Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I always thought Milwaukee was a brewing city, the beer capital of USA. My father worked there for a couple of years in the late 1940s for Allis Chalmers. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote: > Last Saturday I checked out three places during Doors Open Milwaukee - an > event that features public access and/or tours of 150+ buildings around > town. I went to the Railway Exchange and Wells buildings, and the Calvary > cemetery chapel. > > > Milwaukee used to be known as Cream City, but not for any dairy > connection. The local, yellow-toned brick was used for virtually all brick > buildings in Victorian times, so much so that the city got the nickname. It > must have given an upbeat feeling in comparison to places with dark brick > structures. By my time, all these buildings were almost black from soot, as > seen in these two views of my high school about 60 years apart. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/SDHS/Ca1915_PCMR_EMKE_10AX9913A.jpg.html > > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/SDHS/19760621_MR_EMKE_7610_1A.jpg.html > > > > > Many have now been cleaned, as can be seen in the first picture of the 27 > in the album. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Buildings/DoorsOpen/ > > > > > Almost all taken with Fuji X-E2, 35mm and 50mm Summicrons. > > All can be viewed large. > > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 > UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 > amr3 at uwm.edu > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/> > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >