graced Broadway and Wells St.? |
419 |
11.13.1967 |
‘placarding’ was common practice? |
420 |
11.18.1967 |
the Jahrmarket was an annual event? |
421 |
11.22.1967 |
St. John’s cathedral was without a tower? |
422 |
11.25.1967 |
the Belvedere flats were the city’s luxury apartments? |
423 |
11.29.1967 |
the Ferguson home graced Milwaukee St.? |
424 |
12.2.1967 |
there were steamers on Pewaukee Lake? |
425 |
12.6.1967 |
Milwaukee schools held ‘fresh air’ classes? |
426 |
12.9.1967 |
postmen got motorcycles? |
427 |
12.13.1967 |
Post and Gatty visited Milwaukee? |
428 |
12.16.1967 |
ships like this frequented Milwaukee harbor? |
429 |
12.20.1967 |
McCoy-Nolan ruled Gridiron? |
430 |
12.23.1967 |
visits with Santa looked like this? |
431 |
12.27.1967 |
public health nurses dressed like this? |
432 |
12.30.1967 |
Johnston Hospital was open? |
433 |
1.3.1968 |
immigrants arrived frequently in Milwaukee? |
434 |
1.6.1968 |
6th and Wisconsin looked like this? |
435 |
1.10.1961 |
Walter Sanger rode to victory? |
436 |
1.13.1968 |
acts like this performed at the Lakeside Hotel? |
437 |
1.17.1968 |
dad carried a pocket watch? |
437a |
1.20.1968 |
‘Remember When’ Subject of Award [award presented to ‘Remember
When’] |
438 |
1.20.1968 |
Marquette was located on the ‘hilltop’? |
439 |
1.24.1968 |
rolled stockings appeared on the beach? |
440 |
1.27.1968 |
babies were aired at fresh air pavilions? |
441 |
1.31.1968 |
every house had its hitching post? |
442 |
2.3.1968 |
the Auditorium was new? |
443 |
2.7.1966 |
the dentist’s office looked like this? |
444 |
2.10.1968 |
the Bloomer Girl docked at Grand Ave.? |
445 |
2.14.1968 |
David Rose campaigned in style? |
446 |
2.17.1968 |
the Plankinton House was Milwaukee’s Finest? |
447 |
2.21.1968 |
the Milwaukee Concertina Circle entertained? |
448 |
2.24.1968 |
the meat market had a sawdust floor? |
449 |
2.28.1968 |
women bowled in these uniforms? |
450 |
3.2.1968 |
‘the Girl and the Earl’ toured Milwaukee streets? |
451 |
3.6.1968 |
the ‘beamhouse’ gang worked at Pfister & Vogel? |
452 |
3.9.1968 |
little boys wore skirts? |
453 |
3.13.1968 |
the ‘Cotton Blossom’ docked in Milwaukee? |
454 |
3.16.1968 |
ice carvings graced Plankinton and Wells? |
455 |
3.20.1968 |
quarries lined W. State St.? |
456 |
3.23.1968 |
the Sanger mansion graced Terrace Ave.? |
457 |
3.27.1968 |
there was standing room only in Mitchell Park? |
458 |
3.30.1968 |
the Daily Reformer was published? |
459 |
4.3.1968 |
the old isolation hospital stood on Mitchell St.? |
460 |
4.6.1968 |
billboards surrounded the Milwaukee Public Library? |
461 |
4.10.1968 |
Reimers framed pictures on Milwaukee St.? |
462 |
4.13.1968 |
the Milwaukee River was the city’s playground? |
463 |
4.17.1968 |
little girls wore bows? |
464 |
4.20.1968 |
talking machines were an innovation? |
465 |
4.24.1968 |
families gathered on Sunday afternoon? |
466 |
4.27.1968 |
young ladies sported fancy bonnets? |
467 |
5.1.1968 |
Milwaukee had major and minor leagues? |
468 |
5.4.1968 |
homes had ‘speaking tubes’? |
469 |
5.8.1968 |
a dappled horse meant harness shop? |
470 |
5.11.1968 |
Miller’s Garden was a summer gathering place? |
471 |
5.15.1968 |
the Aberdeen Hotel graced Wisconsin Ave.? |
472 |
5.18.1968 |
trotters raced in National Park? |
473 |
5.22.1968 |
Schuster’s had a store on N. 3rd and W. Brown? |
474 |
5.25.1968 |
the Oconomowoc steamed the lakes? |
475 |
5.29.1968 |
the neighborhood drugstore looked like this? |
476 |
6.1.1968 |
Wauwatosa’s ‘village’ looked like this? |
477 |
6.5.1968 |
annual festivals were held on the lakefront? |
478 |
6.8.1968 |
the ‘knothole gang’ converged on Borchert field? |
479 |
6.12.1968 |
the family posed in style? |
480 |
6.15.1968 |
Milwaukeeans drank Cream City brew? |
481 |
6.19.1968 |
Milwaukeeans promenaded at the Whitefish Bay Resort? |
482 |
6.22.1968 |
the Soldiers’ monument was dedicated? |
483 |
6.26.1968 |
elephants and trolleys met on the avenue? |
484 |
6.29.1968 |
the pompadour was ‘in’? |
485 |
7.3.1968 |
you had to get out and under? |
486 |
7.7.1968 |
the Martin Flats were among the city’s finest? |
487 |
7.10.1968 |
Milwaukee kids visited ‘Bookland’? |
488 |
7.13.1968 |
picnic attire was more formal? |
489 |
7.17.1968 |
people went for a hayride in style? |
490 |
7.20.1968 |
hay was sold in Haymarket Square? |
491 |
7.24.1968 |
traffic on Wisconsin Ave. looked like this? |
492 |
7.27.1968 |
knickers were popular? |
493 |
7.31.1968 |
James M. Fox sold fancy foods? |
494 |
8.3.1968 |
Charlie Toy’s was a popular place for a date? |
495 |
8.7.1968 |
you took a Jitney to Brown Deer? |
496 |
8.10.1968 |
the Health Department used disinfecting vans? |
497 |
8.14.1968 |
city’s delegates backed Cleveland? |
498 |
8.17.1968 |
the family rode in style? |
499 |
8.21.1968 |
the Health Department had ambulances? |
500 |
8.24.1968 |
almost every summer outfit included a hat? |
501 |
8.28.1968 |
Shorewood was known as ‘Cementville’? |
502 |
8.31.1968 |
you could tour the city for 50¢? |
503 |
9.4.1968 |
every fire station had its four legged brigade? |
504 |
9.7.1968 |
traffic officers wore high helmets? |
505 |
9.11.1968 |
the only way to move a boat was to row? |
506 |
9.14.1968 |
‘long hairs’ favored the polka? |
507 |
9.18.1968 |
Milwaukee doctors studied here? |
508 |
9.21.1968 |
the town of Lake had its own fire department? |
509 |
9.25.1968 |
threshing was common in Milwaukee county? |
510 |
9.28.1968 |
Weisel started making Sausage? |
511 |
10.2.1968 |
this represented the old and the new? |
512 |
10.5.1968 |
horses were boarded on Jackson St.? |
513 |
10.9.1968 |
the corner of Wisconsin and Plankinton looked like this? |
514 |
10.12.1968 |
the Gilpatrick Hotel was one of the city’s finest? |
515 |
10.16.1968 |
roller skaters raced in Milwaukee? |
516 |
10.19.1968 |
old Washington Park Zoo had a monkey house? |
517 |
10.23.1968 |
the Grand Ave. Viaduct was built? |
518 |
10.26.1968 |
6th St. was bricked? |
519 |
10.30.1968 |
hair parted in the center was the style? |
520 |
11.2.1968 |
fires burned in Chapman’s fireplace? |
521 |
11.6.1968 |
ice cream came from Luick’s dairy? |
522 |
11.9.1968 |
the Petit home graced Prospect Ave. |
523 |
11.13.1968 |
‘Brownie’ blazed trails in Wisconsin? |
524 |
11.16.1968 |
produce came in bushels and barrels? |
525 |
11.20.1968 |
you could get a bed for 15¢ a night? |
526 |
11.23.1968 |
sidewalks were made of wood? |
527 |
11.27.1968 |
Miss America of 1927 charmed city? |
528 |
11.30.1968 |
this building housed Mount Sinai hospital? |
529 |
12.4.1968 |
Rapid Transit sped from Milwaukee to Waukesha? |
530 |
12.7.1968 |
this lagoon graced Mitchell Park? |
531 |
12.11.1968 |
Trupke and Goetter make wagons on Teutonia? |
532 |
12.14.1968 |
the ‘Christmas Tree’ ship sailed the lake? |
533 |
12.18.1968 |
Milwaukee policemen used sleighs? |
534 |
12.21.1968 |
Milwaukeeans exercised with dumbbells and Indian clubs? |
535 |
12.28.1968 |
St. Gall’s was on W. Michigan? |
536 |
1.4.1969 |
the Journal blazed the trail? |
537 |
1.8.1969 |
this plan was proposed for the Milwaukee River? |
538 |
1.11.1969 |
Bach’s Solo Quintette entertained? |
539 |
1.15.1969 |
the Mitchell A.C. played at the Hill Top? |
540 |
1.18.1969 |
saddlery was big business in Milwaukee? |
541 |
1.22.1969 |
girls wore long pipe curls? |
542 |
1.25.1969 |
Downer girls visited Hawthornden? |
543 |
1.29.1969 |
the Turners convened in Milwaukee? |
544 |
2.1.1969 |
Milady looked like this? |
545 |
2.5.1969 |
the Axtell House was one of the city’s finest hotels? |
546 |
2.8.1969 |
ice was harvested on the Milwaukee River? |
547 |
2.12.1969 |
arias rang from the Schlitz Park theater? |
548 |
2.15.1969 |
Broadway and Wisconsin looked like this? |
549 |
2.19.1969 |
wood was a favorite fuel? |
550 |
2.22.1969 |
Milwaukee’s Lincoln was unveiled? |
551 |
2.26.1969 |
Annunciation Church was on Broadway? |
552 |
3.1.1969 |
Ritchie Mitchell packed the Auditorium? |
553 |
3.5.1969 |
women took over ‘till the boys came home’? |
554 |
3.8.1969 |
business was a family affair |
555 |
3.12.1969 |
the ‘Dummy Line’ served Whitefish Bay? |
556 |
3.15.1969 |
Downer girls rowed on the river? |
557 |
3.19.1969 |
these were the latest in cycles? |
558 |
3.22.1969 |
everybody shopped at the corner grocery store? |
559 |
3.26.1969 |
bathing suits like these were in style? |
560 |
3.29.1969 |
the Milwaukee Journal was printed here? |
561 |
4.2.1969 |
Milwaukee’s yachters congregated here? |
562 |
4.5.1969 |
children Easter paraded in these fashions? |
563 |
4.9.1969 |
fishing was good in the Milwaukee River? |
564 |
4.12.1969 |
the Gramophone brought delight? |
565 |
4.16.1969 |
Kermis was held in Milwaukee? |
566 |
4.19.1969 |
Cutler-Hammer starred in the commercial league? |
567 |
4.23.1969 |
the letter carriers organized a band? |
568 |
4.26.1969 |
this palm garden quenched Milwaukee’s thirst? |
569 |
4.30.1969 |
Junior wore ruffles and short pants? |
570 |
5.3.1969 |
sausage was made at L. Frank & Son? |
571 |
5.7.1969 |
Marquette college had a football team? |
572 |
5.10.1969 |
the ladies drilled with rifles? |
573 |
5.14.1969 |
milk came from milk cans? |
574 |
5.17.1969 |
baby perambulated in style? |
575 |
5.21.1969 |
Juneau Park and its environs looked like this? |
576 |
5.24.1969 |
the Grocers’ Picnic was a real ‘picnic’? |
577 |
5.28.1969 |
graduates dressed like this? |
578 |
5.31.1969 |
Gigante’s band played in the parks? |
579 |
6.4.1969 |
Golda Meir went to school in Milwaukee? |
580 |
6.7.1969 |
a wedding party looked this? |
581 |
6.11.1969 |
Garbage ‘trains’ rolled through Milwaukee? |
582 |
6.14.1969 |
the Grafton Goofus orchestra entertained? |
583 |
6.18.1969 |
Milwaukee’s health was their concern? |
584 |
6.21.1969 |
Milwaukee had ‘rapid transit’ service? |
585 |
6.25.1969 |
Slinger was Schleisingerville? |
586 |
6.28.1969 |
medical laboratories looked like this? |
587 |
7.2.1969 |
postmen wore soft hats? |
588 |
7.5.1969 |
dickies were in style? |
589 |
7.9.1969 |
McKinley Park had a chalet style pavilion? |
590 |
7.12.1969 |
the Christian Wahl Monument was dedicated? |
591 |
7.16.1969 |
little girls wore grownup hats? |
592 |
7.19.1969 |
Henry Weber was Park Commissioner? |
593 |
7.23.1969 |
liquor stores had sample rooms? |
594 |
7.26.1969 |
the Kissel Kar was popular? |
595 |
7.30.1969 |
you paid your fine here? |
596 |
8.2.1969 |
Salesmen traveled by carriage? |
597 |
8.6.1969 |
repairs were cash and carry? |
598 |
8.9.1969 |
the Eagle sailed to Whitefish Bay? |
599 |
8.13.1969 |
penny candy was a big treat? |
600 |
8.16.1969 |
horse drawn wagons used Water Street? |
601 |
8.20.1969 |
cigar stores were ornate? |
602 |
8.23.1969 |
vaudeville thrived in Milwaukee? |
603 |
8.27.1969 |
Milwaukee held an earlier midsummer festival? |
604 |
8.30.1969 |
milk cans moved by truck and trailer? |
605 |
9.3.1969 |
Strothmann’s Grove was way out in the country? |
606 |
9.6.1969 |
horses pulled oil wagons? |
607 |
9.10.1969 |
billboards were more numerous? |
608 |
9.13.1969 |
Mitchell Park was without domes? |
609 |
9.17.1969 |
UWM parking was plentiful? |
610 |
9.20.1969 |
stores had scalloped awnings? |
611 |
9.24.1969 |
women really dressed for an outing? |
612 |
9.27.1969 |
registered newsboys played volleyball? |
613 |
10.1.1969 |
unpressed trousers were in style? |
614 |
10.4.1969 |
surreys met each train? |
615 |
10.8.1969 |
horsepower went to fires? |
616 |
10.11.1969 |
the Grand Opera House opened? |
617 |
10.15.1969 |
Goodwill Industries began in Milwaukee? |
618 |
10.18.1969 |
well trimmed mustaches were the rage in men’s fashions? |
619 |
10.22.1969 |
bamboo fishing poles were popular? |
620 |
10.25.1969 |
West Park had a bandstand? |
621 |
10.29.1969 |
Milwaukee had a Jahrmarket? |
622 |
11.1.1969 |
Milwaukee held a charity bazaar? |
623 |
11.5.1969 |
horses tramped through Hawthorne Glen? |
624 |
11.8.1969 |
Johnny came marching home? |
625 |
11.12.1969 |
wallpaper hanging was big business? |
626 |
11.15.1969 |
sightseeing was popular in Milwaukee? |
627 |
11.19.1969 |
a pagoda stood in Schlitz Park? |
628 |
11.22.1969 |
east side of downtown looked like this? |
629 |
11.26.1969 |
Kulmbacher was just 10¢? |
630 |
11.29.1969 |
there was a fire insurance patrol? |
631 |
12.3.1969 |
furnaces were purchased at hardware stores? |
632 |
12.6.1969 |
Heller elevators served Milwaukee from this store? |
633 |
12.10.1969 |
sides of beef were decorated for Christmas? |
634 |
12.13.1969 |
wagon wheels were plentiful in the carriage age? |
635 |
12.17.1969 |
Buttles & Stewart sold parlor stoves? |
636 |
12.20.1969 |
Division St. was home to the German market? |
637 |
12.24.1969 |
the first snowmobiles were built? |
638 |
12.27.1969 |
postcards carried greetings? |
639 |
12.31.1969 |
candy was made on Grand Ave.? |
640 |
1.3.1970 |
pork steak was 11¢ per pound? |
641 |
1.7.1970 |
carriages rolled on city streets? |
642 |
1.10.1970 |
Milwaukee had horse drawn streetcars? |
643 |
1.14.1970 |
modern markets looked like this? |
644 |
1.17.1970 |
sleighs slid along Grand Ave.? |
645 |
1.21.1970 |
National Guardsmen rode horses? |
646 |
1.24.1970 |
men in Milwaukee wore high buttoned coats? |
647 |
1.28.1970 |
Milwaukee brewed Best beer? |
648 |
1.31.1970 |
milady wore a maxi? |
649 |
2.4.1970 |
wicker sidecars were popular? |
650 |
2.7.1970 |
Milwaukee joined forces to demand jobs? |
651 |
2.11.1970 |
a winery stood on Forest Home Ave.? |
652 |
2.14.1970 |
Aviator Maitland came home? |
653 |
2.18.1970 |
Franklin Roosevelt toured the city? |
654 |
2.21.1970 |
winter in Milwaukee seemed worse? |
655 |
2.25.1970 |
billboards lined Grand Ave.? |
656 |
2.28.1970 |
Mayor Hoan was in the ‘movies’? |
657 |
3.4.1970 |
women drivers really had problems? |
658 |
3.7.1970 |
the liquor wagon clinked through Milwaukee? |
659 |
3.11.1970 |
grocers offered delivery service? |
660 |
3.14.1970 |
printers were down by the riverside? |
661 |
3.18.1970 |
two guys from Milwaukee came home? |
662 |
3.21.1970 |
the mail moved by horse power? |
663 |
3.25.1970 |
Milwaukee-Downer College graced the city? |
664 |
3.28.1970 |
festivals brightened the 3rd Ward? |
665 |
4.1.1970 |
movie openings drew street crowds? |
666 |
4.4.1970 |
glee clubs and student productions flourished? |
667 |
4.8.1970 |
sweater vests were stylish? |
668 |
4.11.1970 |
roads were rutted by wagon wheels? |
669 |
4.15.1970 |
formal pictures called for hats? |
670 |
4.18.1970 |
furnishings were somewhat simpler? |
671 |
4.22.1970 |
long skirts dusted Wisconsin Ave.? |
672 |
4.25.1970 |
earth was moved like this? |
673 |
4.29.1970 |
street sales promoted savings bonds? |
674 |
5.2.1970 |
little girls carried parasols? |
675 |
5.6.1970 |
downtown streets were quiet? |
676 |
5.9.1970 |
sports were a far more formal affair? |
677 |
5.13.1970 |
fishing was a young man’s fancy? |
678 |
5.16.1970 |
the Knights of St. George line up for inspection? |
679 |
5.20.1970 |
parking was no problem on Juneau Ave.? |
680 |
5.23.1970 |
Indians gathered at State Fair Park? |
681 |
5.27.1970 |
Milwaukee had only one radio station? |
682 |
5.30.1970 |
yesterday’s ‘Easy Rider’ owned ‘the Silent Indian’? |
683 |
6.3.1970 |
Glidden auto tours made a Milwaukee pit stop? |
684 |
6.6.1970 |
the Milwaukee River attracted swimmers? |
685 |
6.10.1970 |
itinerant photographers carried live props? |
686 |
6.13.1970 |
Milwaukee welcomed Wiley Post? |
687 |
6.17.1970 |
horses had competition like this? |
688 |
6.20.1970 |
the ‘west’ Menomonee River Valley was bridged? |
689 |
6.24.1970 |
the ‘Magnificent Mile’ opened? |
690 |
6.27.1970 |
the Milwaukee Road built its own passenger cars? |
691 |
7.1.1970 |
the men in blue wore white hats? |
692 |
7.8.1970 |
these were the Milwaukee Brewers? |
693 |
7.11.1970 |
Turkish Rooms were all the rage? |
694 |
7.15.1970 |
Milwaukee’s rapid transit passed into history? |
695 |
7.18.1970 |
the Sheridan Guard camped at West Allis? |
696 |
7.22.1970 |
Milwaukee business leaders picnicked? |
697 |
7.25.1970 |
bands were vo-vo-vodeodo but much more formal? |
698 |
7.29.1970 |
piano recitals were held at Mozart Hall? |
699 |
8.1.1970 |
South Side Savings served Milwaukee? |
700 |
8.5.1970 |
families went crayfish hunting in the Milwaukee River? |
701 |
8.8.1970 |
the Rambler touring car was introduced? |
702 |
8.12.1970 |
traveling groups met at the Northwestern station? |
703 |
8.15.1970 |
kindergartens were an innovation? |
704 |
8.19.1970 |
harness racing was a big event at the State Fair? |
705 |
8.22.1970 |
the fountain ‘turned on’ waders at Walker Square? |
706 |
8.26.1970 |
these young men served Pfister patrons? |
707 |
8.29.1970 |
the movies cost a dime? |
708 |
9.2.1970 |
playhouses were Victorian in style? |
709 |
9.5.1970 |
Allpure Ice was delivered by Blue Wagon Service? |
710 |
9.9.1970 |
the ‘Cannonball Express’ chugged past? |
711 |
9.12.1970 |
Civic Center plans were first drawn up in 1922? |
712 |
9.16.1970 |
old timers met at Blatz Park? |
713 |
9.19.1970 |
the ladies and the butcher shop looked like this? |
714 |
9.23.1970 |
Depression youngsters borrowed used toys? |
715 |
9.26.1970 |
leaves were collected with horse teams? |
716 |
9.30.1970 |
the ‘world atlas’ bloomed at Soldiers’ Home? |
717 |
10.3.1970 |
groceries and feed were delivered in a fancy open truck? |
718 |
10.7.1970 |
the electric Milwaukee Northern Railway served the city? |
719 |
10.10.1970 |
it was perfectly legal to roll with the football? |
720 |
10.14.1970 |
old time cameras took good pictures? |
721 |
10.17.1970 |
beards and mustaches were a sign of the ‘establishment’? |
722 |
10.21.1970 |
Milwaukee was a leading publishing center of German
books? |
723 |
10.24.1970 |
student nurses wore such caps? |
724 |
10.28.1970 |
school children rode in jitney cabs? |
725 |
10.31.1970 |
the Milwaukee Yacht Club was destroyed by fire? |
726 |
11.4.1970 |
Espenhain’s was a leading dry good establishment? |
727 |
11.7.1970 |
sidewalk billboards advertised coming attractions? |
728 |
11.11.1970 |
T.M.E.R.&L. employees enjoyed outings to Waukesha
Beach? |
729 |
11.14.1970 |
women stitched clothes like this? |
730 |
11.18.1970 |
children waited ‘patiently’ for radio heroes? |
731 |
11.21.1970 |
Thanksgiving dinners were made from scratch? |
732 |
11.25.1970 |
the Pere Marquette 18 car sank in Lake Michigan? |
733 |
11.28.1970 |
‘new’ Ford trucks were used at Wisconsin Ice & Coal? |
734 |
12.2.1970 |
old wells and lovers’ lanes dotted the area? |
735 |
12.5.1970 |
homes along the Menomonee River Pkwy. were out in the Country?
|
736 |
12.9.1970 |
the tool sharpener came to call? |
737 |
12.12.1970 |
nailless shoes were an innovation? |
738 |
12.16.1970 |
electric cars were used to install electrical wiring? |
739 |
12.19.1970 |
Milwaukee led the nation in number of strikes? |
740 |
12.23.1970 |
men gathered at the saloon to toast Christmas? |
741 |
12.26.1970 |
people exchanged New Year’s postcards? |
742 |
12.30.1970 |
the streetcar ‘bent the corner’ round? |
743 |
1.2.1971 |
young boys sold Saturday Evening Post subscription? |
744 |
1.6.1971 |
refrigerators were sold door to door? |
745 |
1.9.1971 |
pets could ride on the running board? |
746 |
1.13.1971 |
Henry Siefert was a school principal? |
747 |
1.16.1971 |
grocery store sweets were kept under glass? |
748 |
1.20.1971 |
ice skaters jammed the Milwaukee River? |
749 |
1.23.1971 |
the Perry Centennial Parade broke records? |
750 |
1.27.1971 |
ox teams pulled logging sleds? |
751 |
1.30.1971 |
horse barns were in the backyard? |
752 |
2.3.1971 |
ships were built and repaired in Milwaukee dry docks? |
753 |
2.6.1971 |
men wore ‘maxi’ coats? |
754 |
2.10.1971 |
a barbershop shave cost a quarter? |
755 |
2.13.1971 |
grandparents were swingers? |
756 |
2.17.1971 |
City Hall was new? |
757 |
2.20.1971 |
the Labor Fair drew huge crowds? |
758 |
2.24.1971 |
this Dutch windmill was in operation? |
759 |
2.27.1971 |
coy flapper’s ‘sold’ shirts? |
760 |
3.3.1971 |
a flash flood struck Milwaukee |
761 |
3.6.1971 |
tin shops carried household necessities? |
762 |
3.10.1971 |
some backyards looked liked this? |
763 |
3.13.1971 |
the Teutonia was champion in volleyball? |
764 |
3.17.1971 |
2nd and Wells was a secondhand center? |
765 |
3.20.1971 |
canoeing was popular on the Milwaukee River? |
766 |
3.24.1971 |
the Electric Tower drew fun lovers? |
767 |
3.27.1971 |
little girls were ‘little ladies’? |
768 |
3.31.1971 |
Jones Island looked like this? |
769 |
4.3.1971 |
short hair was a sign of nonconformity? |
770 |
4.7.1971 |
Miss Treat’s School was on the East Side? |
771 |
4.10.1971 |
baseball fans rode the streetcar? |
772 |
4.14.1971 |
Steinmeyer’s delivered groceries to the door? |
773 |
4.17.1971 |
girls sewed their own graduation dresses? |
774 |
4.21.1971 |
flowers bloomed in the library? |
775 |
4.24.1971 |
the Germania Club picnicked at Pabst Park? |
776 |
4.28.1971 |
parade floats were for the birds? |
777 |
5.1.1971 |
rags were collected by horse and wagon? |
778 |
5.5.1971 |
the hardware man fixed stoves? |
779 |
5.8.1971 |
Milwaukee’s major airport terminal looked like this? |
780 |
5.12.1971 |
Sunday joy rides were horse drawn? |
781 |
5.15.1971 |
the ‘Thousand Dollar Beauty’ got married? |
782 |
5.19.1971 |
the Milwaukee School Board looked like this? |
783 |
5.22.1971 |
Crackerjacks Park was in bloom? |
784 |
5.22.1971 |
airplanes were manufactured in Milwaukee? |
785 |
5.29.1971 |
policemen wore frock coats? |
786 |
6.2.1971 |
the American Legion had a girls’ band? |
787 |
6.5.1971 |
automobiles were ‘purely for pleasure’? |
788 |
6.9.1971 |
movies were sweet and innocent? |
789 |
6.12.1971 |
trains carried milk right with the passengers? |
790 |
6.16.1971 |
you couldn’t tell the fire from the engine? |
791 |
6.19.1971 |
Milwaukee acquired ‘breathing spots’? |
792 |
6.23.1971 |
orphans found a home in Wauwatosa? |
793 |
6.26.1971 |
trucks were a novelty? |
794 |
6.30.1971 |
the interurban make its last run? |
795 |
7.3.1971 |
the Women’s Home Defense Guard marched on the Fourth of
July? |
796 |
7.7.1971 |
the statue of Lincoln stood here? |
797 |
7.10.1971 |
63 people lost their homes in a Wauwatosa blaze? |
798 |
7.14.1971 |
streets were paved with bricks? |
799 |
7.17.1971 |
Supervisor Pohl was a volunteer fireman? |
800 |
7.21.1971 |
salesmen ‘pedaled’ their wares? |
801 |
7.24.1971 |
the whizzbang music of Spike Jones topped the hit parade? |
802 |
7.28.1971 |
dolls were a Sunday plaything? |
803 |
7.31.1971 |
lily ponds flourished at Washington Park? |
804 |
8.4.1971 |
Police Chief Laubenheimer died? |
805 |
8.7.1971 |
it was this crew that staffed the old zoo? |
806 |
8.11.1971 |
children got daily doses of cod liver oil? |
807 |
8.14.1971 |
sauerbraten dinners were all of 40 cents? |
808 |
8.18.1971 |
horse and master delivered the mail? |
809 |
8.21.1971 |
bakeries sold penny ice cream cones? |
810 |
8.25.1971 |
swimming schools rubbed elbows on the Milwaukee River? |
811 |
8.28.1971 |
Breta Griem headed the ‘Milk Did It’ Club? |
812 |
9.1.1971 |
old world gardens adorned Convent Hill? |
813 |
9.4.1971 |
Babe Ruth barnstormed at Borchert Field? |
814 |
9.9.1971 |
prohibition put the brakes on beer trucks? |
815 |
9.11.1971 |
the firm of Ferry & Clas designed public monuments? |
816 |
9.15.1971 |
bubblers served man and beast? |
817 |
9.18.1971 |
Wisconsin Ave. was not so Grand? |
818 |
9.22.1971 |
this famous ‘Lady’ landed at County Airport? |
819 |
9.25.1971 |
a streetcar was named adventure? |
820 |
9.29.1971 |
Wauwatosa looked like this in the 1870s? |
821 |
10.2.1971 |
the Robert Burns statue was unveiled? |
822 |
10.6.1971 |
most grocers had pickle barrels? |
823 |
10.9.1971 |
bread trucks were an innovation? |
824 |
10.13.1971 |
conventioneers had to pitch tents? |
825 |
10.16.1971 |
few wanted hospitals nearby? |
826 |
10.20.1971 |
Milwaukeeans aided World War I victims? |
827 |
10.23.1971 |
lady ball players wore black lisle stockings? |
828 |
10.27.1971 |
coopers rolled out the barrel? |
829 |
10.30.1971 |
this was children’s hoop-de-doo? |
830 |
11.3.1971 |
Robert Spencer was an Education Pacesetter? |
831 |
11.6.1971 |
Muirdale Sanatorium was built? |
832 |
11.10.1971 |
milkmen worked a seven-day week? |
833 |
11.13.1971 |
schooners battled their way across Lake Michigan? |
834 |
11.17.1971 |
Elkdom’s Lodge was built? |
835 |
11.20.1971 |
a medieval arch stood in St. Francis? |
836 |
11.24.1971 |
Civil War veterans marched in Milwaukee? |
837 |
11.27.1971 |
warm water soap was billed as the answer to washday
blues? |
838 |
12.1.1971 |
homemade planes soared in the air? |
839 |
12.4.1971 |
a ski jump rose in Gordon Park? |
840 |
12.8.1971 |
this Milwaukee landmark bridged the gap? |
841 |
12.11.1971 |
planes took off in Washington Park? |
842 |
12.15.1971 |
finger waves were the latest in ladies locks? |
843 |
12.18.1971 |
ambulances were horse drawn? |
844 |
12.22.1971 |
these women had your number? |
845 |
12.29.1971 |
the Turners held masquerade parties? |
846 |
1.5.1972 |
the family wash was done at Campbell’s? |
847 |
1.8.1972 |
city officials went snipe hunting? |
848 |
1.12.1972 |
fruits were delivered by horse and wagon? |
849 |
1.15.1972 |
stereopticon slides were parlor favorites? |
850 |
1.19.1972 |
gents had to stand at the bar? |
851 |
1.22.1972 |
hill climbing tractors thrilled State Fair crowds? |
852 |
1.26.1972 |
Jack Benny joked for a Milwaukee cause? |
853 |
1.29.1972 |
Wisconsin women fought for the vote? |
854 |
2.2.1972 |
the automobile hit the big time? |
855 |
2.5.1972 |
modeling was introduced to the black community? |
856 |
2.9.1972 |
labor forces struck in 1913? |
857 |
2.12.1972 |
librarians dressed up for Valentine’s Day? |
858 |
2.16.1972 |
the Union Depot was in the heart of town? |
859 |
2.19.1972 |
mineral springs made Waukesha County famous? |
860 |
2.23.1972 |
little boys wore high button shoes? |
861 |
2.26.1972 |
‘Fighting Bob’ ran for president? |
862 |
3.1.1972 |
swim teams held marathons in the Milwaukee River? |
863 |
3.4.1972 |
cigar stores dotted the Milwaukee scene? |
864 |
3.8.1972 |
Grand Ave. had a swinging bridge? |
865 |
3.11.1972 |
cloches were the rage? |
866 |
3.15.1972 |
confectionaries flourished in Milwaukee? |
867 |
3.18.1972 |
black was The fashion color? |
868 |
3.22.1972 |
horses brought ice? |
869 |
3.25.1972 |
baby boys wore dresses? |
870 |
3.29.1972 |
Marquette opened its new dental clinic? |
871 |
4.1.1972 |
spring hats embellished the Easter season? |
872 |
4.5.1972 |
Milwaukee’s Gilda Gray danced the shimmy? |
873 |
4.8.1972 |
new day began with The Milwaukee Journal? |
874 |
4.12.1972 |
this was how planes were refueled? |
875 |
4.15.1972 |
a woman in sports was exceptional exception? |
876 |
4.19.1972 |
the grain exchange thrived at Michigan and Broadway? |
877 |
4.22.1972 |
furnaces were horse drawn? |
878 |
4.26.1972 |
ship launchings drew crowds along the Kinnickinnic? |
879 |
4.29.1972 |
stars deadlined the Davidson? |
880 |
5.3.1972 |
Sunday drives had interruptions? |
881 |
5.6.1972 |
scouts worked for Goodwill? |
882 |
5.10.1972 |
wine barrels lined saloon walls? |
883 |
5.13.1972 |
fire horses were the department’s pride? |
884 |
5.17.1972 |
Milwaukee County lent toys to children? |
885 |
5.20.1972 |
open air vans linked Milwaukee and Waukesha? |
886 |
5.24.1972 |
the Auditorium was bedecked with bunting and bowlers? |
887 |
5.27.1972 |
trucks crossed wooden bridges-sometimes? |
888 |
5.31.1972 |
Braves’ baseball gripped a boy’s imagination? |
889 |
6.3.1972 |
this gang repaired railway cars at Davies Yard? |
890 |
6.7.1972 |
trolley cable strung Milwaukee streets? |
891 |
6.10.1972 |
the 1934 cars dazzled spectators at the Auto Show? |
892 |
6.10.1972 |
the Hiawatha raced the rails? |
893 |
6.17.1972 |
‘turtles’ guided Milwaukee traffic? |
894 |
6.21.1972 |
newborn babes were kept under glass? |
895 |
6.24.1972 |
fancy horses pulled hearses? |
896 |
6.28.1972 |
boys and girls rode Goose neck sleds? |
897 |
7.1.1972 |
another circus parade dazzled downtown? |
898 |
7.5.1972 |
Milwaukee celebrated its 100th birthday? |
899 |
7.8.1972 |
people went ‘down by Schuster’? |
900 |
7.12.1972 |
the rains came in 1935? |
901 |
7.15.1972 |
babies had steel walkers? |
902 |
7.19.1972 |
soup meat was 4½ cents a pound? |
903 |
7.22.1972 |
horses paused at troughs? |
904 |
7.26.1972 |
Milwaukee rooted for National All-Stars? |
905 |
7.29.1972 |
roofs were fine for watching parades? |
906 |
8.2.1972 |
hardball was the game at Mitchell Park? |
907 |
8.5.1972 |
Milwaukee was becoming an important sky port? |
908 |
8.9.1972 |
downtown parking lots had wide open spaces? |
909 |
8.12.1972 |
the Wisconsin State Fair was mostly tents? |
910 |
8.16.1972 |
haircuts cost 40 cents? |
911 |
8.19.1972 |
patent medicines were made and purveyed here? |
912 |
8.23.1972 |
shirt collars were detachable? |
913 |
8.26.1972 |
this was the operating room? |
914 |
8.30.1972 |
living rooms were garlanded and draped? |
915 |
9.2.1972 |
the steering wheel was on the right? |
916 |
9.6.1972 |
the County Jail was at Broadway and Wells? |
917 |
9.9.1972 |
horses delivered beer and soda? |
918 |
9.13.1972 |
bartenders could be 12 years old? |
919 |
9.16.1972 |
‘Easy Riders’ of 1912 rode these motorcycles? |
920 |
9.20.1972 |
beer shipments were secret? |
921 |
9.23.1972 |
fashion included plumage? |
922 |
9.27.1972 |
the Wisconsin Theater opened? |
923 |
9.30.1972 |
first communion meant long dresses? |
924 |
10.3.1972 |
grocery shopping meant bulk buying, fewer choices? |
925 |
10.7.1972 |
girls played with china dolls? |
926 |
10.10.1972 |
boys wore bows? |
927 |
10.14.1972 |
policemen dressed like Keystone Kops? |
928 |
10.17.1972 |
bus passes were introduced? |
929 |
10.21.1972 |
nurses doubled as cooks? |
930 |
10.24.1972 |
Milwaukee had its own Greek villa? |
931 |
10.28.1972 |
travelers stayed at the Kirby House? |
932 |
10.31.1972 |
the umbrella repairman went house to house? |
933 |
11.4.1972 |
babies posed on bearskin rugs? |
934 |
11.7.1972 |
lumberjacks used a kind of snowmobile? |
935 |
11.11.1972 |
going to the library was a special occasion? |
936 |
11.14.1972 |
a Locomobile raced on Milwaukee road? |
937 |
11.18.1972 |
religious celebrations included parades? |
938 |
11.21.1972 |
super sailboats were used for business? |
939 |
11.25.1972 |
electric streetcars first ran on Milwaukee streets? |
940 |
11.28.1972 |
Milwaukee had its own Broadway theater? |
941 |
12.2.1972 |
a bar dared to charge .10 cents for a beer? |
942 |
12.5.1972 |
Hotel La Salle served Milwaukee? |
943 |
12.9.1972 |
the German Market flourished in Milwaukee? |
944 |
12.12.1972 |
grand homes graced Grand Ave.? |
945 |
12.16.1972 |
the photographer came around with his goat? |
946 |
12.19.1972 |
nice things came in big boxes? |
947 |
12.23.1972 |
holiday greetings came via special postcards? |
948 |
12.26.1972 |
society entertained at the Deutscher Club? |
949 |
12.30.1972 |
people came calling on New Year’s Day? |
950 |
1.2.1973 |
a shooting grounds became an amusement park? |
951 |
1.6.1973 |
Milwaukee had its own Court of Honor? |
952 |
1.9.1973 |
waiting for the streetcar was in fashion? |
953 |
1.13.1973 |
snow slowed the ‘Dummy Line’? |
954 |
1.16.1973 |
children helped companies advertise? |
955 |
1.20.1973 |
a Milwaukee tavern held a funeral? |
956 |
1.23.1973 |
an all-girl band performed in Milwaukee? |
957 |
1.27.1973 |
Milwaukee’s finest rode Silent Gray Fellows? |
958 |
1.30.1973 |
men plowed ice fields? |
959 |
2.3.1973 |
secretaries wore white to work? |
960 |
2.6.1973 |
a Wauwatosa store was practically a shopping center? |
961 |
2.10.1973 |
doughnuts welcomed home the Doughboys? |
962 |
2.13.1973 |
Cupid’s message came on a picture postcard? |
963 |
2.17.1973 |
Pandl’s Inn once was Bentley’s? |
964 |
2.20.1973 |
snowmobile ‘horsepower’ had four legs? |
965 |
2.24.1973 |
Milwaukee had a basket making establishment? |
966 |
2.27.1973 |
Espenhain’s department store closed? |
967 |
3.3.1973 |
fire stations had bell towers? |
968 |
3.6.1973 |
phonographs were tall? |
969 |
3.10.1973 |
this group performed in the kitchen? |
970 |
3.13.1973 |
the Journal sponsored a motorcycle tour? |
971 |
3.17.1973 |
tavern keepers made their own ‘near beer’? |
972 |
3.20.1973 |
ground beef sold for pennies a pound? |
973 |
3.24.1973 |
milady always wore gloves? |
974 |
3.27.1973 |
sporty roadsters ruled the roads? |
975 |
3.31.1973 |
buildings offered a slice of advertised life? |
976 |
4.3.1973 |
Milwaukee had open air dancing? |
977 |
4.7.1973 |
street lights were a gas? |
978 |
4.10.1973 |
Milwaukeeans marched in a preparedness parade? |
979 |
4.14.1973 |
one beer party had to wait for midnight? |
980 |
4.17.1973 |
bicycles made for crowds? |
981 |
4.21.1973 |
religious services and parking meters made news? |
982 |
4.24.1973 |
downtown block looked liked this? |
983 |
4.28.1973 |
coal trucks made the rounds? |
984 |
5.1.1973 |
the Mitchell Park Conservatory was ‘domeless’? |
985 |
5.5.1973 |
a helmeted postman made the rounds? |
986 |
5.8.1973 |
the water tower dwarfed St. Mary’s Hospital? |
987 |
5.12.1973 |
Milwaukee had special kind of fire fighters? |
988 |
5.15.1973 |
X-ray equipment was not so well known? |
989 |
5.19.1973 |
this Milwaukee firm opened shop? |
990 |
5.22.1973 |
an electric truck zipped about? |
991 |
5.26.1973 |
fish and people rode in sidecars? |
992 |
5.29.1973 |
the blacksmith was more than a shoer of horses? |
993 |
6.2.1973 |
dolls had china heads? |
994 |
6.5.1973 |
underprivileged children had outings in Mequon? |
995 |
6.9.1973 |
Boy Scout troops were something new? |
996 |
6.12.1973 |
the milk truck ran on horse-power? |
997 |
6.16.1973 |
bank women were the very models of high fashion? |
998 |
6.19.1973 |
Mader’s was on W. Water St.? |
999 |
6.23.1973 |
outdoor bands first tuned up? |
1000 |
6.26.1973 |
bows were big? |
1001 |
6.30.1973 |
the post office had custom made vehicles? |
1002 |
7.3.1973 |
the circus came to town? |
1003 |
7.7.1973 |
the grocery store had a sawdust covered floor? |
1004 |
7.10.1973 |
the Milwaukee River offered relief? |
1005 |
7.14.1973 |
people dressed up for picnics? |
1006 |
7.17.1973 |
little boys looked like little girls? |
1007 |
7.21.1973 |
downtown streets weren’t so busy? |
1008 |
7.24.1973 |
the library was under construction? |
1009 |
7.28.1973 |
hardware suppliers looked like this? |
1010 |
7.31.1973 |
X-ray machines looked like furnaces? |
1011 |
8.4.1973 |
furnace coke came in bags? |
1012 |
8.7.1973 |
bathers were better covered? |
1013 |
8.11.1973 |
bicycles left you tall in the saddle? |
1014 |
8.14.1973 |
families had an outing to make their own wine? |
1015 |
8.18.1973 |
electric cars zipped about? |
1016 |
8.21.1973 |
ferris wheels were an innovation? |
1017 |
8.25.1973 |
bakery smells filled the neighborhood? |
1018 |
8.23.1973 |
models wore photos? |
1019 |
9.1.1973 |
bears roamed a Milwaukee park? |
1020 |
9.4.1973 |
gridiron greats had less padding? |
1021 |
9.8.1973 |
a picnic featured clam chowder? |
1022 |
9.11.1973 |
the ‘little red store’ had multiple uses? |
1023 |
9.15.1973 |
a mansion went unoccupied? |
1024 |
9.18.1973 |
uprights were more commonly seen? |
1025 |
9.22.1973 |
the children’s ward wasn’t all that cheery? |
1026 |
9.25.1973 |
car owners installed their own ‘extras’? |
1027 |
9.29.1973 |
a construction firm was under construction? |
1028 |
10.2.1973 |
little girls looked like boys? |
1029 |
10.6.1973 |
Milwaukee got its first elephant? |
1030 |
10.9.1973 |
ambulances first rushed to the scene? |
1031 |
10.13.1973 |
Teddy Roosevelt campaigned in Milwaukee? |
1032 |
10.16.1973 |
there were wicker baby buggies? |
1033 |
10.20.1973 |
dining rooms were ornate? |
1034 |
10.23.1973 |
hips were padded? |
1035 |
10.27.1973 |
newspaper deliverers had a uniform? |
1035a |
11.20.1973 |
Visitor remembers, too [article about ‘Remeber When’] |
1036 |
10.30.1973 |
toddlers kept warm like this? |
1037 |
11.3.1973 |
home radio was an innovation? |
1038 |
11.6.1973 |
the 1934 Auto Show offered ‘bargains’? |
1039 |
11.10.1973 |
near beer was on the way out? |
1040 |
11.13.1973 |
a tyke’s trike had wooden wheels? |
1041 |
11.17.1973 |
neighborhood bowling alleys were simpler? |
1042 |
11.20.1973 |
dollies wore long dresses? |
1043 |
11.24.1973 |
these ladies had the sweetest jobs in town? |
1044 |
11.27.1973 |
the Journal sponsored motorcycle tours? |
1045 |
12.1.1973 |
the Jahrmarket was an annual event? |
1046 |
12.4.1973 |
the WPA sponsored jogs? |
1047 |
12.8.1973 |
most homes were heated with coal? |
1048 |
12.11.1973 |
the popcorn wagon rolled up? |
1049 |
12.15.1973 |
skaters wore knickers? |
1050 |
12.18.1973 |
men’s suits were on the long side? |
1051 |
12.22.1973 |
Christmas cards were edged in fringe? |
1052 |
12.29.1973 |
the Athletic Club welcomed in 1914? |
1053 |
1.5.1974 |
petitions were signed to save daylight? |
1054 |
1.8.1974 |
W. Wisconsin Ave. was Grand Ave.? |
1055 |
1.12.1974 |
the Bitker Department Store fire made headlines? |
1056 |
1.15.1974 |
Bill Carlsen’s baton led the band, not the weather map? |
1057 |
1.19.1974 |
gas stations first had pagoda towers? |
1058 |
1.22.1974 |
milady’s purse hung from her waist? |
1059 |
1.26.1974 |
Milwaukeeans rode trackless trolleys? |
1060 |
1.29.1974 |
Lake Park had a toboggan run? |
1061 |
2.2.1974 |
the groundhog’s prediction was a secret? |
1062 |
2.5.1974 |
motorcycles were less streamlined? |
1063 |
2.9.1974 |
Milwaukee’s Washington Monument was fenced in? |
1064 |
2.12.1974 |
the North Point Light Station was shorter? |
1065 |
2.16.1974 |
natatoriums were primarily for bathing? |
1066 |
2.19.1974 |
the topknot was fashionable? |
1067 |
2.23.1974 |
no one said ‘cheese’? |
1068 |
2.26.1974 |
social centers were something new? |
1069 |
3.2.1974 |
bread was a nickel a loaf? |
1070 |
3.5.1974 |
street fashion was more of a coverup? |
1071 |
3.9.1974 |
toys were borrowed? |
1072 |
3.12.1974 |
there were more dry goods stores? |
1073 |
3.16.1974 |
there were awnings for everything? |
1074 |
3.19.1974 |
the Schandein mansion graced Grand Avenue? |
1075 |
3.23.1974 |
young ladies sought to be accomplished? |
1076 |
3.26.1974 |
the jukebox was something new? |
1077 |
3.30.1974 |
the lavish Alhambra Theater showed movies? |
1078 |
4.2.1974 |
Shorewood had its own amusement park? |
1079 |
4.6.1974 |
Journal carrier boys won a vacation? |
1080 |
4.9.1974 |
people painted Easter Eggs to look like people? |
1081 |
4.13.1974 |
milk came in cans? |
1082 |
4.16.1974 |
Juneau Park was somewhat treeless? |
1083 |
4.20.1974 |
canoe ride thrilled camera buffs of all ages? |
1084 |
4.23.1974 |
librarians worked in long dresses? |
1085 |
4.27.1974 |
bicycles were props for two? |
1086 |
4.30.1974 |
a park policeman acted the part? |
1087 |
5.4.1974 |
flowers bloomed in the library lobby? |
1088 |
5.7.1974 |
cloches were all the rage? |
1089 |
5.11.1974 |
infants had a lakeside pavilion? |
1090 |
5.14.1974 |
Depression unemployed demanded jobs? |
1091 |
5.18.1974 |
Milwaukee youngsters attended ‘vacation schools’? |
1092 |
5.21.1974 |
Cathedral Square was Courthouse Square? |
1093 |
5.25.1974 |
‘boaters’ were in fashion? |
1094 |
5.28.1974 |
brides’ bouquets were long and flowing? |
1095 |
6.1.1974 |
E. Wisconsin Avenue was paved with bricks? |
1096 |
6.4.1974 |
swimsuits looked like dresses? |
1097 |
6.8.1974 |
children had most of their fun out of doors? |
1098 |
6.11.1974 |
hemlines climbed 8 inches from the ground? |
1099 |
6.15.1974 |
Boys Scouts sold Library Bonds? |
1100 |
6.18.1974 |
little boys wore a sort of skirt? |
1101 |
6.22.1974 |
newspaper carriers congregated in knickers? |
1102 |
6.25.1974 |
Milwaukeeans welcomed Wiley Post? |
1103 |
6.29.1974 |
downtown intersections were less busy? |
1104 |
7.2.1974 |
the Milwaukee Industrial School was a house of refuge? |
1105 |
7.6.1974 |
women bathers dared to show their calves? |
1106 |
7.9.1974 |
canoeing was a popular river sport? |
1107 |
7.13.1974 |
streetcars met at 3rd and Wisconsin? |
1108 |
7.16.1974 |
opera was something new under the band shell? |
1109 |
7.20.1974 |
almost everyone wore a bow? |
1110 |
7.23.1974 |
books were sent to our fighting men? |
1111 |
7.27.1974 |
streetcars advertised band concerts? |
1112 |
7.30.1974 |
spool saving was more common? |
1113 |
8.3.1974 |
Milwaukeeans celebrated Style Week? |
1114 |
8.6.1974 |
men took to the boater? |
1115 |
8.10.1974 |
State Fair was held in September? |
1116 |
8.13.1974 |
Washington Park pool attracted waders in white? |
1117 |
8.17.1974 |
infantrymen were doughboys? |
1118 |
8.20.1974 |
‘reasonable’ hotel prices meant $1 a day? |
1119 |
8.24.1974 |
Miss Brown meant business? |
1120 |
8.27.1974 |
the Elk Monument was moved and rededicated? |
1121 |
8.31.1974 |
Milwaukee’s finest wore high helmets? |
1122 |
9.3.1974 |
Milwaukee celebrated grape harvest? |
1123 |
9.7.1974 |
Wells Fargo had offices in Milwaukee? |
1124 |
9.10.1974 |
vocational schools first flourished? |
1125 |
9.14.1974 |
houses had outhouses? |
1126 |
9.17.1974 |
the old bridge was new? |
1127 |
9.21.1974 |
skirts were gored? |
1128 |
9.24.1974 |
secluded gazebos were more common? |
1129 |
9.28.1974 |
the automobile first meant business? |
1130 |
10.1.1974 |
gents traveled by carriage? |
1131 |
10.5.1974 |
Milwaukeeans celebrated the Perry Centennial? |
1132 |
10.8.1974 |
fire trucks were considerably smaller? |
1133 |
10.12.1974 |
horses waited to take theater goers home? |
1134 |
10.15.1974 |
horses raced at Washington Park? |
1135 |
10.19.1974 |
golfers wore ties? |
1136 |
10.22.1974 |
water had to be pumped ‘out back’? |
1137 |
10.26.1974 |
horses and streetcars shared the Avenue? |
1138 |
10.29.1974 |
family portraits were more picturesque? |
1139 |
11.2.1974 |
the ladies first took to the courts? |
1140 |
11.5.1974 |
movies cost a quarter? |
1141 |
11.9.1974 |
the courthouse was new? |
1142 |
11.12.1974 |
‘musicians’ wore high collars? |
1143 |
11.16.1974 |
sightseers toured Milwaukee in a tallyho? |
1144 |
11.19.1974 |
Jones Island had its own school? |
1145 |
11.23.1974 |
librarians celebrated a special anniversary? |
1146 |
11.26.1974 |
dairies produced more than dairy products? |
1147 |
11.30.1974 |
some things looked more complicated? |
1148 |
12.3.1974 |
Milwaukeeans celebrated the Midsummer Festival? |
1149 |
12.7.1974 |
the Cosmopolitan offered a ‘cosmopolitan’ lunch? |
1150 |
12.10.1974 |
drugstores delivered almost anything? |
1151 |
12.14.1974 |
landscape was edible? |
1152 |
12.17.1974 |
long johns were donned daily? |
1153 |
12.21.1974 |
trash pickup was horse drawn? |
1154 |
12.24.1974 |
Yule celebrations were ‘homemade’? |
1155 |
12.28.1974 |
business furniture included roll-top desks? |
1156 |
12.31.1974 |
hikers were clad in knickers? |
1157 |
1.4.1975 |
skating was a more formal affair? |
1158 |
1.7.1975 |
the streetcar passed by Menger’s? |
1159 |
1.11.1975 |
Milwaukee had a German press club? |
1160 |
1.14.1975 |
roadsters ruled the roads? |
1161 |
1.18.1975 |
nurses wore maxis? |
1162 |
1.21.1975 |
the Pabst had an adjoining cafe? |
1163 |
1.25.1975 |
the stars came out for the Legion convention? |
1164 |
1.28.1975 |
nothing moved but the snow? |
1165 |
2.1.1975 |
Water St. had something for everyone? |
1166 |
2.4.1975 |
the Yacht Club had a different clubhouse? |
1167 |
2.8.1975 |
the Grand Ave. Viaduct was built? |
1168 |
2.11.1975 |
Cupid’s message came on a postcard? |
1169 |
2.15.1975 |
liquor deliveries were horse-drawn? |
1170 |
2.18.1975 |
the Republican Hotel was a downtown landmark? |
1172 |
2.25.1975 |
winter meant a sleigh? |
1173 |
3.1.1975 |
V-J Day was celebrated annually? |
1174 |
3.4.1975 |
party dresses were longer? |
1175 |
3.8.1975 |
hot fudge was free? |
1176 |
3.11.1975 |
the Deluge was a new fireboat? |
1177 |
3.15.1975 |
Shorewood had an amusement park? |
1178 |
3.18.1975 |
E. Wells was called Oneida? |
1179 |
3.22.1975 |
this singing society posed silently? |
1180 |
3.25.1975 |
picture taking was a bit scary? |
1181 |
3.29.1975 |
postcards carried Easter greetings? |
1182 |
4.1.1975 |
Gerald Kloss had four ears? |
1183 |
4.5.1975 |
tubas played favorites? |
1184 |
4.8.1975 |
downtown traffic wasn’t bad at all? |
1185 |
4.12.1975 |
cars were steered with tillers? |
1186 |
4.15.1975 |
fishermen wore collars and ties? |
1187 |
4.19.1975 |
these eight lined up behind the eight ball? |
1188 |
4.22.1975 |
Juneau Park had a cannon? |
1189 |
4.26.1975 |
Caspar’s bookstore bulged? |
1190 |
4.29.1975 |
hips were in fashion? |
1191 |
5.3.1975 |
ladies dared to hit the links? |
1192 |
5.6.1975 |
the Holton St. Viaduct was shorter? |
1193 |
5.10.1975 |
the East Side seemed way out in the country? |
1194 |
5.13.1975 |
Milwaukeeans took the North Shore? |
1195 |
5.17.1975 |
the South Side got a new library? |
1196 |
5.20.1975 |
the Hathaway Building was a downtown landmark? |
1197 |
5.24.1975 |
the blacksmith was more than a shoer of horses? |
1198 |
5.27.1975 |
bookworms made dugout news? |
1199 |
5.31.1975 |
grade school graduates wore long dresses? |
1200 |
6.3.1975 |
Milwaukee sang out on its 100th birthday? |
1201 |
6.7.1975 |
people saw Venice at the zoo? |
1202 |
6.10.1975 |
hankies sold for 5 cents? |
1203 |
6.14.1975 |
hatters had accessories? |
1204 |
6.17.1975 |
Gordon Park featured river swimming meets? |
1205 |
6.21.1975 |
Milwaukee was a center of the tanning industry? |
1206 |
6.24.1975 |
Lefeber Brothers had generally everything? |
1207 |
6.28.1975 |
ladies wore loads of lace? |
1208 |
7.1.1975 |
Eugene’s was in the Hotel Juneau? |
1209 |
7.5.1975 |
Milwaukee was short on fireworks? |
1210 |
7.8.1975 |
urban transportation meant streetcars? |
1211 |
7.12.1975 |
bathers were ‘completely dressed’? |
1212 |
7.15.1975 |
air-conditioning was only natural? |
1212a |
7.18.1975 |
we had human harp auditions? |
1213 |
7.19.1975 |
Milwaukee presses first ran? |
1214 |
7.22.1975 |
the Milwaukee Leader was published? |
1215 |
7.26.1975 |
boys attended the Milwaukee Academy? |
1216 |
7.29.1975 |
the Light Guard paraded? |
1217 |
8.2.1975 |
artists buttered up to State Fair? |
1218 |
8.5.1975 |
Milwaukee first had school for ‘females’? |
1219 |
8.9.1975 |
Whitefish Bay had a resort? |
1220 |
8.12.1975 |
bridesmaids wore this? |
1221 |
8.16.1975 |
a shooting grounds became an amusement park? |
1222 |
8.19.1975 |
horses parked next to City Hall? |
1223 |
8.23.1975 |
these finishers finished up? |
1224 |
8.26.1975 |
teachers earned $65 a month? |
1225 |
8.30.1975 |
children were pictured with pictures? |
1226 |
9.2.1975 |
a flying heroine spoke in Milwaukee? |
1227 |
9.6.1975 |
college students capered at Cracker-Jacks Park? |
1228 |
9.9.1975 |
the circus paraded into town? |
1229 |
9.13.1975 |
suckling pigs were .17¢ a pound? |
1230 |
9.16.1975 |
Marquette had a football team? |
1231 |
9.20.1975 |
Milwaukee had streets of brick? |
1232 |
9.23.1975 |
streetcars had accidents? |
1233 |
9.27.1975 |
the Tannhaeuser Building was a downtown landmark? |
1234 |
9.30.1975 |
the Arena was under construction? |
1235 |
10.4.1975 |
Falk’s band entertained? |
1236 |
10.8.1975 |
hearses became motorized? |
1237 |
10.11.1975 |
‘tower clocks’ kept time for Milwaukeeans? |
1238 |
10.14.1975 |
ladies’ hats were BIG? |
1238a |
10.17.1975 |
the first violin teacher came to town? |
1239 |
10.18.1975 |
the Tripoli Temple was being ‘domed’? |
1240 |
10.21.1975 |
a doctor donated Doctors Park? |
1241 |
10.25.1975 |
Sherman School was brand new? |
1242 |
10.28.1975 |
it took a muscular twosome to swing a bridge? |
1243 |
11.1.1975 |
mayor dug up the dirt for Sears? |
1244 |
11.4.1975 |
downtown plans were first futuristic? |
1245 |
11.8.1975 |
children got photographer’s goat? |
1246 |
11.11.1975 |
Mrs. Roosevelt paused here? |
1247 |
11.15.1975 |
Senator Truman visited Milwaukee? |
1248 |
11.18.1975 |
Book Week children got into character? |
1249 |
11.22.1975 |
coffee and gasoline rationing began? |
1250 |
11.25.1975 |
Milwaukeeans honored Lucky Lindy? |
1251 |
11.29.1975 |
there was a run on the First National Bank? |
1252 |
12.2.1975 |
radio was king of the home? |
1253 |
12.6.1975 |
the Beihoff Novelty Orchestra entertained? |
1254 |
12.9.1975 |
whisky was a nickel a shot? |
1255 |
12.13.1975 |
Marquette had its first real home? |
1256 |
12.16.1975 |
Milwaukee’s Exposition Building burned? |
1257 |
12.20.1975 |
lanterns were ‘magic’? |
1258 |
12.23.1975 |
the Evening Wisconsin was published? |
1259 |
12.27.1975 |
the Northwestern Mutual building dominated the skyline? |
1260 |
12.30.1975 |
an iron rabbit posed with the family? |
1261 |
1.3.1976 |
the library sponsored hobby forums? |
1262 |
1.6.1976 |
Milwaukee’s streetcars were ‘electrified’? |
1263 |
1.10.1976 |
Steinmeyer’s was a household word? |
1264 |
1.13.1976 |
baby perambulated in style? |
1265 |
1.17.1976 |
Milwaukee had its own art institute? |
1266 |
1.20.1976 |
Milwaukee streets were boiled in oil? |
1267 |
1.24.1976 |
streetcars needed shoveling out? |
1268 |
1.27.1976 |
the Shubert was the Academy? |
1269 |
1.31.1976 |
St. Josaphat’s was dedicated? |
1270 |
2.3.1976 |
Mitchell Park opened a dance pavilion? |
1271 |
2.6.1976 |
Milwaukeeans celebrated V-J Day? |
1272 |
2.7.1976 |
the city clerk’s office had a spittoon? |
1273 |
2.10.1976 |
the zoo got its first hippo? |
1274 |
2.14.1976 |
Farwell Ave. was made of dirt? |
1275 |
2.17.1976 |
bicycles left you tall in the saddle? |
1276 |
2.21.1976 |
the Akron hovered over Milwaukee? |
1277 |
2.24.1976 |
thrift stamps helped win a war? |
1278 |
2.28.1976 |
a railroad builder lived here? |
1279 |
3.2.1976 |
the School of Engineering was on Winnebago St.? |
1280 |
3.9.1976 |
Chapman’s had an eagle on top? |
1281 |
3.13.1976 |
cars were topless? |
1282 |
3.16.1976 |
the Pfister home was on Jefferson? |
1283 |
3.20.1976 |
canoeing was a popular river sport? |
1284 |
3.23.1976 |
ladies occasionally turned the tables? |
1285 |
3.27.1976 |
streetcars had names? |
1286 |
3.30.1976 |
troops drilled behind the old post office? |
1287 |
4.3.1976 |
‘electric’ permanents really curled your hair? |
1288 |
4.5.1976 |
the Marguerite had a wooden sister? |
1290 |
4.6.1976 |
the Milwaukee Theater dressed up for the Harvest
Festival? |
1290 |
4.10.1976 |
Dad fixed your shoes at home? |
1291 |
4.13.1976 |
Wonderland was a meeting place for the younger set? |
1292 |
4.17.1976 |
nearly everyone had a sailor dress? |
1293 |
4.20.1976 |
dedicated dog trainers met at Cracker Jack Park? |
1294 |
4.24.1976 |
Boston Store had uniformed delivery? |
1295 |
4.27.1976 |
Milwaukee-Downer was new? |
1296 |
5.1.1976 |
trolleys occasionally jumped the curb? |
1297 |
5.4.1976 |
summer baseball looked like this? |
1298 |
5.8.1976 |
skaters rolled at the Riverview? |
1299 |
5.11.1976 |
Milwaukee got new street sprinklers? |
1300 |
5.15.1976 |
Jack Dempsey returned to Milwaukee? |
1301 |
5.18.1976 |
bike races helped celebrate Milwaukee’s centennial? |
1302 |
5.22.1976 |
grocery stores sold oil lamps? |
1303 |
5.25.1976 |
‘The Moon Is Down’ was played up? |
1304 |
5.29.1976 |
carrier boys delivered the Leader? |
1305 |
6.1.1976 |
President Taft visited Milwaukee? |
1306 |
6.5.1976 |
Weiss’ meat market operated Downtown? |
1307 |
6.8.1976 |
beer bottles were pottery? |
1308 |
6.12.1976 |
Milwaukee had its first opera festival? |
1309 |
6.15.1976 |
most homes were heated with coal? |
1310 |
6.19.1976 |
women were allowed to wear men’s bathing suits? |
1311 |
6.22.1976 |
Lake Drive was a dirt road? |
1312 |
6.26.1976 |
‘patent furniture’ was something quite new? |
1313 |
6.29.1976 |
college tuition was $25 a semester? |
1314 |
7.3.1976 |
E.T. Mix helped design Milwaukee? |
1315 |
7.6.1976 |
horse-drawn and horseless carriages sometimes collided? |
1316 |
7.10.1976 |
bacon was .29 cents a pound? |
1317 |
7.13.1976 |
the Temple of Music was dedicated? |
1318 |
7.17.1976 |
Papa had a squeeze box? |
1319 |
7.20.1976 |
Maryland Ave.’s class of ‘26 graduated? |
1320 |
7.24.1976 |
the Mid-Summer festival arrived? |
1321 |
7.27.1976 |
the dentist used ‘Etherial Vapor’? |
1322 |
7.31.1976 |
animals had their own drinking fountains? |
1323 |
8.3.1976 |
John Bannow was an alderman? |
1324 |
8.7.1976 |
Jones Island was the place for fish dinners? |
1325 |
8.10.1976 |
the Benjamin church home was relocated? |
1326 |
8.14.1976 |
a gasoline deliveryman had to sell his product first? |
1327 |
8.17.1976 |
Milwaukee youngsters helped celebrate the
sesquicentennial? |
1328 |
8.21.1976 |
the Socialists dominated Milwaukee politics? |
1329 |
8.24.1976 |
South Division athletes held a reunion? |
1330 |
8.28.1976 |
North Milwaukee High graduated its first students? |
1331 |
8.31.1976 |
Milwaukee River bobbed with canoes? |
1332 |
9.4.1976 |
the Legionnaires convened here? |
1333 |
9.7.1976 |
this was home for a Milwaukee mayor? |
1334 |
9.11.1976 |
interurban trains occasionally collided? |
1335 |
9.14.1976 |
Bohn cut the cake? |
1336 |
9.18.1976 |
the ragman came around? |
1337 |
9.21.1976 |
the Olympic Bowling Club met for skat, too? |
1338 |
9.25.1976 |
their business was sign hanging? |
1339 |
9.28.1976 |
the 1940 deluge began? |
1340 |
10.2.1976 |
bank security was a simple matter? |
1340a |
10.4.1976 |
turn of the century taverns had two entrances? |
1341 |
10.5.1976 |
the Municipal Court was in City Hall? |
1342 |
10.9.1976 |
the Arena was almost finished? |
1343 |
10.12.1976 |
the City Hall cornerstone was laid? |
1344 |
10.16.1976 |
buckboards were motorized? |
1345 |
10.19.1976 |
chess players gathered Downtown? |
1346 |
10.23.1976 |
St. Michael’s was a new church for a new neighborhood? |
1347 |
10.26.1976 |
Mrs. Roosevelt visited here? |
1348 |
10.30.1976 |
pilots really put the nose down? |
1349 |
11.2.1976 |
Republican contests of 1938 were a real ‘horse race’? |
1350 |
11.6.1976 |
big silver cigars flew Milwaukee’s skies? |
1351 |
11.9.1976 |
the WCAY Orchestra performed? |
1352 |
11.13.1976 |
‘Remember When’ first started? |
1353 |
11.16.1976 |
Joe McCarthy’s popularity began to wane? |
1354 |
11.20.1976 |
City Hall looked down on horses and buggies? |
1355 |
11.23.1976 |
Mayor Hoan returned from Europe? |
1356 |
11.27.1976 |
the library and museum generated their own power? |
1357 |
11.30.1976 |
Rosetta Jacobs and Bernard Schwartz visited Milwaukee? |
1358 |
12.4.1976 |
turn of the century taverns had two entrances? |
1359 |
12.7.1976 |
Milwaukee proclaimed bay kinship with Naples? |
1360 |
12.11.1976 |
John Schrank shot Teddy Roosevelt in Milwaukee? |
1361 |
12.14.1976 |
cooking class was an adventure? |
1362 |
12.18.1976 |
93rd and North Ave. was an open field? |
1363 |
12.21.1976 |
schooners were abandoned in Milwaukee’s rivers? |
1364 |
12.28.1976 |
the library celebrated its 75th birthday? |
1365 |
1.4.1977 |
the Post Office was on Milwaukee St.? |
1366 |
1.8.1977 |
interurban and steamboats once tangled? |
1367 |
1.11.1977 |
a WPA project bound library books? |
1368 |
1.15.1977 |
a Milwaukee priest was consecrated a bishop at Gesu
Church? |
1369 |
1.18.1977 |
the well dressed football player wore less? |
1370 |
1.22.1977 |
campers were homemade? |
1371 |
1.25.1977 |
babies’ high chairs were fancier? |
1372 |
1.29.1977 |
young men got $30 a month in the CCC? |
1373 |
2.1.1977 |
giant and baby met at the State Fair? |
1374 |
2.5.1977 |
they took you out in a surrey? |
1375 |
2.8.1977 |
people were entertained in the parlor? |
1376 |
2.12.1977 |
mother went ‘up in smoke’? |
1377 |
2.15.1977 |
the winter of 1936 locked in the tugs? |
1378 |
2.19.1977 |
July Fourth became ‘sane’? |
1379 |
2.22.1977 |
taverns were headquarters for immigrants? |
1380 |
2.26.1977 |
swimming pools were portable? |
1381 |
3.1.1977 |
books cost .75¢? |
1382 |
3.5.1977 |
burro riding was formal? |
1383 |
3.8.1977 |
Jones Island was populated by squatters? |
1384 |
3.12.1977 |
children learned to swim at Bechstein’s? |
1385 |
3.15.1977 |
there were steamboats on the Milwaukee River? |
1386 |
3.19.1977 |
women wore ‘bathing shoes’? |
1387 |
3.22.1977 |
the bride wore black? |
1388 |
3.26.1977 |
bottling beer became a big operation? |
1389 |
3.29.1977 |
altar boys gathered for picture? |
1390 |
4.2.1977 |
D-Day filled the news? |
1391 |
4.5.1977 |
couples jitterbugged in the aisles? |
1392 |
4.9.1977 |
the Eagles Club was on 2nd St.? |
1393 |
4.12.1977 |
pickets overturned a patrol wagon? |
1394 |
4.14.1977 |
the Braves won the World Series? |
1395 |
4.19.1977 |
policemen wore pot helmets? |
1396 |
4.23.1977 |
the 1939 fashions debuted? |
1397 |
4.26.1977 |
starting your car could break your arm? |
1398 |
4.30.1977 |
pigeon feeding was a formal affair? |
1399 |
5.3.1977 |
trolleys clicked along Milwaukee streets? |
1400 |
5.7.1977 |
ladies took gents for a carriage ride? |
1401 |
5.10.1977 |
panoramas were portable galleries? |
1402 |
5.14.1977 |
travelers slept in phone booths? |
1403 |
5.17.1977 |
vocational school attendance first boomed? |
1404 |
5.21.1977 |
Bojangles danced down the avenue? |
1405 |
5.24.1977 |
35 millimeter cameras first make photos more candid? |
1406 |
5.28.1977 |
Zablocki lost to Proxmire? |
1407 |
5.31.1977 |
early cars had breakdowns? |
1408 |
6.4.1977 |
Munzinger brewed beer here? |
1409 |
6.7.1977 |
the scissor sharpener made his rounds? |
1410 |
6.11.1977 |
ice cream was a nickel a dish? |
1411 |
6.14.1977 |
the ‘Run for Cover’ audience had to do just that? |
1412 |
6.18.1977 |
people went to the zoo to go boating? |
1413 |
6.21.1977 |
‘50s fashions were new? |
1414 |
6.25.1977 |
the Auditorium was new? |
1415 |
6.28.1977 |
the GAR encamped in Milwaukee? |
1416 |
7.2.1977 |
the photographer made the rounds with his airplane? |
1417 |
7.5.1977 |
the Turners convened here? |
1418 |
7.9.1977 |
Scouts were encouraged to smile and whistle? |
1419 |
7.12.1977 |
Zahringer’s had plenty of leftover malt? |
1420 |
7.16.1977 |
Susan Henry cried in the New Year of 1958? |
1421 |
7.19.1977 |
the Scottish picnic was an annual tradition? |
1422 |
7.23.1977 |
Republican convention dumped Wiley in 1956? |
1423 |
7.26.1977 |
Ford made convertible trucks? |
1424 |
7.30.1977 |
children attended ‘vacation school’? |
1425 |
8.2.1977 |
toy and confectionary stores sold cigars? |
1426 |
8.6.1977 |
the filtration plant was built? |
1427 |
8.9.1977 |
farmers crowded into the Central Market? |
1428 |
8.13.1977 |
newsboys wore knickers? |
1429 |
8.16.1977 |
it was a good day for sledding? |
1430 |
8.20.1977 |
milk ‘trucks’ ran on horsepower? |
1431 |
8.23.1977 |
Buick set up business here? |
1432 |
8.27.1977 |
boys wore tunics? |
1433 |
8.30.1977 |
people went to the ‘nat’? |
1434 |
9.3.1977 |
Milwaukee welcomed a famous ‘old soldier’? |
1435 |
9.6.1977 |
Boy Scouts aided the Legionnaires? |
1436 |
9.10.1977 |
models picketed to announce that beer was back? |
1437 |
9.13.1977 |
a brewery warehouse collapsed? |
1438 |
9.17.1977 |
the Historical Society’s home was a bank? |
1439 |
9.20.1977 |
ladies had the ‘kangaroo bend’? |
1440 |
9.24.1977 |
Pat O’Brien got a Marquette key? |
1441 |
9.27.1977 |
people went to the Bijou? |
1442 |
10.1.1977 |
a diver took the wheel of the Prins Willem V? |
1443 |
10.4.1977 |
Wiley looked over the library world? |
1444 |
10.8.1977 |
the mayor went to war? |
1445 |
10.11.1977 |
Bob La Follette Jr. was a senator? |
1446 |
10.15.1977 |
lions guarded an East Side home? |
1447 |
10.18.1977 |
candle bearers led the way at First Communion? |
1448 |
10.22.1977 |
curling irons were heated over the stove? |
1449 |
10.25.1977 |
Schlitz Saturday Night Theatre was on the air? |
1450 |
10.29.1977 |
E. Wisconsin Ave. was unpaved? |
1451 |
11.1.1977 |
car trunks were really trunks? |
1452 |
11.5.1977 |
coffee was rationed? |
1453 |
11.8.1977 |
Campanelli’s was on Brady? |
1454 |
11.12.1977 |
the wedding couple stood apart? |
1455 |
11.15.1977 |
Book Week No. 10 was celebrated? |
1456 |
11.19.1977 |
street clocks fell out of fashion? |
1457 |
11.22.1977 |
public school kindergartens were brand new? |
1458 |
11.26.1977 |
Miester made beer? |
1459 |
11.29.1977 |
children’s clothes looked like costumes? |
1460 |
12.3.1977 |
pork chops were .17¢ a pound? |
1461 |
12.6.1977 |
the Plankinton Arcade was remodeled? |
1462 |
12.10.1977 |
Barkow made wagons? |
1463 |
12.13.1977 |
the Milwaukee Leader was published? |
1464 |
12.17.1977 |
kids wore high button shoes? |
1465 |
12.20.1977 |
the Milwaukee Braves came home? |
1466 |
12.24.1977 |
girls rode horseback to promote Christmas Seals? |
1467 |
12.27.1977 |
the van idea was brand new? |
1468 |
12.31.1977 |
New Year’s day visits were a tradition? |
1469 |
1.3.1978 |
three piece suits were first in fashion? |
1470 |
1.7.1978 |
the Jones Island community sold Liberty Bonds? |
1471 |
1.10.1978 |
toys went to the photographer’s too? |
1472 |
1.14.1978 |
ground breaking was held for the library addition? |
1473 |
1.17.1978 |
ice was harvested in winter? |
1474 |
1.21.1978 |
a former Marquette professor spoke against ‘witch hunts’? |
1475 |
1.24.1978 |
Wadhams sold ‘electric light’ oil? |
1476 |
1.28.1978 |
the Shubert was the Music Hall? |
1477 |
1.31.1978 |
English cars were unloaded and Nashes loaded at Jones
Island? |
1478 |
2.4.1978 |
little boys wore ‘chinchilla’ coats? |
1479 |
2.7.1978 |
dresses were covered with braiding? |
1480 |
2.11.1978 |
West’s sold hammocks? |
1481 |
2.14.1978 |
advertisements came printed with a song on the back? |
1482 |
2.18.1978 |
sidewalks were made of wood? |
1483 |
2.21.1978 |
Wonderland offered ‘shoot the chutes’? |
1484 |
2.25.1978 |
Milwaukee could ‘cool it’ the best? |
1485 |
2.28.1978 |
the Library first took its show on the road? |
1486 |
3.4.1978 |
the lakefront was the place to be in 1951? |
1487 |
3.7.1978 |
homes had their own libraries? |
1488 |
3.11.1978 |
Marquette students slugged it out? |
1489 |
3.14.1978 |
St. Mary’s clock was handless? |
1490 |
3.18.1978 |
Pabst had hops fields in Milwaukee? |
1491 |
3.21.1978 |
President Taft visited the State Fair? |
1492 |
3.25.1978 |
Milwaukee had 62 livery stables? |
1493 |
3.28.1978 |
canoeing was a popular river sport? |
1494 |
4.1.1978 |
newlyweds posed on a bear skin rug? |
1495 |
4.4.1978 |
taverns had hitching posts? |
1496 |
4.8.1978 |
Fred Miller backed the Braves? |
1497 |
4.11.1978 |
the Puritan offered a .15¢ dinner? |
1498 |
4.15.1978 |
sleds had curvy runners? |
1499 |
4.18.1978 |
business people had special parade wagons? |
1500 |
4.22.1978 |
bowlers wore ties? |
1501 |
4.25.1978 |
brides wore taffeta petticoats? |
1502 |
4.29.1978 |
Frank Zeidler took office? |
1503 |
5.2.1978 |
these girls pedaled to victory? |
1504 |
5.6.1978 |
‘dolls’ dressed alike? |
1505 |
5.9.1978 |
ladies first took to the basketball court? |
1506 |
5.13.1978 |
children were pictured on a goat cart? |
1507 |
5.16.1978 |
the Journal was three cents a copy? |
1508 |
5.20.1978 |
golfers wore ties? |
1509 |
5.23.1978 |
a trolley bus went shopping? |
1510 |
5.27.1978 |
the Turners’ meet included a May Pole? |
1511 |
5.30.1978 |
Wisconsin and Water was Abner Kirby’s Block? |
1512 |
6.3.1978 |
horses delivered guests to the Pfister? |
1513 |
6.6.1978 |
Spicer’s popcorn was .15¢ a bag? |
1514 |
6.10.1978 |
car wheels had wooden spokes? |
1515 |
6.13.1978 |
Milwaukee had octagon houses? |
1516 |
6.17.1978 |
Jack and Jill worked at Gimbels? |
1517 |
6.20.1978 |
Shorewood had an amusement park? |
1518 |
6.24.1978 |
Milwaukee honored the Constitution framers? |
1519 |
6.27.1978 |
ladies decorated their hats? |
1520 |
7.1.1978 |
people decorated their cars for the Fourth? |
1521 |
7.4.1978 |
[no Remember When printed] |
1522 |
7.8.1978 |
a dairyman’s horse knew the way? |
1523 |
7.11.1978 |
the cornerstone was laid for the Arena? |
1524 |
7.15.1978 |
the Jolly Companions met at the Triangle Tavern? |
1525 |
7.18.1978 |
it took two men to swing a bridge? |
1526 |
7.22.1978 |
hair was curled with rags? |
1527 |
7.25.1978 |
Milwaukee held a ‘homecoming’ week? |
1528 |
7.29.1978 |
the Iron Brigade marched down the Avenue? |
1529 |
8.1.1978 |
there were beer bottles at the photographer’s? |
1530 |
8.5.1978 |
runners ran a relay at halftime? |
1531 |
8.8.1978 |
Milwaukee celebrated Milwaukee at a carnival? |
1532 |
8.12.1978 |
children went to ‘vacation’ school? |
1533 |
8.15.1978 |
the VA was Soldiers’ Home? |
1534 |
8.19.1978 |
the farm lunch was an opulent affair? |
1535 |
8.23.1978 |
Daisy Mills rolled out flour barrels? |
1536 |
8.26.1978 |
the ‘Roger’ was the ‘Conrad Starke’? |
1537 |
8.29.1978 |
people had a foot for music? |
1538 |
9.2.1978 |
church and bell tower parted company? |
1539 |
9.5.1978 |
bears were kept behind bars? |
1539a |
9.9.1978 |
the depot was really close to the lake? |
1540 |
9.12.1978 |
St. Mark’s built its first church? |
1541 |
9.16.1978 |
horses were ‘netted’? |
1542 |
9.19.1978 |
Kilbourn lived on Grand Ave.? |
1543 |
9.23.1978 |
the Cross Keys was known by different names? |
1544 |
9.26.1978 |
hay was an everyday staple? |
1545 |
9.30.1978 |
Schandein imported an architect? |
1546 |
10.3.1978 |
the Isle of Cyprus served its last ‘one for the road’? |
1547 |
10.7.1978 |
high button shoes came in styles? |
1548 |
10.10.1978 |
Milwaukee had a hospital librarian? |
1549 |
10.14.1978 |
a brewer’s mansion was on Galena St.? |
1550 |
10.17.1978 |
the carriage trade was big business? |
1551 |
10.21.1978 |
little girls were on the serious side? |
1552 |
10.24.1978 |
Schuster’s had a store on Vliet St.? |
1553 |
10.28.1978 |
the Exposition Building burned? |
1554 |
10.31.1978 |
the Phoenix Club was on Jefferson St.? |
1555 |
11.4.1978 |
Blatz Park was along the Milwaukee River? |
1556 |
11.7.1978 |
an ‘easy rider’ wore high button shoes? |
1557 |
11.11.1978 |
‘Remember When’ began? |
1558 |
11.14.1978 |
the Chamber of Commerce had a new building? |
1559 |
11.18.1978 |
Van Dyke didn’t wear a Van Dyke? |
1560 |
11.21.1978 |
Thanksgiving greetings were a penny? |
1561 |
11.25.1978 |
kimono sleeves were in fashion? |
1562 |
11.28.1978 |
Chapman greeted people at Chapman’s? |
1563 |
12.2.1978 |
WTVW-TV signed on the air? |
1564 |
12.5.1978 |
the library had a Collegiate Room? |
1565 |
12.9.1978 |
Pinahs’ Bakery was on Center St.? |
1566 |
12.12.1978 |
three-quarter coats were in fashion? |
1567 |
12.16.1978 |
baby could be on a picture post card? |
1568 |
12.19.1978 |
dolls wore high button shoes? |
1569 |
12.23.1978 |
‘Goldie’ lived here? |
1570 |
12.26.1978 |
white cuffs and collars were in style? |
1571 |
12.30.1978 |
‘Neptune’s Frolic’ drew thousands to the lakefront? |
1572 |
1.2.1979 |
the family business was home, too? |
1573 |
1.6.1979 |
the YMCA was on 4th St.? |
1574 |
1.9.1979 |
you could break into the news? |
1575 |
1.13.1979 |
shrimp were .15¢ a can? |
1576 |
1.16.1979 |
Marshall was in business without Ilsley? |
1577 |
1.20.1979 |
Rufus King meant a person, not a school? |
1578 |
1.23.1979 |
Juneau Park had a switchback walk? |
1579 |
1.27.1979 |
Alfred Uihlein’s mansion was on 5th St.? |
1580 |
1.30.1979 |
vocational schools first flourished? |
1581 |
2.3.1979 |
winter in Milwaukee seemed worse? |
1582 |
2.6.1979 |
University School was on Hartford Ave.? |
1583 |
2.10.1979 |
people went to the Aurora? |
1584 |
2.13.1979 |
people lined up for picnic permits? |
1585 |
2.17.1979 |
‘Fighting Bob’ and son were a force in politics? |
1586 |
2.20.1979 |
Rose campaigned for mayor? |
1587 |
2.24.1979 |
the Ferguson home graced N. Milwaukee St.? |
1588 |
2.27.1979 |
Thomas Kennan practiced law here? |
1589 |
3.3.1979 |
Maitland helped dedicate Maitland Field? |
1590 |
3.6.1979 |
the Wisconsin Club was the Mitchell residence? |
1591 |
3.10.1979 |
Dan Wells laid down the law? |
1592 |
3.13.1979 |
the Llewellyn Library was new? |
1593 |
3.17.1979 |
murals decorated the Chamber of Commerce? |
1594 |
3.20.1979 |
‘city hall’ was in a church? |
1595 |
3.24.1979 |
George Walker made a point? |
1596 |
3.27.1979 |
Goodyear didn’t mean tires or a blimp? |
1597 |
3.31.1979 |
timber was used instead of concrete? |
1598 |
4.3.1979 |
the Marine Bank was Mitchell’s Bank? |
1599 |
4.7.1979 |
people sent Easter Postcards? |
1600 |
4.10.1979 |
etiquette required gloves? |
1601 |
4.14.1979 |
Blessed Martin de Porres Church was Sacred Heart? |
1602 |
4.17.1979 |
Blatz beer was first brewed here? |
1603 |
4.21.1979 |
Grandpa Graf opened his soda water business? |
1604 |
4.24.1979 |
Milwaukee County’s second courthouse was torn down? |
1605 |
4.28.1979 |
the corner store sold groceries? |
1606 |
5.1.1979 |
Hartman’s burned? |
1607 |
5.5.1979 |
scrap dealers were an eyesore? |
1608 |
5.8.1979 |
the Empire Building had three floors? |
1609 |
5.12.1979 |
Milwaukee County Airport looked like this? |
1610 |
5.15.1979 |
Billy Sixty Jr. took up golf? |
1611 |
5.19.1979 |
people dressed up to sit in the sun? |
1612 |
5.22.1979 |
the Exchange Tavern opened? |
1613 |
5.26.1979 |
telephone switchboards looked like this? |
1614 |
5.29.1979 |
the bank president sold auto supplies? |
1615 |
6.2.1979 |
Marquette gave MacArthur an honorary degree? |
1616 |
6.5.1979 |
Pabst was ‘Best’? |
1617 |
6.9.1979 |
wounded soldiers stopped in Milwaukee? |
1618 |
6.12.1979 |
Milwaukee had annual VJ Day celebrations? |
1619 |
6.16.1979 |
the Soldiers’ monument was in Grand Avenue Park? |
1620 |
6.19.1979 |
JFK spoke on Pulaski Day? |
1621 |
6.23.1979 |
motorcycles were pulled by horses? |
1622 |
6.26.1979 |
the Edmund Fitzgerald visited Milwaukee? |
1623 |
6.30.1979 |
the ‘radio priest’ spoke here? |
1624 |
7.3.1979 |
[no Remember When printed] |
1625 |
7.7.1979 |
the Drause Milling Co. exploded and burned? |
1626 |
7.10.1979 |
A.O. Smith made bomb casings? |
1627 |
7.14.1979 |
trackless trolleys arrived in Milwaukee? |
1628 |
7.17.1979 |
the NAACP Youth Council marched in Milwaukee? |
1629 |
7.21.1979 |
a Brewer was traded for a dog named Sue? |
1630 |
7.24.1979 |
this was the oldest building in Milwaukee? |
1631 |
7.27.1979 |
children went ‘crabbing’ in the Milwaukee River? |
1632 |
7.31.1979 |
Window 54 attracted philatelists? |
1633 |
8.4.1979 |
medicine was sold door-to-door? |
1634 |
8.7.1979 |
the kids danced with Adolph Kern? |
1635 |
8.11.1979 |
Chapman’s was rebuilt after a fire? |
1636 |
8.14.1979 |
Nike missiles guarded Milwaukee? |
1637 |
8.18.1979 |
billboards held this house together? |
1638 |
8.21.1979 |
people scavenged for wood and coal? |
1639 |
8.25.1979 |
the Linhart Bakery had potted palms? |
1640 |
8.28.1979 |
the Prins Willem V stirred in its grave? |
1641 |
9.1.1979 |
Art Felsch was first in line? |
1642 |
9.4.1979 |
Max Nohl set a diving record? |
1643 |
9.8.1979 |
‘Red Thursday’ was observed in Milwaukee? |
1644 |
9.11.1979 |
kids boxed at the North Side YMCA? |
1645 |
9.15.1979 |
the No.15 streetcar made its last run? |
1646 |
9.18.1979 |
homes had libraries? |
1647 |
9.22.1979 |
the cornerstone was laid a St. Camillus? |
1648 |
9.25.1979 |
President Cleveland visited Milwaukee? |
1649 |
9.29.1979 |
tower clocks were made in Milwaukee? |
1650 |
10.2.1979 |
the Brewers won the pennant? |
1651 |
10.6.1979 |
the Kaiser's brother visited Milwaukee? |
1652 |
10.9.1979 |
the Express pulled in? |
1653 |
10.13.1979 |
the Hilltoppers beat the Aggies? |
1654 |
10.16.1979 |
cigars were manufactured in Bay View? |
1655 |
10.20.1979 |
Terry Andrae was a racing champion? |
1656 |
10.23.1979 |
trolleys skipped their tracks? |
1657 |
10.27.1979 |
Milwaukeeans gave up their aluminum? |
1658 |
10.30.1979 |
Milwaukee Brewers held annual reunions? |
1659 |
11.3.1979 |
photographers brought along a horse? |
1660 |
11.6.1979 |
Wright was a critic of Milwaukee architecture? |
1661 |
11.10.1979 |
Milwaukee commemorated Armistice Day? |
1662 |
11.13.1979 |
Milwaukee held Soap Box Derby races? |
1663 |
11.17.1979 |
the freighter Wisconsin had lifeboat drills? |
1665 |
11.20.1979 |
gasoline cost about .14¢ a gallon? |
1665 |
11.24.1979 |
the last commercial vessel navigated the Milwaukee River? |
1666 |
11.27.1979 |
this Bay View building collapsed? |
1667 |
12.1.1979 |
children dressed like Davy Crockett? |
1668 |
12.4.1979 |
the Arena opened? |
1669 |
12.8.1979 |
the American legion headquarters was dedicated? |
1670 |
12.11.1979 |
Ruth and Gehrig played in Milwaukee? |
1671 |
12.15.1979 |
fishing tackle was simpler? |
1672 |
12.18.1979 |
the William H. Wolf was launched? |
1673 |
12.22.1979 |
the ‘Christmas Tree Ship’ disappeared? |
1674 |
12.29.1979 |
this was the Union Depot? |
1675 |
1.5.1980 |
Blaine and Hoan shivered at the game? |
1676 |
1.8.1980 |
the Wisconsin Club had a windmill? |
1677 |
1.12.1980 |
FDR visited Allis-Chalmers? |
1678 |
1.15.1980 |
the Lucia A. Simpson left Milwaukee |
1679 |
1.19.1980 |
operas were sung at Schlitz Park? |
1680 |
1.22.1980 |
the Auditorium was dedicated? |
1681 |
1.26.1980 |
light fixtures looked like this? |
1682 |
1.29.1980 |
Carl Zeidler was on the West Division track team? |
1683 |
2.2.1980 |
Milwaukeeans marched in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.? |
1684 |
2.5.1980 |
winter meant muffs for little girls? |
1685 |
2.9.1980 |
the Marquette docked at the Kilbourn Ave. Bridge? |
1686 |
2.12.1980 |
these butter and egg men made deliveries? |
1687 |
2.16.1980 |
Milwaukeeans learned to swim at Whittaker’s? |
1688 |
2.19.1980 |
horsepower meant the real thing? |
1689 |
2.23.1980 |
ethnic groups celebrated citizenship? |
1690 |
2.26.1980 |
drugstores served soda fountain treats? |
1691 |
3.1.1980 |
the railroad was built across farms near Mill Rd.? |
1692 |
3.4.1980 |
these cars boasted good gas mileage? |
1693 |
3.8.1980 |
the Girl in the Moon offered beer drinkers a Miller? |
1694 |
3.11.1980 |
trotters raced at Washington Park? |
1695 |
3.15.1980 |
spectators watched construction on E. Mason and N. Van Buren
Sts.? |
1696 |
3.18.1980 |
Villard Ave. was an unpaved street? |
1697 |
3.21.1980 |
‘tailored waists’ were the fashion? |
1698 |
3.25.1980 |
the electric railway carried passengers to Lake Park? |
1699 |
3.29.1980 |
the cornerstone was laid for Kenwood Lodge? |
1700 |
4.1.1980 |
Milwaukee’s skyline looked like this? |
1701 |
4.5.1980 |
ice cream stores had fewer than 31 flavors? |
1702 |
4.8.1980 |
City Hall Square looked like this? |
1703 |
4.12.1980 |
you, too, could have center stage? |
1704 |
4.15.1980 |
children wore sailor suits? |
1705 |
4.19.1980 |
gasoline cost .18 to .20 cents a gallon? |
1706 |
4.22.1980 |
buses jumped their trolleys? |
1707 |
4.26.1980 |
saddle shoes were standard footwear? |
1708 |
4.29.1980 |
semipro baseball got organized? |
1709 |
5.3.1980 |
women wore bloomers for basketball? |
1710 |
5.6.1980 |
bicycles were as tall as riders? |
1711 |
5.10.1980 |
Becker Post yard was on Hampton Ave.? |
1712 |
5.13.1980 |
streetcars rolled down Wisconsin Ave.? |
1713 |
5.17.1980 |
construction crews used steam and horsepower? |
1714 |
5.20.1980 |
Cedar and Biddle Sts. finally met? |
1715 |
5.24.1980 |
a tornado hit State Fair Park? |
1716 |
5.27.1980 |
political rallies were spontaneous? |
1717 |
5.31.1980 |
automobiles had wooden-spoke wheels? |
1718 |
6.3.1980 |
swimwear covered more than it showed? |
1719 |
6.7.1980 |
animals wore formal attire? |
1720 |
6.10.1980 |
fishing was good in the Milwaukee River? |
1721 |
6.14.1980 |
babies were born at home? |
1722 |
6.17.1980 |
motor cycles were built for two or more? |
1723 |
6.21.1980 |
Washington Highlands was Milwaukee’s newest subdivision? |
1724 |
6.24.1980 |
learning to cook was a group effort? |
1725 |
6.28.1980 |
Milwaukeeans rode the roller coaster at Pabst Park? |
1726 |
7.1.1980 |
these musicians made beautiful music for German Bazaars? |
1727 |
7.5.1980 |
city workers got a lift? |
1728 |
7.8.1980 |
commuter trains were electric? |
1729 |
7.12.1980 |
motorcycle tours began at City Hall? |
1730 |
7.15.1980 |
the breakwater bested the Clipper? |
1731 |
7.19.1980 |
canoeing was the rage? |
1732 |
7.25.1980 |
NML annual meetings were held on the roof? |
1733 |
7.26.1980 |
wedding vows were exchanged at Madonna di Pompeii Church? |
1734 |
7.29.1980 |
William J. Kershaw practiced law in Milwaukee? |
1735 |
8.2.1980 |
N. 3rd St. sparkled during State Fair? |
1735 |
8.5.1980 |
a clock tower crowned the Pabst Building? |
1736 |
8.9.1980 |
summer festivals kept this butcher busy? |
1738 |
8.12.1980 |
64th St. and Mill Rd. Was farmland? |
1739 |
8.16.1980 |
daring young men flew ‘airships’? |
1740 |
8.19.1980 |
men’s clothing was tailor-made? |
1741 |
8.23.1980 |
plans for the Lincoln Memorial Bridge included a
memorial? |
1742 |
8.26.1980 |
beer wagons rolled down Milwaukee streets? |
1743 |
8.30.1980 |
Milwaukee’s lakefront looked liked this? |
1744 |
9.2.1980 |
ruffles and hair bows were ‘in’? |
1745 |
9.6.1980 |
hamburgers were six for a quarter? |
1746 |
9.9.1980 |
fruits and vegetables were displayed in baskets? |
1747 |
9.13.1980 |
these greenhouses stood on 7th and Center? |
1748 |
9.16.1980 |
customers ‘bellied up’ to the bar? |
1749 |
9.20.1980 |
men kept their checkers skills sharp? |
1750 |
9.23.1980 |
baseball fans flocked the Athletic Field? |
1751 |
9.27.1980 |
even ship’s galleys needed ice? |
1752 |
9.30.1980 |
children wore hats? |
1753 |
10.4.1980 |
roller skaters danced at Riverview Palace? |
1754 |
10.7.1980 |
the Milwaukee Fire Department Built its own ladder
trucks? |
1755 |
10.11.1980 |
the bride carried calla lilies? |
1756 |
10.14.1980 |
jitneys for hire greeted visitors to Milwaukee? |
1757 |
10.18.1980 |
there was a bubbler in the office? |
1758 |
10.21.1980 |
commuters rode the ‘old’ Cannonball? |
1759 |
10.25.1980 |
the band played daily at Soldiers’ Home? |
1760 |
10.28.1980 |
Milwaukee shoemakers fit Ted Williams? |
1761 |
11.1.1980 |
officers rode Harleys like this one? |
1762 |
11.4.1980 |
the Glass Block stood on Grand Ave.? |
1763 |
11.8.1980 |
the hat shop wore a hat? |
1764 |
11.11.1980 |
Milwaukeeans shopped at Espenhains? |
1765 |
11.15.1980 |
the Slovenians sang? |
1766 |
11.18.1980 |
‘Aunt Georgie’ turned 99? |
1767 |
11.22.1980 |
the Bergh statue was moved? |
1768 |
11.25.1980 |
Civil War veterans lived at Soldiers’ Home? |
1769 |
11.29.1980 |
deer hunters sent picture postcards? |
1770 |
12.2.1980 |
curls were mama’s joy? |
1771 |
12.6.1980 |
3rd St. & North Ave. looked like this? |
1772 |
12.9.1980 |
‘Kilroy’ was here? |
1773 |
12.13.1980 |
policemen wore pot helmets and mustaches? |
1774 |
12.16.1980 |
the North Western depot overlooked Lake Michigan? |
1775 |
12.20.1980 |
every neighborhood had a baker? |
1776 |
12.23.1980 |
holiday greetings came on penny postcards? |
1777 |
12.27.1980 |
Mitchell Park had this greenhouse conservatory? |
1778 |
12.30.1980 |
Pabst Theater performances were in German? |
1779 |
1.3.1981 |
Chapman’s fireplace warmed shoppers? |
1780 |
1.6.1981 |
‘simplicity’ was the fashion rule? |
1781 |
1.10.1981 |
the Wells Building was new? |
1782 |
1.13.1981 |
shops lined 5th and State Sts.? |
1783 |
1.17.1981 |
a woman golfer’s handicap was her clothing? |
1784 |
1.20.1981 |
a chair sold for $1.75? |
1785 |
1.24.1981 |
businessmen had roll-top desks? |
1786 |
1.27.1981 |
there was a freight depot on Chestnut St.? |
1787 |
1.31.1981 |
Surges Bros. stood on Mitchell St.? |
1788 |
2.3.1981 |
electric trains carried commuters to Cudahy? |
1789 |
2.7.1981 |
the cry “Play Ball!” knew no season? |
1790 |
2.10.1981 |
Woolworth’s building was Matthews Bros.? |
1791 |
2.17.1981 |
E. Wisconsin Ave. looked like this? |
1792 |
2.24.1981 |
we had 2 horsepower garbage trucks? |
1793 |
3.3.1981 |
it took a bit of doing to dress for the Gay Nineties? |
1794 |
3.10.1981 |
piano lessons included drums and tambourines? |
1795 |
3.17.1981 |
there was intense competition for your coal business? |
1796 |
3.24.1981 |
truck bodies were custom built? |
1797 |
3.31.1981 |
bunnies were family members, too? |
1798 |
4.7.1981 |
little girls wore ruffles and bows? |
1799 |
4.14.1981 |
Red Cross volunteers aided the war effort? |
1800 |
4.21.1981 |
the Athenaeum was new? |
1801 |
4.27.1981 |
delivery trucks looked like this? |
1801a |
5.19.1981 |
small cars were the exception? |
1802 |
5.26.1981 |
Milwaukee’s first library on wheels began rolling? |
1803 |
6.2.1981 |
tennis was a more formal affair? |
1804 |
6.9.1981 |
the Pabst Theater had a adjoining cafe? |
1805 |
6.16.1981 |
Johnston Hall was the hub of Marquette’s campus? |
1806 |
6.23.1981 |
food rationing began? |
1807 |
6.30.1981 |
fashionable working girls dressed like this? |
1808 |
7.7.1981 |
the Post Office looked like this? |
1809 |
7.14.1981 |
photographers carried live props? |
1810 |
7.21.1981 |
the neighborhood grocer knew your name? |
1811 |
7.28.1981 |
O-47s flew over Milwaukee? |
1812 |
8.4.1981 |
Milwaukeeans kept cool at Bechstein’s? |
1813 |
8.11.1981 |
meat markets had sawdust floors? |
1814 |
8.18.1981 |
boys wore dresses? |
1815 |
8.25.1981 |
Milwaukee had confectioneries? |
1816 |
9.1.1981 |
visitors stayed at the Juneau Hotel? |
1817 |
9.8.1981 |
beer made Milwaukee famous? |
1818 |
9.15.1981 |
Milwaukeeans shopped at the first Downtown ‘mall’? |
1819 |
9.22.1981 |
top hats were the height of fashion? |
1820 |
10.3.1981 |
lunch counters were cooled by fans? |
1821 |
10.10.1981 |
the Boston Store had a fleet of delivery trucks? |
1822 |
10.17.1981 |
theater fans went to the Bijou? |
1823 |
10.24.1981 |
Villard Avenue looked like this? |
1824 |
10.31.1981 |
the Avenue had a buttermilk shop? |
1825 |
11.7.1981 |
hair salons looked like this? |
1826 |
11.14.1981 |
Milwaukee had ‘snowdrifts’ in June? |
1827 |
11.21.1981 |
bloomers made fashion news? |
1828 |
11.28.1981 |
a ‘new’ St. Mary’s was built? |
1829 |
12.5.1981 |
Christmas shoppers crowded The Avenue? |
1830 |
12.12.1981 |
Grand Ave. didn’t look all that grand? |
1831 |
12.19.1981 |
Christmas Seals promoted milk? |
1832 |
12.26.1981 |
the Gridley Dairy was a big operation? |
1833 |
1.2.1982 |
ice skating was a major winter activity? |
1834 |
1.9.1982 |
artists had this view of the future? |
1835 |
1.16.1982 |
winter was harvest time -- for ice? |
1836 |
1.23.1982 |
snow called for sleigh rides? |
1837 |
1.30.1982 |
we had a ‘poetess of passion’? |
1838 |
2.6.1982 |
mail service first was motorized? |
1839 |
2.13.1982 |
valentines looked like this? |
1840 |
2.20.1982 |
Wisconsin Marines landed at Iwo Jima? |
1841 |
2.27.1982 |
St. Luke’s Hospital was on Madison St.? |
1842 |
3.6.1982 |
interurban journeys began here? |
1843 |
3.13.1982 |
T.A. Chapman & Co. rebuilt after a fire? |
1844 |
3.20.1982 |
Kupper Jewelers opened its doors? |
1845 |
3.27.1982 |
Poles marched for Poland? |
1846 |
4.3.1982 |
everyone used blotters? |
1847 |
4.10.1982 |
Easter finery looked like this? |
1848 |
4.17.1982 |
the library was built? |
1849 |
4.24.1982 |
visiting nurses traded ‘foot power’ for ‘horsepower’? |
1850 |
5.1.1982 |
there was no 16th St. Viaduct? |
1851 |
5.8.1982 |
ice cream cones were a novelty? |
1852 |
5.15.1982 |
cobblestones paved Plankinton Ave.? |
1853 |
5.22.1982 |
Milwaukee had a Socialist newspaper? |
1854 |
5.29.1982 |
a tower looked out from Menomonee Falls? |
1855 |
6.5.1982 |
spring meant baseball -- and bock beer? |
1856 |
6.12.1982 |
jewelers dealt in eyeglasses? |
1857 |
6.19.1982 |
cars traveled east on E. Clybourn St.? |
1858 |
6.26.1982 |
United Airlines began service here? |
1859 |
7.3.1982 |
the Fourth of July was an old-fashioned affair? |
1860 |
7.10.1982 |
the Journal was printed on silk? |
1861 |
7.17.1982 |
Western Iron Stores was Downtown? |
1862 |
7.24.1982 |
this was the first home office for Northwestern Mutual
Life? |
1863 |
7.31.1982 |
St. John’s School for the Deaf looked like a monastery? |
1864 |
8.7.1982 |
funeral homes began as furniture stores? |
1865 |
8.14.1982 |
new houses looked like this? |
1866 |
8.21.1982 |
if a newspaper was in print, it was at the Arcade News
Stand? |
1867 |
8.28.1982 |
the Grand Avenue really was Grand Ave.? |
1868 |
9.4.1982 |
grocers made home deliveries? |
1869 |
9.11.1982 |
this building served as the South Side Library? |
1870 |
9.18.1982 |
class visits to the museum began at the lecture hall? |
1871 |
9.25.1982 |
the new game was golf? |
1872 |
10.2.1982 |
bicycles and buggies looked like this? |
1873 |
10.9.1982 |
Milwaukee County Stadium was under construction? |
1874 |
10.16.1982 |
a rejoicing city took sweet revenge for a haughty snub? |
1875 |
10.23.1982 |
it cost a penny for Halloween thoughts? |
1876 |
10.30.1982 |
the African elephant greeted visitors in the old museum? |
1877 |
11.6.1982 |
the Armistice was declared? |
1878 |
11.13.1982 |
tire shops looked like this? |
1879 |
11.30.1982 |
corner groceries looked like this? |
1880 |
11.27.1982 |
newsboys (and girls) shouted ‘Extra! Extra!’? |
1881 |
12.4.1982 |
snowmobiles looked like this contraption? |
1882 |
12.11.1982 |
ox carts rolled down Third St.? |
1883 |
12.18.1982 |
Santa visited Washington Park? |
1884 |
1.8.1983 |
this was the view east of the river? |
1885 |
1.15.1983 |
steak was .25¢ a pound? |
1886 |
1.22.1983 |
winter in Milwaukee meant blizzards and snow? |
1887 |
1.29.1983 |
Plankinton House cafe customers lunched on white linen? |
1888 |
2.5.1983 |
Milwaukee padlocks sealed up all those New York
speakeasies? |
1889 |
2.12.1983 |
auto show exhibits looked like this? |
1890 |
2.19.1983 |
these styles were the latest thing in lounge pajamas? |
1891 |
2.26.1983 |
a Friday night fish fry cost .10¢? |
1892 |
3.5.1983 |
the bell was added to City Hall? |
1893 |
3.12.1983 |
Burghardt’s was a book store? |
1894 |
3.26.1983 |
gym bloomers were new? |
1895 |
4.9.1983 |
baseball’s opening day was at Borchert Field? |
1896 |
4.16.1983 |
it was full service with a smile at gasoline stations? |
1897 |
4.23.1983 |
the Pabst Building was Water Street’s skyscraper? |
1898 |
4.30.1983 |
Milwaukee’s Northwest Side looked like ‘Out West’? |
1899 |
5.7.1983 |
bus drivers dressed like this? |
1900 |
5.14.1983 |
traffic on the Lincoln Memorial Bridge looked like this? |
1901 |
5.21.1983 |
Harman Furniture went up in smoke? |
1902 |
5.28.1983 |
employment offices looked like this? |
1903 |
6.4.1983 |
gold crowns cost $5? |
1903a |
undated |
we had donkey rides at the zoo? |
1904 |
6.11.1983 |
Bradford Beach drew sun-seekers like theses? |
1905 |
6.18.1983 |
homes and shops lined East Michigan St.? |
1906 |
6.25.1983 |
the Lakeside Power Plant was a utility pioneer? |
1907 |
7.2.1983 |
Fourth of July began with a flag, a parade and ice cream? |
1908 |
7.9.1983 |
‘shopping centers’ were neighborhoods like 3rd St. and North
Ave.? |
1909 |
7.16.1983 |
health officers posted quarantine signs? |
1910 |
7.23.1983 |
the electric room thermostat was a marvelous new
invention? |
1911 |
7.30.1983 |
Pee Wee King played with Gene Autry? |
1912 |
8.6.1983 |
there was an eagle aloft at the ‘Court of Honor’? |
1913 |
8.13.1983 |
Juneau Park was surveyed? |
1914 |
8.20.1983 |
cigars cost a nickel? |
1915 |
8.27.1983 |
the Plankinton building was new? |
1916 |
9.3.1983 |
Milwaukee children had their own television show? |
1917 |
9.10.1983 |
open-top buses were a common Milwaukee sight? |
1918 |
9.17.1983 |
football gear looked like this? |
1919 |
9.26.1983 |
blacksmiths worked in old Milwaukee? |
1920 |
10.3.1983 |
messages were delivered by telegraph boy? |
1921 |
10.10.1983 |
the Marine Plaza looked like this? |
1922 |
10.17.1983 |
bulls and bears relied on stock tickers? |
1923 |
10.24.1983 |
the Milwaukee Yacht Club burned? |
1924 |
10.31.1983 |
Al Simmons chauffeured newlyweds on a trolley? |
1925 |
11.5.1983 |
boxcars were filled with soldiers returning from World War
I? |
1926 |
11.14.1983 |
workers wore hats on the job? |
1927 |
11.21.1983 |
St. Hyacinth’s Church was ‘on the prairie’? |
1928 |
11.28.1983 |
fruits and vegetables were sold from bins like these? |
1929 |
12.5.1983 |
Tom Mix rode into town? |
1930 |
12.12.1983 |
Milwaukee neighborhoods had ‘candy men’? |
1931 |
12.19.1983 |
horses were hitched to sleighs? |
1932 |
1.9.1984 |
the courthouse and St. John’s framed Cathedral Square? |
1933 |
1.16.1984 |
ambulances and hearses looked like this? |
1934 |
1.23.1984 |
streetcar conductors posed in uniforms? |
1935 |
1.30.1984 |
police directed traffic at busy intersections like this? |
1936 |
2.6.1984 |
the Avenue was lined with movie marquees? |
1937 |
2.13.1984 |
Milwaukee’s open housing controversy made national news? |
1938 |
2.20.1984 |
the school building at 8th and Michigan was brand new? |
1939 |
2.27.1984 |
penny postcards noted Leap Year? |
1940 |
3.5.1984 |
fast pigeons won prizes? |
1941 |
3.12.1984 |
Mitchell Park had one ‘dome’ and it looked like this? |
1942 |
3.19.1984 |
Evinrude Motors displayed its wares in a moving showroom? |
1943 |
3.26.1984 |
elaborate, ornate theaters lined 3rd St.? |
1944 |
4.2.1984 |
the Republican House was the city’s finest Hotel? |
1945 |
4.9.1984 |
the Central Library was being expanded? |
1946 |
4.18.1984 |
Alf Landon campaigned in Milwaukee? |
1947 |
4.25.1984 |
the Bal du Lac was new? |
1948 |
5.2.1984 |
Milwaukee-Downer girls celebrated May Day? |
1949 |
5.9.1984 |
workers repaired the Wells St. bridge in ‘36? |
1950 |
5.16.1984 |
kids and wagons went together? |
1951 |
5.23.1984 |
MacArthur Square got its clock tower? |
1952 |
5.30.1984 |
Milwaukeeans dined at THIS Toy’s? |
1953 |
6.6.1984 |
the South Shore Yacht Club was a schooner? |
1954 |
6.13.1984 |
Pewaukee Lake had steamers? |
1955 |
6.20.1984 |
Milwaukeeans kept cool at Bechstein’s on summer days? |
1956 |
6.27.1984 |
convertibles carried the band in parades? |
1957 |
7.11.1984 |
motorcyclists looked like these guys? |
1958 |
7.20.1984 |
you caught a string full of fish like this? |
1959 |
7.25.1984 |
Lucky Lindy dropped in on Milwaukee? |
1960 |
8.1.1984 |
Bitkers’ Department Store staged its picnics? |
1960a |
8.8.1984 |
the original circus parade came to Milwaukee? |
1961 |
8.15.1984 |
gas station pumps were inside? |
1962 |
8.22.1984 |
customers received custom service? |
1963 |
8.29.1984 |
Polish parade floats looked like this? |
1964 |
9.5.1984 |
the Natatorium was a bath house? |
1965 |
9.12.1984 |
it was ‘back to school time’ at Spencerian? |
1966 |
9.19.1984 |
passenger trains rolled along the lakefront? |
1967 |
9.26.1984 |
milk was taken from the cow to the table? |
1968 |
10.3.1984 |
N. Market St. was lined with homes and stores? |
1969 |
10.10.1984 |
Lincoln’s statue stood at the end of the Lincoln Memorial
Bridge? |
1970 |
10.17.1984 |
a wooden statue of King Gambrinus stood in front of the Pabst
Brewing Co. Offices? |
1971 |
10.24.1984 |
the Insurance Building made Milwaukee cosmopolitan? |
1972 |
11.14.1984 |
Milwaukee celebrated Armistice Day like this? |
1973 |
11.21.1984 |
your basement heating system was an octopus like this? |
1974 |
11.28.1984 |
the newer buildings in town had uniformed elevator
operators? |
1975 |
12.5.1984 |
hairstyles looked like this? |
1976 |
12.12.1984 |
best sellers only cost $1 to $3? |
1977 |
12.19.1984 |
service station attendants wore smiles -- and ties? |
1978 |
12.26.1984 |
employers suggested New Year’s resolutions? |
1979 |
1.2.1985 |
Schlitz resumed shipping beer after Prohibition ended? |
1980 |
1.9.1985 |
this Byzantine-style synagogue stood in Milwaukee? |
1981 |
1.16.1985 |
coal was delivered by horse-drawn wagons? |
1982 |
1.23.1985 |
a familiar Downtown corner looked like this? |
1983 |
1.30.1985 |
the groundhog made his prediction at the Washington Park
Zoo? |
1984 |
2.6.1985 |
Schlitz rolled out its six-millionth barrel? |
1985 |
2.20.1985 |
Milwaukee had double-decker buses? |
1986 |
2.27.1985 |
there was no Social Security? |
1987 |
3.6.1985 |
you could get a pound of butter for .26¢? |
1988 |
3.13.1985 |
Milwaukee’s Arena was new? |
1989 |
3.20.1985 |
infants rode around town in style like this? |
1990 |
3.27.1985 |
bouffants were the style at the Bal du Lac? |
1991 |
4.17.1985 |
library cards looked like these? |
1992 |
4.24.1985 |
nice weather brought strollers to Mitchell Park? |
1993 |
5.1.1985 |
the polar bears at the zoo lived behind bars? |
1994 |
5.8.1985 |
horses pulled delivery wagons? |
1995 |
5.15.1985 |
hotels were homier, like the old Randolph? |
1996 |
5.22.1985 |
Jacob Best also meant wine to Milwaukeeans |
1997 |
5.29.1985 |
Transit Progress in Milwaukee? |
1998 |
6.5.1985 |
offices had wood desks and wood floors? |
1999 |
6.12.1985 |
woman travelers wore hats? |
2000 |
6.19.1985 |
car batteries came in wooden boxes? |
2001 |
6.26.1985 |
air conditioning was a blanket in the shade? |
2002 |
7.3.1985 |
the Fourth of July brought neighborhood picnics? |
2003 |
7.10.1985 |
the circus paraded through the town? |
2004 |
7.17.1985 |
posters informed people about the ‘Great War’? |
2005 |
7.24.1985 |
bus shelters were bigger? |
2006 |
8.8.1985 |
people dressed like this to go fishing? |
2007 |
8.14.1985 |
‘word processors’ were machines like these? |
2008 |
8.21.1985 |
Droegkamp’s sold pots and pans? |
2009 |
8.28.1985 |
the city’s first housing project was built? |
2010 |
9.4.1985 |
the countryside was much closer? |
2011 |
9.11.1985 |
ALL the boys went off to war? |
2012 |
9.18.1985 |
knights lived in Wisconsin? |
2013 |
9.25.1985 |
this was how we got our water? |
2014 |
10.1.1985 |
Mitchell Field had a canopy? |
2015 |
10.9.1985 |
Milwaukee’s ‘bubblers’ were bigger? |
2016 |
10.16.1985 |
pointed hats didn’t mean Halloween? |
2017 |
10.30.1985 |
after school meant outdoor games -- in garb like this? |
2018 |
11.6.1985 |
a car’s steering wheel was on the right side? |
2019 |
11.13.1985 |
young girls dressed like this for winter? |
2020 |
11.20.1985 |
ads marked Milwaukee’s riverfront? |
2021 |
11.27.1985 |
the Cristopher Columbus had a serious accident? |
2022 |
12.4.1985 |
an eagle flew at the Court of Honor? |
2023 |
12.11.1985 |
these buildings from more than 80 years ago were Milwaukee’s
‘skyscrapers’? |
2024 |
12.18.1985 |
the first Christmas seals were issued? |
2025 |
1.8.1986 |
a show’s ticket wagon looked like this? |
2026 |
1.15.1986 |
the Arena was under construction? |
2027 |
1.22.1986 |
library visits began in the rotunda? |
2028 |
1.15.1986 |
Milwaukee policemen dressed like this? |
2029 |
2.5.1986 |
mules and horses pulled our streetcars? |
2030 |
2.12.1986 |
brewers advertised beer as a cure-all? |
2031 |
2.19.1986 |
disaster struck a Milwaukee shipyard? |
2032 |
2.26.1986 |
the S.S. Milwaukee arrived in America? |
2033 |
3.19.1986 |
Wisconsin dairymen dumped their own milk in protest? |
2034 |
3.26.1986 |
the corner store was almost always open? |
2035 |
4.1.1986 |
hogs were driven to market along Milwaukee’s streets? |
2036 |
4.16.1986 |
Adm. Richard E. Byrd’s polar ship visited Milwaukee? |
2037 |
4.23.1986 |
cars were shipped to Milwaukee across Lake Michigan? |
2038 |
4.30.1986 |
there were 2 famous candy makers here? |
2039 |
5.7.1986 |
workers put in up to 16 hours a day? |
2040 |
5.14.1986 |
warships were built in Milwaukee? |
2041 |
5.28.1986 |
Grand Avenue wasn’t too grand? |
2042 |
6.4.1986 |
portraits were sold on the street? |
2043 |
6.11.1986 |
City Hall was towerless? |
2044 |
6.18.1986 |
the courthouse was a brand-new building? |
2045 |
6.25.1986 |
America’s favorite lady sold war bonds? |
2046 |
7.2.1986 |
Billy Bruton met Billy’s Bookworms? |
2047 |
7.9.1986 |
Moxie was touted as a perfect tonic for tired travelers? |
2048 |
7.16.1986 |
movie fans crowded ‘The Avenue’ for a premiere? |
2049 |
7.23.1986 |
building lobbies were as ornate as this? |
2050 |
7.30.1986 |
the State Fair was held in September? |
2050 |
8.6.1986 |
clowns watched over Grand Ave.? |
2052 |
8.13.1986 |
Fox Film Corp. marked its Silver Jubilee Week? |
2053 |
8.20.1986 |
the intersection of Oklahoma and Howell Aves. flooded? |
2054 |
8.27.1986 |
Gimbels was just a tiny store? |
2055 |
9.3.1986 |
the Fresh Air Camp was operated along the Milwaukee
River? |
2056 |
9.10.1986 |
the Hiawatha was the sleekest thing on the rails? |
2057 |
9.17.1986 |
the Veidt Co. used oxen to pull a moving van? |
2058 |
9.24.1986 |
the intersection of Fond du Lac Ave. and Walnut St. looked like
this? |
2059 |
10.1.1986 |
you could get a pound of sirloin for .15 cents? |
2060 |
10.8.1986 |
the 7th District School was in operation? |
2061 |
10.15.1986 |
Milwaukeeans took trips to Whitefish Bay by boat? |
2062 |
10.22.1986 |
Milwaukee had another singing mayor? |
2063 |
10.29.1986 |
the principal’s office looked like this? |
2064 |
11.5.1986 |
Alexander Wiley was senator from Wisconsin? |
2065 |
11.12.1986 |
this was the equivalent of today’s ‘boom box’? |
2066 |
11.19.1986 |
Newberry Blvd. was being developed? |
2067 |
11.26.1986 |
Thanksgiving greetings came on postcards? |
2068 |
12.3.1986 |
groups put on patriotic shows? |
2069 |
12.10.1986 |
a future TV star went to war? |
2070 |
12.17.1986 |
school was a piece of cake? |
2071 |
12.24.1986 |
Santa Claus looked like this? |
2072 |
12.31.1986 |
people sent New Year’s greetings like these? |
2073 |
1.7.1987 |
people windskated down the river? |
2074 |
1.14.1987 |
bridal parties looked like this? |
2075 |
1.21.1987 |
the Allis-Chalmers plant was new? |
2076 |
1.28.1987 |
the blizzard of ‘47 stopped the city cold? |
2077 |
2.4.1987 |
Symbol idea is not so new? |
2078 |
2.11.1987 |
Cupid led the way to the altar? |
2079 |
2.18.1987 |
Liberace wore his first fur coat? |
2080 |
2.25.1987 |
cyclists peddled along Milwaukee’s streets? |
2081 |
3.4.1987 |
cigar boxes came with custom-made labels? |
2082 |
3.11.1987 |
Milwaukee had a Lincoln Library? |
2083 |
3.18.1987 |
boys wore dresses? |
2084 |
3.25.1987 |
men, horses and steam built railroads? |
2085 |
4.1.1987 |
Militzer’s bakery and restaurant was on N. 3rd St.? |
2086 |
4.8.1987 |
the Schlitz Palm Garden entertained Milwaukeeans? |
2087 |
4.15.1987 |
the site was prepared for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield
building? |
2088 |
4.21.1987 |
cows paraded down busy Milwaukee streets? |
2089 |
4.29.1997 |
Milwaukee went bananas over another baseball team? |
2090 |
5.6.1987 |
you saw a card like this on the bulletin board? |
2091 |
5.13.1987 |
the Milwaukee Auditorium was new? |
2092 |
5.20.1987 |
this was what a recreational vehicle looked like? |
2093 |
5.27.1987 |
you dressed like this for that family outing? |
2094 |
6.3.1987 |
harness racing was popular in Wisconsin? |
2095 |
6.10.1987 |
this was part of the lakefront? |
2096 |
6.17.1987 |
hikers were elegantly dressed? |
2097 |
7.1.1987 |
carts were decorated for the Fourth of July? |
2098 |
7.8.1987 |
elephant hides were tanned in Milwaukee? |
2099 |
7.15.1987 |
‘Music Under the Stars’ was young? |
2100 |
7.22.1987 |
you didn’t need air-conditioning to stay cool? |
2101 |
7.29.1987 |
Milwaukee erupted into rioting? |
2102 |
8.5.1987 |
Milwaukeeans took to Yellowstone in tents? |
2103 |
8.12.1987 |
we went back to the old school for a reunion? |
2104 |
8.19.1987 |
Milwaukee started shipping Milorganite? |
2105 |
8.26.1987 |
the ‘family room’ looked like this? |
2106 |
9.2.1987 |
Mitchell Field looked like this? |
2107 |
9.9.1987 |
this was the Summerfest grounds? |
2108 |
9.16.1987 |
Milwaukee touted its products on postcards? |
2109 |
9.23.1987 |
girls were sent to convent school? |
2110 |
9.30.1987 |
W. Wisconsin Ave. was rebuilt? |
2111 |
10.7.1987 |
Milwaukee had no freeways? |
2112 |
10.14.1987 |
when babies adorned milk orders? |
2113 |
10.21.1987 |
Milwaukee had downtown cafeterias? |
2114 |
10.28.1987 |
the Kilbourn Avenue bridge opened? |
2115 |
11.11.1987 |
the Third Ward burned down? |
2116 |
11.18.1987 |
the speedy Hiawatha took to the tracks? |
2117 |
11.25.1987 |
Thanksgiving and football became a tradition? |
2118 |
12.2.1987 |
the Japanese sneak attack launched us into war? |
2119 |
12.16.1987 |
the Wisconsin Ave. Viaduct was built? |
2120 |
12.23.1987 |
we patiently waited for Santa? |
2121 |
12.30.1987 |
New Year’s cards looked like this? |
2122 |
1.6.1988 |
police wore riding breeches? |
2123 |
1.20.1988 |
the Gurda hardware store was at 32nd St. and Lincoln
Ave.? |
2124 |
1.27.1988 |
Whalebacks sailed the Great Lakes? |
2125 |
2.3.1988 |
Milwaukee’s City Hall grew? |
2126 |
3.2.1988 |
golfers hit the links wearing vests and ties? |
2127 |
3.9.1988 |
banks looked like temples? |
2128 |
3.16.1988 |
Milwaukeeans cruised to Whitefish Bay? |
2129 |
3.23.1988 |
you could fill up for a buck and get change? |
2130 |
3.30.1988 |
we sent Easter cards like this? |
2131 |
4.27.1988 |
breweries had a busy nursing staff? |
2132 |
6.1.1988 |
Milwaukeeans shopped at Steinmeyer’s? |
2133 |
7.1.1988 |
this addition was planned for the Boston Store? |
2134 |
7.6.1988 |
submarines were built in Manitowoc? |
2135 |
7.22.1988 |
the streetcars passed by NML? |
2136 |
7.27.1988 |
Milwaukee enjoyed this kind of image? |
2137 |
8.1.1988 |
the Civic Center was yet to come? |
2138 |
8.24.1988 |
West Allis was young? |
2139 |
9.2.1988 |
the famous Milk Jug restaurant was on Blue Mound Rd.? |
2140 |
9.13.1988 |
the Plymouth Creamery operated in Milwaukee? |
2141 |
9.28.1988 |
Marquette named seven ‘homecoming sweethearts’? |
2142 |
10.19.1988 |
‘Our’ ship was ready for launching? |
2143 |
11.5.1988 |
streetcar tracks were laid down where the corner bends? |
2144 |
11.11.1988 |
these beauties rumbled through the Menomonee Valley? |
2145 |
11.23.1988 |
the weather flame was installed? |
2146 |
12.6.1988 |
Santa came to J.C. Penney’s? |
2147 |
12.23.1988 |
Santa came to town by bus? |
2148 |
1.23.1989 |
the first unemployment check went out? |
2149 |
1.30.1989 |
newspaper carriers dressed like this? |
2150 |
2.3.1989 |
planes flew from McKinley Beach? |
2151 |
2.22.1989 |
winters were considerably worse than this one? |
2151a |
2.27.1989 |
winters were considerably worse than this one? |
2152 |
3.10.1989 |
the Druminski family bakery was on Lincoln Ave.? |
2152a |
3.1.1989 |
we celebrated the First of March? |
2153 |
3.15.1989 |
public schools had rules like these? |
2154 |
4.19.1989 |
horses and men dug foundations? |
2155 |
4.28.1989 |
Milwaukee was a wide open town? |
2156 |
5.5.1989 |
Milwaukee’s Oriental Theater was new? |
2157 |
5.25.1989 |
families dressed up for picnics? |
2158 |
5.29.1989 |
the Golden Arches made their first appearance in
Milwaukee? |
2159 |
6.8.1989 |
a fire station became the Center Street Library? |
2160 |
6.27.1989 |
you could get ‘Parisian’ ice cream cones in Milwaukee? |
2161 |
7.7.1989 |
the Plankinton Building grew taller? |
2162 |
7.14.1989 |
Plankinton and Wisconsin Aves. looked like this? |
2163 |
7.20.1989 |
the Eagles Club building was new? |
2164 |
8.18.1989 |
farming was common in Milwaukee County? |
2165 |
8.23.1989 |
people dressed to the nines for band concerts in the
park? |
2166 |
8.28.1989 |
boys wore knickers, ties and high-tops at play? |
2167 |
9.6.1989 |
this is where you’d get a flat tire repaired? |
2168 |
9.18.1989 |
Dobke’s Bakery was just starting out? |
2169 |
10.4.1989 |
boys got decked out like this for parades? |
2170 |
10.10.1989 |
Strupps’ Home Bakery was in business? |
2171 |
10.13.1989 |
‘bubblers’ could be found throughout the city? |
2172 |
10.19.1989 |
photographers took pictures like these? |
2173 |
10.27.1989 |
Milwaukee had its own White House? |
2174 |
11.6.1989 |
horses delivered spirits around town? |
2175 |
11.14.1989 |
candy trucks like these made the rounds? |
2176 |
11.20.1989 |
grocery stores looked like this? |
2177 |
12.12.1989 |
you could get Christmas postcards like this? |
2178 |
12.22.1989 |
Milwaukee was ‘the machine shop of the world’? |
2179 |
1.4.1990 |
we sent New Year’s postcards? |
2180 |
1.17.1990 |
parades promoted movies? |
2181 |
1.31.1990 |
Milwaukeeans enjoyed summer weekends at Ravenna? |
2182 |
2.9.1990 |
people received valentine cards like these? |
2183 |
2.12.1990 |
boats were made of wood and swimmers dressed like this? |
2184 |
3.9.1990 |
Van Ells Drug Store was in business? |
2185 |
3.19.1990 |
Milwaukee advertised itself like this? |
2186 |
3.27.1990 |
people went for Sunday drives in cars like these? |
2187 |
4.3.1990 |
girls ‘sewed’ their own clothes? |
2188 |
4.9.1990 |
we got clobbered with a big snow in mid-April? |
2189 |
4.19.1990 |
Milwaukee celebrated the first Earth Day? |
2190 |
5.3.1990 |
anti-war and rights protesters took to Milwaukee’s
streets? |
2191 |
5.7.1990 |
Milwaukee had so-called ‘dry goods’ stores? |
2192 |
5.30.1990 |
[untitled] |
2193 |
6.7.1990 |
people drove to church in horse and buggy? |
2194 |
7.10.1990 |
Riverside High School was being built? |
2195 |
7.18.1990 |
Milwaukee streetcars were open-sided in all weather? |
2196 |
8.10.1990 |
the Milwaukee transit company operated service stations? |
2197 |
8.14.1990 |
Milwaukeeans crowded into streetcars instead of buses? |
2198 |
8.31.1990 |
the Panama Canal opened? |
2199 |
9.24.1990 |
Jack Pandl’s Whitefish Bay Inn looked like this? |
2200 |
10.16.1990 |
the Clipper made its home in Milwaukee? |
2201 |
10.24.1990 |
city streetcars were outfitted with leather seats? |
2202 |
11.5.1990 |
Milwaukeeans used bus and streetcar passes like these? |
2203 |
11.20.1990 |
the Schuster’s Christmas Parade ran through town on
streetcars? |
2204 |
12.7.1990 |
Christmas cards looked like these? |
2205 |
1.15.1991 |
Milwaukee was stopped cold by the blizzard of ‘47? |
2206 |
1.30.1991 |
the interurban rail service was expanded? |
2207 |
2.27.1991 |
upper 3rd. St. was a thriving shopping area? |
2208 |
2.28.1991 |
horse-drawn carriages, streetcars plied National Ave.? |
2209 |
5.8.1991 |
the Sherman Pharmacy served north Milwaukee? |
2210 |
7.3.1991 |
your corner drugstore looked like this? |
2211 |
7.19.1991 |
the phone book ran ads like these? |
2212 |
7.27.1991 |
car hops served you at drive-ins? |
2213 |
8.17.1991 |
gas stations had an Oriental look? |
2214 |
9.14.1991 |
shoes went to the hospital? |
2215 |
9.28.1991 |
‘The Gay Ranchero’ sang on radio? |
2216 |
10.15.1991 |
firefighting equipment was horse-drawn? |
2217 |
10.19.1991 |
you got groceries at the saloon? |
2218 |
10.26.1991 |
girls made their own First Communion dresses? |
2219 |
11.16.1991 |
horse-drawn water wagons kept our streets clean? |
2220 |
11.30.1991 |
Milwaukee baseball players looked like this? |
2221 |
12.7.1991 |
people rode on motorcycles dressed like this? |
2222 |
1.18.1992 |
that 2,100-foot -long viaduct opened over the Menomonee
Valley? |
2223 |
2.1.1992 |
Borchert Field packed ‘em in? |
2224 |
2.15.1992 |
the excursion ship Seeandbee became the pilot-training ship
Wolverine? |
2225 |
2.22.1992 |
the intersection of Wells and Water Sts. looked like
this? |
2226 |
2.29.1992 |
we dined at the Phillips Cafeteria on Wisconsin Ave.? |
2227 |
3.3.1992 |
new streetcars like these took to the city’s streets? |
2228 |
3.21.1992 |
the electric company used repair wagons like these? |
2229 |
3.27.1992 |
gas company repair crews tooled around in wagons like
these? |
2230 |
4.4.1992 |
we did our drinking in ‘sample rooms’? |
2231 |
4.10.1992 |
Hildegarde visited us in 1951? |
2232 |
5.6.1992 |
trains featured dining cars like these? |
2233 |
5.16.1992 |
fire trucks looked like this? |
2234 |
5.23.1992 |
motorcycle police looked like this? |
2235 |
6.13.1992 |
streetcars provided our mass transportation? |
2236 |
6.20.1992 |
horses were common in the city? |
2237 |
7.18.1992 |
the electric company ran appliance stores? |
2238 |
7.25.1992 |
groceries were delivered in wagons like these? |
2239 |
8.3.1992 |
the Prins Willem carried cargo between the Great Lakes and
Europe? |
2240 |
8.15.1992 |
the State Fair used advertising posters like these? |
2241 |
8.26.1992 |
Girl Scouts got their start here? |
2242 |
9.10.1992 |
the Christopher Columbus sailed the Lakes? |
2243 |
9.19.1992 |
Alice Cooper sang with an orchestra in Milwaukee? |
2244 |
9.23.1992 |
milk was delivered by horse-drawn wagons? |
2245 |
9.25.1992 |
the Miller Brewing Co. first started producing beer? |
2246 |
10.10.1992 |
luxury buses like these traveled Wisconsin’s highways? |
2247 |
10.31.1992 |
Ted Kennedy spoke here on be half of Nelson? |
2248 |
11.7.1992 |
Wells St. was lined with lovely mansions like these? |
2249 |
11.11.1992 |
Milwaukeeans took to the streets to celebrate the end of World
War I? |
2250 |
11.17.1992 |
people sent Thanksgiving cards like these? |
2251 |
11.21.1992 |
the Hillside Terrace housing project was built? |
2252 |
12.9.1992 |
movies were advertised in vacant storefronts during the Great
Depression? |
2253 |
12.26.1992 |
earlier this century people were nuts about post cards? |
2254 |
12.19.1992 |
the Wisconsin Theater offered visitors this view? |
2255 |
1.6.1993 |
Milwaukee had pedestrian tunnels like this? |
2256 |
2.20.1993 |
construction began on Milwaukee’s City Hall in old Market
Square? |
2257 |
3.1.1993 |
the Green Bus operated in Milwaukee? |
2258 |
7.25.1992 |
groceries were delivered in wagons like these? |
2258 |
3.19.1993 |
photographers took pictures of your kid with this? |
2259 |
3.25.1993 |
they built and repaired freight cars in the Valley? |
2260 |
3.26.1993 |
a local doctor helped pioneer a new diagnostic procedure? |
2261 |
4.6.1993 |
these guys played baseball for MSOE? |
2262 |
4.7.1993 |
the beer (3.2 at least) flowed again? |
2263 |
4.15.1993 |
the Pfister boasted the Fern Room? |
2264 |
5.1.1993 |
diesel-electric locomotives were built here? |
2265 |
5.12.1993 |
neighborhood children held coaster wagon races? |
2266 |
5.22.1993 |
the cornerstone was laid for Gesu Church? |
2267 |
6.10.1993 |
Harley cycles like this one scooted around the US? |
2267a |
7.6.1993 |
Liberace visited the famous Miller caves? |
2268 |
8.26.1993 |
milk was delivered to your home in trucks like these? |
2269 |
8.28.1993 |
horses raced at Washington Park? |
2270 |
9.6.1993 |
diesel buses first came here? |
2271 |
10.29.1993 |
cyclists dressed up before roaring off? |
2272 |
11.4.1993 |
Milwaukee had a ‘light rail’ system? |
2273 |
11.29.1993 |
the Llewellyn library looked like this? |
2274 |
12.3.1993 |
the Drauss tailor shop prospered? |
2275 |
12.18.1993 |
the Beth Israel synagogue was new? |
2276 |
1.17.1994 |
the Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Hospital was new? |
2277 |
1.22.1994 |
gasoline-powered buses rolled through the city? |
2278 |
2.19.1994 |
business depended on real live horse power? |
2279 |
3.19.1994 |
‘Remember When’ got its start? |