A Brief History of Milwaukee’s Lakefront
Looking at the lakefront today, you’d never guess that the area was largely vacant for decades.
Have You Heard of Milwaukee’s Unsung Beer Baron?
In the late 1800s, Philipp Jung was a rising star Best & Co. before setting out to start his own brewery.
A Winter Afternoon on the Milwaukee River in 1898
The Milwaukee River was once a hot spot for sport and recreation.
Where Soldiers Came to Rest in 1864 Downtown Milwaukee
A group of local women opened a temporary place of “rest and refreshment” for veterans.
Milwaukee’s North Side Used to Have an Eight-Acre Amusement Park
Pabst Park’s roller coaster was “the only one of its kind in the West” – a region that included Milwaukee in the early 1900s.
When Allis-Chalmers Was One of the World’s Largest Manufacturers
The West Allis company made everything from steam engines to nuclear reactors.
When Milwaukee Had a Busy Victorian Downtown
When this photograph was taken in about 1888, Milwaukee had nearly 200,000 residents, making it the 16th-largest city in America.
John Gurda Revisits Summerfest’s Early Days
Take a look back at the Big Gig in 1976.
The History of Milwaukee’s ‘Little Pink Church’
The church, which was demolished in 1967, was the social and spiritual anchor of the city’s Italian community.
The History of Milwaukee’s Tannenbaum Tradition
The tradition of the municipal Christmas tree began in 1910.