tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91070164246453088382024-02-18T19:44:10.111-06:00Historic Milwaukee Inc.Historic Milwaukee, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing awareness of and commitment to Milwaukee’s history, architecture and the preservation of our built environment through education and advocacy.Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-90547686293147034772011-03-18T12:11:00.000-05:002011-03-18T12:11:49.337-05:00Lost Milwaukee #6... Where have you gone, Miss Anderson?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">So whatever became of Cora Anderson? After her proud walk out of the courthouse she wrote about her experiences. She penned a lengthy article that was published nation-wide. “This world is made by man – for man alone,” was her opening line. What followed was something between a feminist screed and defeatist endorsement of a male-dominated society. The only way for a woman to get along in the world, according to Cora, is to play the role that man has given her. To be young and beautiful is the best way to go about this. Cora makes her case for actions in a largely financial manner. She cites the high cost of women’s clothing and low pay for women’s work as a reason so many young girls are driven in to marriage (or vice, failing that). “Do you blame me to wanting to be a man in a man-made world? Do you blame me for hating to again resume wearing women’s clothes and just belong?”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Furthermore, Cora had discovered the secrets of what men say only in the company of other men. She dispels the myth that they kiss, but do not tell. “A man always tells. He is so proud of himself. A man always wears the favors women grant him like an Indian wears his scalps,” she wrote. Perhaps in an ironic nod to her own likely, yet unconfirmed, intimate relationship with Mamie, she added, “most men do not consider sexual sins of any consequence.” In the end, it seemed that her time as a man had soured her. She felt that one day, perhaps in a few hundred years in the future, a woman might be “the owner of her own body and custodian of her own soul.” But as for the present day, she only hopes for a women’s minimum wage law. She dare not even mention equality. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As for her own future, Cora never did go back home. She kept her job at Cutler Hammer for at least a few more months. In April of 1915, she was arrested at Broadway and Johnson (now Highland), near the heart of the Vice District (and just a few blocks from the current location of the HMI office). A beat cop stopped her at 3 am, staggering home. When he found out who she was, Cora claimed to reporters, he called her a “vile name” and tore open her dress to see how she was dressed underneath. She was facing 15 days in jail when she was unable to pay her $5 fine. At the last moment, friends stepped forward with enough cash to save her from jail. Later that year, Cora was picked up again, charged with vagrancy. She was found “in company with another woman and neither had worked.” </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In the summer of 1919, Cora was arrested again. This time on the complaint that her and another woman had “rolled” a man for $60. He claimed the two had met him downtown, gotten him drunk, and when he awoke the next morning, he was missing cash. When the cops busted into her State Street flat, they found her in bed with her accomplice, 22 year old Emma June Williams. She told reporters that she had been married the previous year to a man named Blackman, but had left her husband months earlier after certain “disagreements.” Her lady friend had the charges dismissed, but Cora got 90 days probation. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Two months later, Cora got picked up on another charge of rolling a drunk. This time accused of making out $40. Given that she was still on probation, she likely would have been given jail time, but after this September 1919 newspaper notice, she disappears. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Of course, she does not really disappear, but my trail on her runs cold. The sad demise of Cora Anderson seems to have led her into a transient lifestyle that flies under the radar of surviving source material. Perhaps she finally did go back home to get parents and returned to nursing. Perhaps she emerged in another city, dressed nattily in a handsome suit with another pretty girl on her arm. Perhaps she stayed in town, pulling petty con jobs and thinking back on fonder times. Whatever happened, it seems that the person, who was for one stunning week the most famous Milwaukeean alive, left town anonymously and unnoticed, trying to find a place in a “man-made” world. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-56617661662321047622011-03-03T00:14:00.000-06:002011-03-03T00:14:12.501-06:00Lost Milwaukee #5... Milwaukee's "Girl-Man" on Trial<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> GIRL MASQUERADER REFUSES TO TALK</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>KEEPS MASCULINE ATTIRE</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>STRANGE CASE REVEALED BY POLICE</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Less than 24 hours after police picked up Mr. Ralph Kerwineo as he smoked a cigarette on a downtown street corner, Milwaukee’s “Girl-Man” was front page news. Reporters flocked around the prisoner as he calmly laid on a hard wooden bench in the woman’s holding area at the central police station. Still dressed in his sharp suit and coat, the prisoner was hardly refusing to speak. “Why did I quit wearing skirts?” He asked aloud. “It’s a long story.” </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUajK5uxk7U8vrZHYb6tF2C3HVQYOl54wQiioASd6W0mjgTaEkuJgdJErwjLp2wCClkf7bGFPbjMfvfRNZG_Mz6YumLojFkWbrKjRrSuJ62Xcmbyqf1lXsGYBSgikTBiQEAhiBZpaeYvO4/s1600/cora1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUajK5uxk7U8vrZHYb6tF2C3HVQYOl54wQiioASd6W0mjgTaEkuJgdJErwjLp2wCClkf7bGFPbjMfvfRNZG_Mz6YumLojFkWbrKjRrSuJ62Xcmbyqf1lXsGYBSgikTBiQEAhiBZpaeYvO4/s200/cora1.jpg" width="114" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The prisoner refused to divulge his given name, but admitted freely to being a physically normal woman who had, for the past ten years, fooled everyone into thinking she was a man. The prisoner’s responses to the gathered newspaper men reflect an unburdened soul. He was glib. A query about his desire to get out of jail caused him to retort, “Do I look like a rummy? Do I look like I want to spend the rest of my life in jail?” He was cocky, bragging that no one ever questioned her as a man. As for Mamie, the spurned mate of ten years that had turned him out? “I got tired of living with her,” he said dismissively. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The former Mr. Kerwineo had been more accommodating with the cops. He’d told them anything. By Monday, the papers were running Ralph’s real name, Miss Cora Anderson of Indiana. Mamie had been profiled as well. She told the papers there was no ill intent behind her actions. She was just worried about Ralph, she said. Worried that he could no longer tell the difference between their charade and reality. Ralph didn’t buy it. He pointed out that Mamie had gone to his employer with the same news two months prior. Nothing came of it, making Mamie all the more angry. While disagreeing on the end of it all, both women were adamant that they had entered into the situation for “the fun of it.” They wouldn’t dare call it a love affair. The papers used the term “chums” to describe the pair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwCrhuBWuE-Zl4pMenY9Ui7rOzRE3aPCr7621A-lbdhPMccpXpBB2dU9uRTOmSe-w-VORXoKnIEyzGZz2xTHKWsobr1LgU93qW-fCe44W4qFQsLnSMJtCxAiGH_xEWFjEtNCDbFrLCn7k/s1600/cora2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwCrhuBWuE-Zl4pMenY9Ui7rOzRE3aPCr7621A-lbdhPMccpXpBB2dU9uRTOmSe-w-VORXoKnIEyzGZz2xTHKWsobr1LgU93qW-fCe44W4qFQsLnSMJtCxAiGH_xEWFjEtNCDbFrLCn7k/s200/cora2.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Monday, Ralph was arraigned. Still dressed in his “natty male attire,” hundreds of on-lookers watched Ralph walk from the police station to the court house. As they lined the sidewalks, Ralph walked in small steps, ill at ease with the attention. In the courtroom, however, he loosened, even joking with the officers. District Attorney Edward Yockey allowed for bail, on the condition that the accused resume ‘proper’ dress. The Judge agreed, partially on testimony from a detective who said he was convinced that there was nothing “morally perverted” about the masquerade. “They are writing the last chapter of the life of Ralph Kerwineo,” Ralph told reporters afterwards. “When I leave this courtroom, Kerwineo will be dead.” </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“And who will take his place?” A reporter asked.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Cora Anderson.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A collection was taken up in city hall and in short time they had raised the funds for a new dress and corset. Cora at first balked at the idea of the corset. “I should say not!” She told the nurse dressing her. “It has been ten years since I had one on.” In the end, she wore the corset. Underneath, however, she was still wearing Ralph’s clothes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg48iWIjekXftdIcLgNsBo4PcRtUt7XnNwIiSM4Xb-fVLAw2UwMxuGw5Jt6kzq8DLMpiHF348zzjqni-X3qpUxFrdQwaqlhzXC2aEWtwuLUu6HOsYfKJF2lkWAeScHywMT3kxA4sni1-O9/s1600/cora3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg48iWIjekXftdIcLgNsBo4PcRtUt7XnNwIiSM4Xb-fVLAw2UwMxuGw5Jt6kzq8DLMpiHF348zzjqni-X3qpUxFrdQwaqlhzXC2aEWtwuLUu6HOsYfKJF2lkWAeScHywMT3kxA4sni1-O9/s200/cora3.jpg" width="80" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cora spent three nights in jail before her boss at Cutler Hammer personally posted her bail, and even slipping Cora an extra ten dollars for her troubles. Meanwhile, Edward Yockey was trying to get Cora charged with perjury, claiming she’d violated the law when she signed her marriage certificate with Dorothy. He also demanded that Mamie and Dorothy be arrested on vagrancy charges. The attending detectives, however, refused to sign either of the orders. Cora, now free, was boasting that she had been a “popular fellow.” She seemed to be a popular lady as well. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Upon securing her release, Cora went back to the downtown flat she had been sharing with Dorothy. Both women had stuck to somewhat dubious claim that Dorothy had no inkling that Ralph was actually Cora. Mamie, not speaking to Cora, but talking freely to the newspapers, insisted Dorothy knew. Dorothy had fallen for Cora in a “spirit of fun,” Mamie said, “Just as I had.” </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Dorothy was mostly staying quiet. “Lay off of that stuff, kid,” she snapped on intrusive reporters. “Nix on the third degree!” She said she would stay with Cora only until the case was settled. “As a man I loved her. But when she donned skirts, that love died.” Dorothy’s mother wanted badly for her to return home. She pleaded with her via the papers, saying that had already lost six children to early death and had another in the hospital. She couldn’t bear now to lose Dorothy as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkp3FCsPA9Igb2m4ud6iao85JirhJXEt3G1IAcyuumt_gjwItaZHkpmgglNSyue737a90vKLiDM7k0rJs5O70h37gbor_SWmRWbA_aX2yq32nmuMdeiaM5E-hynOUStXY80rn1GZxwO9d/s1600/cora5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqkp3FCsPA9Igb2m4ud6iao85JirhJXEt3G1IAcyuumt_gjwItaZHkpmgglNSyue737a90vKLiDM7k0rJs5O70h37gbor_SWmRWbA_aX2yq32nmuMdeiaM5E-hynOUStXY80rn1GZxwO9d/s200/cora5.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div align="left"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On Thursday, May 7<sup>th</sup>, Cora’s trial began. The Sentinel described her that day as being dressed in a “gray slipon, a chic black hat partly covering a black wig which greatly improved her appearance as a woman.” Much laughter was reported during the short trial, the packed house giggling when a detective was asked if the suspect had behaved like a lady when arrested. More laughs followed Cora’s own attorney asking her was a man or a woman. “I am a woman,” she replied proudly. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6d3cboGkGwE-Tjj8rGGtokn7flpBNHSPlnl3Ec-DlnjfHJZyO6-nAPkl_Cc50x3X8CVXluD0ZiAR_sN56NyWW5VIV6efKBFVway07F0BKecevJ6GQDrBlxRSerP9eybzEAcNugf-RNWoy/s1600/corahl2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="107" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6d3cboGkGwE-Tjj8rGGtokn7flpBNHSPlnl3Ec-DlnjfHJZyO6-nAPkl_Cc50x3X8CVXluD0ZiAR_sN56NyWW5VIV6efKBFVway07F0BKecevJ6GQDrBlxRSerP9eybzEAcNugf-RNWoy/s200/corahl2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ruling that she had meant no ill intent, the judge suspended her sentence and set Cora free. He did, however, make a point of saying that had this been the case of a man acting as a women, the crime would be far graver. Outside the courthouse, with Dorothy gazing on affectionately, Cora announced that she would dress only as a woman from that day forward. She said she would leave Milwaukee and her notoriety behind to pursue a career in nursing. She also took the moment to publicly deny all offers to appear on the vaudeville stage. Several offers had been made to her, some for good money, but Cora did not wish to become a curiosity. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">As she walked away, a woman burst forth from the crowd and grabbed her hand. “God Bless you, my girl,” She said. “No one is happier for you than I that you fooled the men for ten years as you did.” Cora shook her hand and walked away. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Check back next week for the final entry in the Cora Anderson series… <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whatever Happened to Cora Anderson?</i></div><div align="left"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-37420635052926833162011-02-23T00:21:00.006-06:002011-02-27T18:04:32.696-06:00Lost Milwaukee #4... The Curious Case of Mr. KerwineoOn May 2nd 1914, a beautiful Saturday afternoon, two Milwaukee police detectives arrested a well-dressed man at the corner of Tenth Street and St. Paul Avenue (now an area below I43). The man, known to hundreds in the city as Mr. Ralph Kerwineo, was so calm during the arrest that he didn’t even bother to put out the cigarette he’d lit as the cops approached him. He was being hauled in on a complaint made by his wife, Mamie. She charged that her husband of ten years… was actually a woman. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Kerwineo, resident of Milwaukee for eight years.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Cora Anderson was born April 6th, 1876 to an African American father and a half-blood Cherokee mother. She grew up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendallville,_Indiana">Kendallville, Indiana</a>, a town so small, she would later say, you could "walk ten minutes in any direction, and be five miles in the county.” Cora eventually found her way to Chicago, where she enrolled in a nurse’s college. Cora was an exceptionally bright girl, but the ways of the school administration disheartened her. “Two-thirds of the physicians I met,” she remembered, “made a nurse’s virtue the price of their influence in getting her steady work.” </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miss Mamie White, aka Mrs. Kerwineo.</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In Chicago, Cora met Mamie White, a young girl from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menasha,_Wisconsin">Menasha, Wisconsin</a>. Cora and Mamie quickly became inseparable. While the exact nature of their relationship is anyone’s guess, they were soon living together, commiserating about their “women’s place” in the world. They schemed to do something about it. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A private hobby of Cora’s had been “masquerading,” dressing as a man. Mamie knew of this hobby and, so far is know, had no issues with it. One night, on a joke, they claimed, Mamie suggested that Cora go as a man full-time. With a man’s wages, they two could avoid the advances of doctors and make a living on their own. The joke quickly became anything but. The world in which they lived had little to offer unmarried women, even less for unmarried women of color. They went about purchasing a suit of clothing (a piece at a time, as not to arouse suspicion) and Cora gave herself a short-cropped haircut. Cora, adopting a South-American heritage, became Ralphero Kerwineo, and the two left Chicago in 1904 as man and wife. </div></div><div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cora Anderson in female attire.</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They bounced around the middle-west for two years, trying to find men’s work for Ralph and women’s work for Mamie. Details of this period are scant, but it appears that Cora was spending her time learning how to become Ralph. She studied men, how they stood and spoke. She practiced rolling cigarettes and smoking them. Smoking constantly, she recalled, to perfect the manly aspects of it. She learned to swear and spit. She even began to shave and worked up the courage to visit local barber shops. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After a brief stay in Cleveland, the two made their way to Milwaukee in 1906. There, Ralph found work at the <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1409/611049103_72050e295f_z.jpg?zz=1">Plankinton House</a> (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=609+n+plankinton+milwaukee&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=609+N+Plankinton+Ave,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53203&gl=us&z=16">609 E. Plankinton</a>) as a bellboy. They rented a downtown flat on Seventh street and presented themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Kerwineo. Times were good and no one suspected a thing. Ralph became something of sport, a common sight at down taverns. He even developed the reputation as something of a flirt. He took a job at <a href="http://www.december.com/places/mke/images/borders.jpg">Gimbel’s</a> as a clerk and later moved on to the Cutler Hammer Company, where he worked in the office. Mamie worked as a coat-check girl at a downtown movie theatre. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But the good times did not last. Ralph’s wandering eye had been a constant source of worry for Mamie. He would return late in the evening or sometimes not at all. Mamie began reading psychology books and was worried that Ralph might be suffering from delusions. After so long in drag, Ralph admitted that he “could not quit being a man.” Mamie was worried that he’d met someone else and would reveal his secret. Ralph had his own complaints, mostly involving Mamie’s housekeeping. “I often got up early in the morning and would wash the windows," he later griped, "and would then go and do a man’s work all day long.” </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In the fall of 1913, Ralph left Mamie, getting as far as Chicago before a change of heart sent him home. By the next spring, Ralph had left again. This time, Mamie went to the police and filed a complaint accusing Ralph of abandoning her. An officer, completely unaware the couple were both unmarried women, ordered Ralph to appear before on charges of wife abandonment. In early April, 1914, they both appeared before an officer, Mamie accusing Ralph of neglect and Ralph refusing to return home. Mamie, he said, was bigger than him and had become physically abusive. The officer, perplexed and amused by the ordeal, tossed the charges and told them to work it out on their own. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcoHNUsINSqoL03F32wit20CzjWZW0ykSOgdzeVChjH099vQZduE0CaY5GpF_7b90sBs4PQ6XY_u_Pshs0GRAHLX87-ogZfnhmtJAg8Pan5SyHP3lPY7o9v_kh886obnn26aHvikyIok4/s1600/dorothy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcoHNUsINSqoL03F32wit20CzjWZW0ykSOgdzeVChjH099vQZduE0CaY5GpF_7b90sBs4PQ6XY_u_Pshs0GRAHLX87-ogZfnhmtJAg8Pan5SyHP3lPY7o9v_kh886obnn26aHvikyIok4/s200/dorothy.jpg" width="143" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dororthy Kleinowski, the second Mrs. Kerwineo.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Ralph, however, had not just met someone else. He’d <em>married</em> someone else. He met Dorothy Kleinowski, a pretty blonde manicurist, at a dance and fell in love. Dorothy was twenty-one years old, one of ten children (six more siblings had died before adolescence) living with her mother in a tiny Oakland Ave cottage. On March 24<sup>th</sup>, the couple was legally wed by the Justice of the Peace. By the time Mamie had Ralph hauled in to answer for his neglect, he was already settled with Dorothy in a Cedar Street (now Kilbourn Ave) apartment. When Mamie found out about the marriage, she was stunned. “How could he marry another woman,” she would wonder, “Without divorcing me first?” </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On May 2<sup>nd</sup>, she told the police his secret. That afternoon, he was arrested on the ambiguous charge of Disorderly Conduct. For the next week, the Milwaukee “Girl-Man” would be the city’s most famous resident. </div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Check back next week for part two: <em>Milwaukee's Girl-Man on Trial</em>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-4109455111341862052011-02-15T20:00:00.008-06:002011-02-16T15:05:56.333-06:00Lost Milwaukee #3... Step Right Up!Let's take a break from death and mayhem for a while... here are a few random adverts from Milwaukee days past.<br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574103406143106994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMep5cI4L7j1oFdoIyiIVFJwTFBbmUTVvFxNZQZK828NsyOme8XS6gNTtLNXS60G9OOyjy9tSeJgOMfa3sNpVm_YpV8qGJH_TiTWLCzsJp6a_WGMHqdUIJiCe1Qka2kA7D6xjMro4FMQ0/s320/dollarbill1911.jpg" /> </div>The Journal was running this contest in 1911. Taken out of context, some of these lines are pretty sinister… “<em>Keep your eye on the Journal… The Journal staff photographer is after you…</em>” I wonder how they asked people to prove they were in a particular photograph. And they even tell you to call in. “Yeah, that’s me, page six, the guy in the hat. Now send me my dollar… and leave me alone!” </div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574103584962437202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIU-SeKSRMV2Z2HbSd6xs1vxbAO9Y0By0GuOHox1N5o9-5eXTKXbyVxCwuyXwgkO9iwtICrLpJt3URntvUYTeOgRkJak4RkLpUfJQk9JukgHdoiQmjXEvEQJiAdB1k_VdgWSawznA4O1ym/s320/fasleteeth1920.jpg" /></div></div><br /><br /><p>OK, first things first… look at this little sketch here. Note the man’s hands. They are already in position to catch his troublesome false teeth, even though they have only fallen a few inches. It would not be possible to react so quickly to suddenly dislodged teeth. Therefore, I can only conclude that this man is not suffering from faulty denture paste. No, he can only be spitting his teeth out on purpose. Probably to scare the grandkids. Anyway… <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rlz=1T4GPTB_en__297__297&q=Wernet%E2%80%99s+Powder&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15402991290655988112&ei=3DJbTaX1KMP6lwe-49ypDQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEIQ8wIwAw#">Wernet’s Powder </a>is actually still around, although the boxes don’t seem to mention laughing, singing, coughing, or sneezing.</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 369px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574103905721817154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9UNa5rXip8wG6xgXKPutB_zPiWRISzorIouHq8jEZOA2Zqyppf7A_Ol6wvLZHIvsl6GiWUZ7w3M1daLVJicKdCM10tK2SAqNBqdjrzqu0ITe4y4Jb71pBl-Yp7tkjbIIkdpkwJZZJ8EX/s320/girldidnotcare1917.jpg" /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158939/">The Girl Who Did Not Care!</a> The only title card used during this film simply said “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meh">Meh…</a>” Hahaha. But really, the original title to this 1916 film was The Sex Lure. It had to be renamed before most cities would allow it to play. The plot involved a rich industrialist who adopts a girl after her father, a worker in the rich man’s factory, is killed on the job. The girl grows up (for some reason) bitter towards the man and gets her revenge by seducing him and busting up his marriage. The message of the film is a clear warning… never, under any circumstance, adopt a girl whose father you’ve killed.<br /><br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 221px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 364px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574104194774112610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGA6SQAEgoylrIg5dxrERWo3qid4EhgwPZi0pM0DAlAFP82jZCFOjcMkhJ9pTMU9bcoxLaZqpjkm3NHxW3ZofZZJ358v-BuNkFn8KS0pRO99OkL68fwbmSck5Q6oF2DcUWPql-3VXJH6z6/s320/areyoupoorly1911.jpg" /></p></div><br />Are you poorly? I like picking up bits of antiquated speech like this. It’s like shopping for retro clothing, only free. The next time I call in sick to work, I’m going to describe my condition as “poorly.” Anyway, this little ad appeared in 1911. Milwaukeeans finally had a cure for clogged bowels and sluggish colons… HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/mwac/bottle_glass/hostetter.html">Hostetter’s</a> had been making this little remedy since 1853 and were a well-established national brand by the time this ad ran. Although it is doubtful this potion could actually cure any of the illnesses mentioned in the ad (Malaria… really?!?), it could help out a home bartender in a pinch. The stuff was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_medicine">94 proof…</a> enough to make you well again, if only for the <a href="http://mygutinstinct.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/old-time-drunks.jpg">evening</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-18569460232024648792011-02-13T13:29:00.002-06:002011-02-13T13:32:04.091-06:00Lost Milwaukee #2.5 ... Mapping the Jewel HeistRevisiting our <a href="http://historicmilwaukee.blogspot.com/2011/02/lost-milwaukee-episode-1-daylight-jewel.html">first episode</a>, I went back and checked out a vintage Milwaukee Map on the <a href="http://www4.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/">UWM libraries site</a> to try to get a better idea of where the dramatic jewel heist chase of 1926 actually took place. <br />
Here is an outline of the initial police chase on a modern map. Again, I have used MS Paint to cosmetic it a bit…<br />
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2. Turning from Wells onto 13th and blasting towards Grand Ave (now Wisconsin) at a high rate of speed, the taxi draws the attention of a motorcycle cop, who attempts to stop the vehicle for speeding. <br />
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3. After firing shots at the bike cop, a squad car joins the chase. More shots are fired as the cab nears the then-Muskego Ave bridge. The police hold their fire for fear of wounding passers-by.<br />
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4. The cab looses the cops after they are slowed by snow and slush. At the time, this was near the intersection of National and Greenbush. Today, Greenbush is known as S. 4th Street.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Checking the map, the apprehension of the men proves that they didn’t have much of a plan once they ditched the taxi cab. The Driver reported that they fled the car when KK met S. Bay (A). Two men where picked up at Stewart Street “<a href="http://www.old-picture.com/united-states-history-1900s---1930s/pictures/Moonshine-Still.jpg">Soft Drink Parlor</a>” (B) and the other was found shortly thereafter (C), hiding in a burlap potato sack in the basement of an Allen Street (now E. Becher) home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">That must have been one hell of a big sack of potatoes…</div><br />
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<div align="left"></div>Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-85889582145281920012011-02-09T16:28:00.010-06:002011-02-09T17:02:37.650-06:00Lost Milwaukee #2... Eight Days of Terror in 1935<span style="color:#000000;"> For eight days in the fall of 1935, Milwaukee was gripped with panic. Five vicious dynamite blasts in five days had turned public buildings into armed camps. Newspaper accounts of the time say the city was nearly put under martial law. Then, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, the reign of terror ended in one final, deadly explosion.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;">It started on the night of October 27th. A dynamite bomb placed in a drainpipe underneath Shorewood’s Village Hall (</span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3930+N.+Murray+shorewood+wi&aq=&sll=43.063596,-87.895666&sspn=0.055684,0.109692&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=3930+N+Murray+Ave,+Shorewood,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53211&z=16"><span style="color:#3366ff;">3930 N. Murray</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">) rocked the building, damaging the foundation and shattering nearby windows. The panic began less than 24 hours later when two braches of the First Wisconsin National Bank were bombed. The first was just past six o’clock, causing structural damage to the </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3602+W.+Villard+milwaukee&aq=&sll=43.088289,-87.884983&sspn=0.006958,0.013711&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=3602+W+Villard+Ave,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53209&z=16"><span style="color:#3366ff;">3602 W. Villard </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">location. The second was a half-hour later at </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=corner+of+farwell+and+north+milwaukee&aq=&sll=43.066066,-87.886333&sspn=0.027841,0.054846&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=N+Farwell+Ave+%26+E+North+Ave,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53202&z=16"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Farwell and North</span> </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">(now a US Bank branch). </span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571822901902989074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzPF37wUVTibWBfnpaXdRTYSP7i94RblarSgFNB5LM6HDfltm7D-2Zna8tgY2Tbj03ewUz5P-qWrwLbOFIlLEc28cv3tFnDx3rTDPkm4OJ-edJesSKBn8Ddr26Dm8HVtCDrJjHJx6HXAY/s200/policecover.bmp" />The police were now certain the crimes were connected with the recent theft of 150 lbs of TNT from a local CCC project site. The next two nights were quiet, but on Halloween evening the panic would reach a pinnacle as two police precincts were targeted. At 6:45 the fifth district station at </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=300+w+hadley+milwaukee&aq=&sll=43.076913,-88.310852&sspn=0.890755,1.755066&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=300+W+Hadley+St,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53212&z=16"><span style="color:#3366ff;">N 3rd and Hadley </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">was hit, a bomb blowing a hole in the wall and nearly injuring several officers. Fifteen minutes later, the third district station at </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1200+w+vine+milwaukee&aq=&sll=43.069391,-87.914041&sspn=0.00696,0.013711&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1200+W+Vine+St,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53205&z=16"><span style="color:#3366ff;">12th and Vine </span></a><span style="color:#000000;">suffered minor damage from similar attack.<br /><br />Armed guards now stood watch over Milwaukee Police stations as detectives worked feverishly to track the stolen dynamite. Hundreds of tips poured in. A southside poolhall was raided but none of the forty-five men brought in were able to provide any clues. Wild rumors flew that the bombers were driving a stolen police cruiser. All the while the city held its breath.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 251px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571823760703902018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d6AoECIwjlriNnXH5VsQTUejZ1knV0dOWglTQrfwZmz6PUiKPCMcplKXhZBx9symbuUeb1bmIAvA__Xy708SJTm3OWkGsVoZ-FyJznx_XqXWBUwA5YPwtgIKXUQgsMPmRXQUrCZsRoXP/s320/letters.bmp" /></span> <p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;">A warning letter from the bomber sent two days before his death</span><br /><br /></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">The campaign of terror came to an end in horrific fashion. The bombers, twenty-one-year-old Hugh “Idzy” Rutkowski and 16-year-old Paul “Shrimp” Chevanek were building a massive ‘super bomb’ in a sheet iron shed behind </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2121+w+mitchell+milwaukee&aq=&sll=43.053936,-87.927044&sspn=0.006962,0.013711&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=2121+W+Mitchell+St,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53204&z=16"><span style="color:#3366ff;">2121 W Mitchell St</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">.</span> One of pair was attempting to set an alarm clock that had been rigged up as a timing device when it went off. The explosion ignited some of the stolen dynamite stashed in the shed, nearly one hundred pounds worth. The two bombers were killed instantly, reduced to bits of flesh and bone. A nine-year-girl in a neighboring house, Patricia Mylnarek, was also killed. 11 people, including several members of the Mylnarek family suffered serious injuries. The blast tore through the block, damaging 40 buildings and shattering windows for blocks in all directions.<br /></span></p><br /><p align="left"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 172px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 220px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571824868273078786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZEw3rPdASAUmpmOXGmxE2xz7iokkbSHEmW8Q73d-YTeyE8LCVNJbo_dYKVKIy_OT_nXL4lPMADTQ933x0SGwm1TBDoFUGhVJwh70o0UrxTsNFVY-tKELyF9WcBljYnn878qp2uJpHm1q/s320/bombercover.bmp" /><br />Rutkowski’s motives were never fully explained. Described at the time as the leader of a small gang and a social misfit, he was a petty crook with a rap sheet ranging from car theft to “parking.” He was unable to find work and his family suspected he had lost his mind. Found after the blast were barely-literate letters from Rutkowski to the police, demanding cash to stop his spree. He mocked the cops in broken sentences like “<em>Polis gard sity ha ha ha – poooey on g mans.</em>” The letters led police to believe he had intended the bomb for downtown… possibly targeting a movie theatre. </span><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571825803020510098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AY7q8kExLJnasuldUPKnuGWF99IHW23CKkZwiD8Qkw0bcYv0xj9TYa7ofHVuiRE_LQabe9YwIy5hvzGTfFkPZ8U2cJUcxclfrpJTsRnXp4_JFMT3EzB7a4WaDEC-b3ZXYPGIRxl_UgHK/s320/cartoonmap.bmp" /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Journal illustration of the damage</span></span></p><p><span style="color:#000000;">It was four days before the cops could positively identify Rutkowski as the bomber. They finally matched his fingerprints to those of a severed and charred hand found on a garage roof a block away from the blast. It was found the same day little Patricia was laid to rest. 2,400 people attended her funeral service at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Another 25,000 filed past her casket during a two-day wake.<br /></p></span><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571826218723887650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlh9c3YiQa2CmSwXvkdD5d26U_R5YeMy5pE83Pz5ROEYerqZZmgQmuRErZ5kmzidhqrm2GXosn4U80qE9C5aOzIHqqIxWvy7i6lfajKqwp4RzSkOC8noZUcBcUWOh7LYneA42vjJdroxF/s320/pattymylnarek.bmp" /></span> <div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">Patricia Mylnarerk, 9-year-old vicitm</span></div><br /><span style="color:#000000;">The mangled remains of the two bombers were also put on display. They were held at the county morgue and according the Journal, were “visited by thousands.” That Saturday, the two were buried in a single casket at Forest Home Cemetery. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-3258722550333562132011-02-01T19:55:00.004-06:002011-02-01T19:57:22.899-06:00Lost Milwaukee Episode 1 - Daylight Jewel Heist! Gun Battle with Cops!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to the first installment of Lost Milwaukee, a new feature of the Historic Milwaukee, Inc blog. Each week, we will be taking a look at an unusual or amazing news item from Milwaukee's past. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today’s entry involves a daring daylight robbery, a high-speed gun battle, and a case of very swift justice. Our story begins on April 1<sup>st</sup>, 1926. Four <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Michigan</place></state> ferryboat hands, absent of cash, have schemed to knock off a local pawn dealer. The target of the heist is the Milwaukee Loan Office, </span><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=406+West+Wells+milwaukee&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=406+W+Wells+St,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53203&gl=us&z=16"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">406 West Wells</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (a location now underneath the <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Frontier</placename> <placename w:st="on">Airlines</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Center</placetype></place>). At 10 am, three armed men burst into the office, shoving the proprietor, Siman Rueben, to the floor and emptying his cash register and safe. The plan was for the three to pack the loot into suitcases and dash up the block to North 5th and Wells, where 42-year-old John Malloy, the architect of the crime, would be waiting in a running taxi cab. </span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The plan now in shambles, the remaining two jumped into the waiting taxi with $500 cash and over $15,000 worth of watches and jewels. With a pistol to his neck, the driver was ordered to “drive like hell.” He tore up Wells, executing such a violent turn onto 13<sup>th</sup> Street that a motorcycle cop gave chase. Unaware why the taxi was driving so recklessly, or who the passengers were, the officer attempted to force the car to the side of the road. Malloy fired several shots from the vehicle as it sped southward. At 13<sup>th</sup> and Clybourn, a squad car joined the chase, with Malloy peppering lead at his pursuers. As the bandits zipped across the <place w:st="on"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=n+emmber+bridge+milwaukee&aq=&sll=43.032596,-87.92912&sspn=0.003937,0.009624&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=N+Emmber+Ln,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53233&z=16"><placename w:st="on">Muskego</placename> <placename w:st="on">Avenue</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Bridge</placetype></a></place> (now the N Emmber Ln Bridge), the police remained close behind, but with the roads still slick and snowy from a recent storm, they were unable to keep up and by National Avenue, the gang was lost.</span></span> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A city-wide hunt was stymied for 30 minutes until a frantic call from Harry Ulirch, the hostage taxi driver, told police that they men had fled his cab at Bay and KK. Starting from that point, police and detectives blanketed the area, quickly finding and arresting 32-year-old John Vitalis and 20-year-old Clarence Fitz, the two who had escaped from Detective Mauger less than an hour earlier. Bafflingly, the two were apprehended at a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=E+Stewart+St,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53207&aq=&sll=43.037278,-87.928605&sspn=0.007873,0.019248&gl=us&ie=UTF8&geocode=FRc-kAIdsrDC-g&split=0&hq=&hnear=E+Stewart+St,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53207&ll=43.00733,-87.904079&spn=0.007877,0.019248&z=16">Stewart Street</a> “soft drink parlor”, less than four blocks from where they had ditched the taxi. Malloy had been a bit craftier, but not much. He was found a short time later, hiding in a potato sack in the basement of an Allen Street (now Becher St) house, just as close to the spot where they’d left the cab as his two thirsty accomplices. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a far longer post than we will usually be making, but this story proved just too interesting to skip. Especially fun was the <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=wZJMF1LD7PcC&dat=19260402&printsec=frontpage">Sentinel</a>’s special artwork for the story. The <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=jvrRlaHg2sAC&dat=19260401&printsec=frontpage">Journal</a> tried too, but they don’t really capture the moment as well…</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Of course, the Journal did add some ‘pain lines’ to the wounded man, so that’s something. But they seem to show Knight being shot from behind (which he was), whereas the Sentinel shows his falling backwards, arms akimbo...</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sources: Milwaukee <em>Journal</em>, April 1 & 2, 1926; Milwaukee <em>Sentinel</em>, April 2, 1926.</span></div>Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-53991635701829080472010-12-02T16:39:00.000-06:002010-12-02T16:39:26.752-06:00More doors opening for Doors Open Milwaukee (DOM)HMI has been busy finding allies for Doors Open Milwaukee (DOM). We're already partnering with the City of Milwalukee, Milwaukee County, Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, Visit Milwaukee, Marquette University, Easttown, Westown, The Historic Third Ward Association, Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, the American Institute of Architects - Milwaukee chapter and others. To date we have about thirty buildings on board including Marquette's new Law School, the Milwaukee Rep, US Bank, the Milwaukee Gas Light Building, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, MSOE's Grohmann Museum, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, Central Library, County Historical Society, City Hall and the County Courthouse. We've also been busy finding experts for over two dozen in-depth (but also free!) tours. We're working on a spanking new DOM brochure and stepping up our fundraising efforts. In January a DOM Steering Committee will be formed to begin working on the myriad tasks that will have to be done - from marketing to financials, volunteer coordination to building owner contacts. If you can lend us some time over the next 10 months please contact us at <a href="mailto:doorsopen@historicmilwaukee.org">doorsopen@historicmilwaukee.org</a> It's going to be the first of a great annual event that will highlight our city's built environment like never before.<br />
George Wagner<br />
DOM Project ManagerHistoric Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-45928772716862240012010-09-09T07:39:00.000-05:002010-09-09T07:39:25.584-05:00I LOVE MKE: Brady Street--Come Walk with Me<a href="http://ilovemke.blogspot.com/2010/08/brady-street-come-walk-with-me.html?spref=bl">I LOVE MKE: Brady Street--Come Walk with Me</a>: "I welcomed the opportunity to volunteer with a thriving non-profit about a year ago that is dedicated to increasing the awareness of Milwauk..."Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-21808775181182622862010-09-07T14:55:00.000-05:002010-09-07T14:55:31.225-05:00Buildings we'd like to see in Doors Open Milwaukee<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The focus of Doors Open Milwaukee (DOM) will be on downtown Milwaukee and some of its adjacent areas including the Historic Third Ward and Yankee Hill. On that last weekend of September of next year HMI hopes to open up to a hundred buildings providing backstage access to areas of buildings usually not accessible to the public. Here's a list of buildings we're trying to include.</span><br />
<em>(If you know of a building owner or organization in a building that would qualify as one of historic, architectural or cultural significance and you think that we should contact them, please let us know about it at </em><a href="mailto:doorsopen@historicmilwaukee.org"><em>doorsopen@<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">historicmilwaukee</span>.org</em></a><em> . ) </em><br />
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1. Wells Building (324 E. Wisconsin<br />
2. Pfister Hotel<br />
3. The Milwaukee Club<br />
4. Northern Trust. (526 E. Wisconsin)<br />
5. Milwaukee Gas Light Co. (626 E. Wisconsin)<br />
6. Northwestern Life Insurance<br />
7. Cudahy Tower<br />
8. University Club<br />
9. Button Residence (1024 E. State)10. Peck Residence (1105 N. Waverly Place)<br />
11. George Miller Residence (1060 E. Juneau)<br />
12. Knickerbocker Hotel<br />
13. Astor Hotel<br />
14. Elsa’s on the Park<br />
15. Isley Residence (1037 N. Astor)<br />
16. Immanuel Presbyterian Church (1100 N. Astor)<br />
17. All Saints Episcopal Church (828 E Juneau)<br />
18. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (914 E. Knapp)<br />
19. Woman’s Club of Wisconsin (813 E. Kilbourn) <br />
20. Dietrich Inbusch Residence (1135 N. Cass)<br />
21. Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center (790 N. Van Buren)<br />
22. Francis McGovern House (718 E. Wells)<br />
23. Cathedral Square (old Courthouse Square)<br />
24. St. John’s Cathedral<br />
25. Watts Building (761 N. Jefferson)<br />
26. Matthew Keenan Residence (777 N. Jefferson)<br />
27. Hotel Metro (411 E. Mason)<br />
28. Milwaukee Athletic Club<br />
29. MSOE (variety of buildings)<br />
30. Grohmann Museum<br />
31. Blatz condominiums (270 E. Highland)<br />
32. Val Blatz Brewing Co. Office Building (1120 N. Broadway)<br />
33. German English Academy (1020 N. Broadway)<br />
34. Grace Lutheran Church (1209 N. Broadway)<br />
35. Old St. Mary’s<br />
36. Federal Immigration and Detention Center<br />
37. Wisconsin Telephone Building (722 N Broadway)<br />
38. Cherry Street Bridge Houses<br />
39. Edison Street Condos<br />
40. Abbot Row (1019-1043 E. Ogden)<br />
41. Summerfield United Methodist Church (728 E. Juneau)<br />
42. First Unitarian Church (1009 E. Ogden)<br />
43. Lincoln Middle School of the Arts<br />
44. County Clare (1234 N. Astor)<br />
45. Karl Ratszch’s Restaurant<br />
46. Jason Downer Residence (1201 N. Prospect)<br />
47. White Manor Apartments (1228-36 E. Juneau)<br />
48. Francis Hinton Residence (1229-31 N. Prospect)<br />
49. 1260 N. Prospect Apartments<br />
50. University Club Condominiums<br />
51. Kilbourn Tower Condominiums<br />
51a. City Green Condominiums<br />
51b. Jewish Museum Milwaukee (1360 N. Prospect)<br />
51c. Exton Apartments<br />
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JUNEAUTOWN<br />
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52. City Hall<br />
53. Pabst Theater<br />
54. Milwaukee Press Club bar<br />
55. Milwaukee Center<br />
56. Powerhouse Theater<br />
57. Marcus Center for Performing Arts<br />
58. First National Bank Building (735 N. Water)<br />
59. M & I Bank (old building) (721 N. Water)<br />
60. 100 East Wisconsin<br />
60a. 1000 N. Water<br />
60b. Colby Abbot Building<br />
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HISTORIC THIRD WARD<br />
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61. Chase Bank (old Marine Plaza Bank)<br />
62. Iron Block Building<br />
63. Mitchell Building<br />
64. Mackie Building (Grain Exchange)<br />
65. Loyalty Building<br />
66. Railway Exchange Building<br />
67. Federal Building<br />
68. US Bank Building<br />
69. Milwaukee Art Museum<br />
70. Johnson Controls Building (507 E. Michigan)<br />
71. Eisner Museum<br />
72. MIAD (273 E. Erie)<br />
73. Public Market<br />
74. Broadway Theatre (342 N. Water)<br />
75. Italian Community Center<br />
76. Discovery World<br />
77. Milwaukee Ale House<br />
78. Riverwalk<br />
79. Marine Terminal Lofts (311 E. Erie)<br />
79a, Betty Brin Museum<br />
79b. Marshall Building (207 E. Buffalo)<br />
79c. Maier Festival Grounds<br />
79d. McGeogh Building<br />
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KILBOURNTOWN<br />
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80. Gimbels Department Store (ASQ Building)<br />
81. Plankinton Arcade<br />
82. Hotel Wisconsin (720 N. 3)<br />
83. Hilton Hotel<br />
84. Intermodal Station<br />
85. Midwest Convention Center)<br />
86. Wisconsin Tower Building (606 W Wisconsin)<br />
87. Milwaukee Public Library<br />
88. Milwaukee Public Museum<br />
89. St. James Episcopal Church (833 W. Wisconsin)<br />
90. Wisconsin Club<br />
91. Calvary Presbyterian Church (935 W. Wisconsin)<br />
92. Public Service Building (231 W. Michigan)<br />
93. Pritzlaff Hardware (305 N. Plankinton)<br />
94. Germaina Building (135 W. Wells)<br />
95. Mader’s Restaurant<br />
96. Usingers<br />
97. Syndey HiH<br />
98. Milwaukee County Historical Society<br />
99. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Building<br />
100. Steinmeyer Building (1050 N. 3rd)<br />
101. Turner Hall (1034 N. 4th)<br />
102. Riverside Theater<br />
103. Schlitz Brewing Co.<br />
104. Manpower<br />
105. Golda Meir School (1542 N. 4th)<br />
106. Milwaukee Theater<br />
107. Bradley Center<br />
108. MATC <br />
109. Milwaukee County Courthouse<br />
110. Pabst Brewing Company<br />
111. Trinity Lutheran Church (1046 N. 9th)<br />
112. Marquette University (new law school, Raynor library?)<br />
113. Joan of Arc Chapel<br />
114. Gesu Church<br />
115. Pabst Mansion<br />
116. Potawatomi Casino<br />
117. Harley Davidson Museum<br />
118. St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church<br />
119. WISN-TV<br />
120. U.S. Cellular Arena<br />
121. Shops at Grand Avenue<br />
122. Matthews Building<br />
123. Aurora Mount Sinai Hospital<br />
124. Milwaukee Center – Hotel Intercontinental<br />
125. Aloft HotelHistoric Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-52723292310836000122010-08-19T13:27:00.001-05:002010-08-19T13:34:13.521-05:00Remarkable Milwaukee 2010 - Honoring Johnson Controls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FuEzTbQ0lmKNWM5FhXzwkUv5UYJF05vOdld0-vC1KInykBXhSPk4ZNxpAqeu8ZxzVbf7JvpF1uKT36sqUhVtn4jBejeGcRFlByjgyQjXmMUzlTdDD9I2sFcDn-ToY4jm8m2zCEsIq0k/s1600/sFIN_hmi2010std.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FuEzTbQ0lmKNWM5FhXzwkUv5UYJF05vOdld0-vC1KInykBXhSPk4ZNxpAqeu8ZxzVbf7JvpF1uKT36sqUhVtn4jBejeGcRFlByjgyQjXmMUzlTdDD9I2sFcDn-ToY4jm8m2zCEsIq0k/s400/sFIN_hmi2010std.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.historicmilwaukee.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Members, Make Your Reservations Today!</span></a></div>Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-60397059281682751152010-08-19T10:53:00.000-05:002010-08-19T10:53:24.241-05:00Doors Open Milwaukee: Full steam ahead!<b>Over the last few months much has been happening behind the scenes as HMI prepares to roll out Doors Open Milwaukee (DOM) on September 24 & 25 of 2011. DOM hopes to open up to a hundred buildings in the downtown area free of charge, featuring parts of those buildings usually not accessible to the public. <br />
Here's a "Top Ten" list of what we've accomplished thus far.<br />
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1. A detailed business plan has been developed.<br />
2. A small commitee has been strategizing, planning, and working on the multitude of tasks that need to be completed to ensure the event's success.<br />
3. Potential key supporters are being contacted.<br />
4. A dozen "seed" building owners are being brought on board to help kick start our efforts to enlist those hundred buildings for the event.<br />
5. Grants have been and are continuing to be submitted to help underwrite DOM.<br />
6. Key sponsors are being sought.<br />
7. A striking Doors Open Milwaukee logo has been designed.<br />
8. Alliances with professional, civic and business associations are being forged.<br />
9. Building owner packets have been assembled and are beginning to be distributed.<br />
10.A seven minute DOM video is up and running on YouTube.<br />
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Next week: Watch for the list of buildings DOM hopes to include in the event.<br />
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George Wagner<br />
Project Manager<br />
</b>Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-73472375587267283082010-08-10T20:33:00.002-05:002010-08-11T08:09:40.797-05:00Thursday Twilight Tour<b>HMI UPDATE:</b> Some of Historic Milwaukee's Communication Committee members will be photographing, documenting and taking video of this tour and posting it here! Stay tuned! If you haven't been on one of these tours yet, you'll know what you're missing! :)<br />
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Brady Street Tour, Thursday, August 19th at 5:30 <br />
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This East Side neighborhood with its Polish and Italian working class communities, briefly became Milwaukee’s counter-culture stronghold in the 60’s and 70’s.<br />
Meet at the N.E. corner of Humboldt Avenue and Brady Street in front of Street Hedwig’s Church.Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-21559028047571168492010-04-22T19:37:00.003-05:002010-04-22T19:40:25.140-05:00Spaces & Traces Special Offer!As a thank you to being a part of our ever-growing social media community, Historic Milwaukee is offering a special ticket price for this year’s Spaces & Traces event to show our appreciation to our online fans. Just call the Historic Milwaukee office and ask for the Social Media Discount! You will be able to purchase a ticket at our HMI Member price of $20.00!<br />
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Note: You must be a "fan" on Facebook or follow us on Twitter in order to receive the discount.<br />
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HMI Office: (414) 277-7795Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-86033156444327230982010-03-25T16:57:00.003-05:002010-03-25T17:06:42.677-05:00Historic Milwaukee Photo Contest!<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCLAREG%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCLAREG%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_editdata.mso" rel="Edit-Time-Data"></link><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCLAREG%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCLAREG%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> <m:wrapindent m:val="1440"> <m:intlim m:val="subSup"> <m:narylim m:val="undOvr"> </m:narylim></m:intlim> </m:wrapindent><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (HMI) announces the 29th annual Spaces & Traces neighborhood open house event taking place Saturday, May 15. The tours and lectures about the Historic Brewers Hill and Beerline neighborhoods will highlight their history, architecture, and changes over time. This annual educational and cultural event is one of two major fundraising events that support the over 500 HMI tours/events throughout the year, while also offering a gift for posterity to the featured neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Historic <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:place></st1:city> is proud to present an exciting opportunity for Milwaukee-Area photography students and enthusiasts. HMI seeks a photo to put on the front of this year’s materials- which is distributed to thousands of individuals. <b></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Benefits of Entering & Winning</span></b></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Each photo submitted will be posted with artist name on our Flickr site<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Winner will have their name on the front cover of booklet and tri-fold</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The winner will be announced and published to our Blog & Facebook page</span></li>
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">A picture of any of the following houses can be taken and submitted:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2037 N 1st Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1821 N 2nd Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1918 N 2nd Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1927 N 4th Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1872 N Commerce Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1823 N Palmer Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1849 N Palmer Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2013 N Palmer Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2023 N Palmer Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2031 N Palmer Street<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">216 W Reservoir Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">919 E Reservoir Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">112 E Vine Street <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">325 W Vine Street</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Schlitz Park Building 2 or 3<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Scenic views of the Brewers Hill or Beerline neighborhoods</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Contest Deadline: <b>April 1<sup>st</sup>, 2010</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please email<b> black and white, non-digitally altered </b>photos to </span><b><span style="color: #31849b; font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:marketing@historicmilwaukee.org"><span style="color: #31849b;">marketing@historicmilwaukee.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: x-small;"></span></div>Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-36137795352963740452010-03-09T18:30:00.000-06:002010-03-09T18:30:41.870-06:00From Anna's Desk - March 2010 Enewsletter to Historic Milwaukee MembersDear Members and Friends, <br />
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Last night Historic Milwaukee held its first-ever Milwaukee Trivia Night at Cafe Corazon in Riverwest. It was a blast! Over 70 people signed-up to test their knowledge of Milwaukee. Round 1 ended in a tie breaker between two teams: Team 1, including Carl and Ellen Baehr (of the book Milwaukee Streets: The Stories Behind Their Names), trumped Team 6, which included HMI Guide George Wagner and HMI Researcher Hugh Swafford. <br />
Tie Breaking Question: In 1866 Anthony Kochanek, a homesick cobbler from Poland, offered his most valuable possession, a gold watch, to be raffled off for a nucleus fund to build St. Stanislaus Church, the first large parish for Americans of Polish ancestry in the United States, at the corner of what is now 5th and Mitchell. How much was raised from the raffling of his watch? Team 1 guessed closest to the correct answer, $250. <br />
Thank you to FUEL Milwaukee's New Member Orientation Team, Adam Carr from 88Nine, and Cafe Corazon for helping to organize this event! <br />
<strong>$20K Goal</strong><br />
This week we are mailing our Spring Appeal letter to follow-up on the letter I sent last December announcing Historic Milwaukee's goal to raise $20,000 through donations from Members and Friends. <br />
Since that time 70 Members have contributed a total of $6,000. Please help us raise the remaining $14,000. <em>You can donate right now by clicking <a href="http://www.historicmilwaukee.org/Main/DonateOnline">here</a></em>. All donors will be recognized in an upcoming issue of our print publication, Echo. <br />
HMI deserves your financial investment. Our Members and Volunteers truly fuel and regenerate HMI year in and year out. For instance, I've been working with Guide George Wagner on building a business plan for Doors Open Milwaukee, an exiting project that will explore and celebrate Downtown Milwaukee for an entire weekend in the fall of 2011. <br />
I'd also like to bring attention to one of our new young leaders, Brandon Tschacher, who is the Chair of our Communications & Marketing Committee. Brandon is leading a team of 8 new volunteers to help raise the visibility of HMI. Their work has surpassed expectation and truly exemplifies the spirit of team work and volunteerism. <br />
Help to make sure the great work of George, Brandon, and all who volunteer for HMI, continues into the future. <br />
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<strong>Volunteer Spaces & Traces</strong><br />
You will also be receiving in the mail a form to sign-up as a volunteer guide for Spaces & Traces. It is easy, fun, and a great way to get more involved. You'll also learn quite a bit about Brewers' Hill & The Beerline. <em>You can sign-up right now to become a volunteer guide by clicking </em><a href="http://www.historicmilwaukee.org/Main/SpacesAndTracesVolunteerRegistration"><em>here</em></a>. <br />
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<strong>Panel Discussions</strong><br />
More good news, our February 25th Panel Discussion on Municipal Landmark Ordinances set record attendance! Thanks again to our panelists Paul Jakubovich, Alderman Bob Bauman, Mike D'Amato, and Jim Draeger. <br />
Join us on March 25th for a discussion on Neighborhood Revitalization and Milwaukee's Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative. Sign-up <a href="http://www.historicmilwaukee.org/ToursAndEvents/2010SummerPanelRegistration">here</a>.<br />
Hope to see you there! <br />
Anna-Marie Opgenorth <br />
Executive DirectorHistoric Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-60269450319473212142010-01-26T13:34:00.000-06:002010-01-26T13:34:32.552-06:00Historic Milwaukee - What IS Historic!? ]<a href="http://www.fuelmilwaukee.org/members/blog_view.asp?id=474973&post=89915">Historic Milwaukee - What IS Historic!? ]</a>Historic Milwaukee, Inc.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15485214932925051180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107016424645308838.post-6802567737400268512010-01-23T08:36:00.000-06:002010-01-23T08:36:57.746-06:00Downtown's hidden treasure - By George Wagner<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">George Wagner, a knowledgeable HMI guide who recently scripted our Six Points walking tour, is working hard to bring Doors Open to Milwaukee.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Something like 10,000 people have moved into condominiums and apartments in the downtown Milwaukee area over the past 20 years. When these folks are asked why they live downtown, they say it's the proximity to great cultural and sports venues, a beautiful lakefront, terrific restaurants and exciting events.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But they also mention something less tangible: They love the downtown ambience that juxtaposes the old and the new. They enjoy walking among and inside our downtown buildings. And that squares with a comment we volunteer tour guides at <a href="http://www.historicmilwaukee.org/" style="color: #264974; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Historic Milwaukee Inc.</a> often hear from visitors: "You have a lovely downtown with so many beautiful old buildings!"<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When we give these tours, what elicits the "oohs" and "aahs" are often the interior spaces: from the federal courthouse atrium to City Hall's light well; from the elegant Grain Exchange Room to the Pfister Hotel lobby; from the remodeled interior of St. John's Cathedral to the Plankinton Arcade.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Yet many visitors to our downtown, from near or far, are unaware of the treasures that lay within. We have a great heritage inside those buildings.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There are a number of cities in the United States and Canada that have inaugurated "Doors Open" weekends to highlight these kinds of hidden gems. Ten years ago, Toronto was the first. It was so successful that its province started Doors Open Ontario two years later. New York City followed suit. Two years ago, I visited Denver to investigate its program and came back excited and convinced that Milwaukee could do the same. These cities' Doors Open events continue to expand to include neighborhoods outside of their centers. We could do likewise.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Here's how it works. Every year, on a weekend in the spring or fall, about a hundred buildings open up to the public free of charge. Building owners are invited to open their doors, deciding how much of their building they want to showcase. Some feel comfortable allowing the public into their lobby; others have their staff present tours of the building. Visitors decide which sites they want to check out on their own schedule. In addition, these two-day events typically include dozens of "expert tours" that are ticketed but free and open on a first-come basis.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What kinds of buildings are featured? Churches, office buildings, theaters, museums, libraries, hotels, condominiums, government buildings, shops, athletic facilities, architectural firms, banks, restaurants, schools, clubs and historic homes. From belfries to boardrooms, from the newest to the oldest, from the ornate to the simple, from original use to total do-over.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Whether you want to climb City Hall's bell tower, peek into luxury condos, examine the Grohmann Museum's rooftop sculptures up close or find out about downtown's "green hotels," a Doors Open program could make that happen.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In a sense, such an event could be a kind of homecoming for our own area residents. It's returning to the roots of our parents and grandparents and understanding that what made Milwaukee great in the past continues today in its built environment.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Historic Milwaukee Inc. is working to make this event a reality here. Preliminary plans envision Doors Open Milwaukee for September 2011.<br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It's time to show off our downtown's wonderful architectural heritage, both outside and in.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">George Wagner of Milwaukee is a retired librarian. E-mail <a href="mailto:gwagne61@yahoo.com" style="color: #264974; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">gwagne61@yahoo.com</a></i><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">A View of Our City in Three Acts </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Historic Milwaukee’s 2010 Panel Discussion Series</span> <br />
Sponsored by Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren s.c. <br />
Moderated by Real Estate Attorney <a href="http://www.reinhartlaw.com/People/Pages/BruceTBlock.aspx">Bruce Block </a><br />
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<b>Registration after the jump! </b><br />
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Location: 1000 North Water St., 21st floor<br />
All discussions begin at 7PM and are preceded by an optional 6PM Cocktail Hour <br />
(admission sold separately) <br />
Enjoy dazzling views with an open bar and heavy hor d’oeuvres. Meet and mingle with the panelists. Reservations Limited! <br />
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Prices for Panel Discussions<br />
$10 ea. for HMI, FUEL, Next Gen. Members / $25 for series <br />
$15 ea. for Non Members / $40 for series <br />
$7 ea. for University Students <br />
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Prices for Cocktail Hour<br />
$15 ea. for HMI, FUEL, Next Gen. Members / $40 for series <br />
$20 ea. for Non Members / $55 for series <br />
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Act I: Thursday, February 25th<br />
What is Historic?! Historic preservation and designation under municipal landmark ordinances. <br />
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Panelists: <br />
Alderman Robert Bauman - 6th District, Member of Milwaukee’s Historic Preservation Commission <br />
Jim Draeger - Architectural Historian for the Wisconsin Historical Society <br />
Paul Jakubovich - Preservation Planner for the City of Milwaukee <br />
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Act II: Thursday, March 25th<br />
The Healthy Neighborhood Initiaitive: A discussion in conjunction with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and two treasured Milwaukee neighborhoods, Capitol Heights and Lincoln Village. <br />
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Panelists <br />
Dionne Shaw - Senior Program Officer Greater Milwaukee Foundation <br />
Michael Schubert - Program Consultant for the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative <br />
Antoinette Vaughn - Capitol Heights Neighborhood <br />
Rebecca Mueller and Alexandra Trumball - Lincoln Village Neighborhood <br />
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Act III: Thursday, April 29th<br />
The Nexus of Performing Arts and Architecture: A discussion in conjunction with UPAF. What is the connection between the performing arts, the built environment, a globally competitive local economy, and a unique, differentiated local identity? <br />
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Panelists <br />
Jonathan West - Author of “Milwaukee’s Live Theatre” <br />
Debra Loewen - Artistic Director of Wild Space Dance Co. <br />
Kevin Stalheim - Present Music Artistic Director. <br />
Gary Witt - Executive Director of The Pabst Theatre Foundation, Inc. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">MILWAUKEE, WI – (May 2010) Historic Milwaukee, Inc (HMI) announces the 29<sup>th</sup> annual<i> Spaces &Traces </i>educational and cultural<i> </i>event taking place Saturday, May 15. Guided walking tours and lectures through the Historic Brewers Hill and Beerline neighborhoods will highlight their history, architecture and evolution.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">The Historic Brewers Hill and Beerline neighborhoods, located north of Downtown Milwaukee, will be featured for the first time on the Spaces & Traces tour of exquisite neighborhoods. This annual spring open house is one of 2 major fundraising events that subsidize the other 500 HMI tours/events throughout the year, while offering a gift for posterity to the featured neighborhood. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">2010 Spaces & Traces is sponsored by: <i>TBD</i>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">HMI is recognized as a leader in creating awareness of and commitment to Milwaukee’s history and the preservation of its built environment. This is done through innovative, responsive programs and strong community, corporate and civic alliances. HMI seeks to grow a sense of community through the advocacy and education of Milwaukee’s rich past and prospering future.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Visit www.historicmilwaukee.org for more details.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #666666; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">Anna-Marie Opgenorth</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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