Here is another mystery face on a building near downtown. It is very memorable so if anyone has chanced to see it they should know where it is immediately. What is the guess for this week’s mystery?
Time for a change of theme. I know many people love to see the old photos of Milwaukee but we are nearly through with all of the challenging ones. In the interest of keeping a challenging mystery we are now introducing the Mystery Faces of Milwaukee. This new mystery will have fans try to guess the building that the mystery face is located on. This will test everyone’s memory of building details around the city. We are concentrating on big buildings around or near downtown.
Can anyone guess the building where this week’s face is located? The hint is that it is somewhere on Wisconsin Avenue.
Today’s belated Monday Mystery photo takes us away from downtown to the northwest side of the city. The Standard gas station on the northeast corner is Lynn’s Service. A tavern is on the northwest corner. Bus stops are on all corners. All buildings shown in this 1950s photo are still there.
Any ideas where this week’s mystery photo is located?
Here is a mystery building that was located in the heart of downtown up until about 1912. This picture was taken around 1905 and looks west. It once housed a well-known early day bookseller. What was the building and where was it located?
This view of 1940s Milwaukee is looking east and is on the edges of downtown. The Italianate building which is now demolished belonged to the English Woolen Mills and was a coat store. Most of the buildings in this area are now gone but some people may be able to ID the church in the background which is still there.
Today we are traveling back to the 1940s but staying downtown. Not many clues for this difficult puzzler but we are looking south. The rest of the clues are in the picture; streetcar tracks, the street angles, etc. Good luck guessing!
Here is an old photo of some mystery buildings that were located downtown. This is a view from the 1880s and shows an interesting gothic building. Where was this located?
This week we are heading back to the 1880s for this view of downtown. Where was this week’s mystery picture?
Today’s mystery photo is downtown and looks north. The Monart Lincoln Mercury service building is on the left and other apartment and office buildings are in the background. One building shown remains but I’ll leave it to you to determine which of those it might be. Lastly, this is sometime in the 1950s. Guess away!
Let’s go back to the 1930s for this mystery photo and somewhere on the edge of downtown. This is obviously an industrial area with plenty of railroad tracks running through. A track switching tender’s shack stands guard over the intersection. The building in the near background belongs to Milwaukee Scrap Metal Company. What is your guess as to where this might be?