Photograph
Germania Building
![View from intersection towards a taxi and several other automobiles parked in front of the Brumder Building. Flags and flag-inspired bunting decorate the facades and lampposts. A sign over the main entrance reads: "Welcome A.A.C. of W. [Associated Advertising Clubs of the World] Milwaukee Herold and German National Farm Weeklies." Front windows to the left of the entry have signs identifying the National Bank of Commerce; those on the right have signs for the Milwaukee Herold and German National Farm Weeklies. A stairway on the left at the corner leads to a barbershop and bathhouse below street level.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700018030004/1803000066-l.jpg "Germania Building")
| View from intersection towards a taxi and several other automobiles parked in front of the Brumder Building. Flags and flag-inspired bunting decorate the facades and lampposts. A sign over the main entrance reads: "Welcome A.A.C. of W. [Associated Advertising Clubs of the World] Milwaukee Herold and German National Farm Weeklies." Front windows to the left of the entry have signs identifying the National Bank of Commerce; those on the right have signs for the Milwaukee Herold and German National Farm Weeklies. A stairway on the left at the corner leads to a barbershop and bathhouse below street level. |
| Image ID: | 139340 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1935 |
| Creator Name: | Cross, A. L. |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Brumder family and Milwaukee German ancestry research papers, 1844-2014 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH Milwaukee Mss 229.2.3 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7 inches |
| Built at 135 West Wells Street by George Brumder in 1896 as the Germania Building, the name was changed to the Brumder Building in 1918 in response to anti-German sentiment during World War I. The original name was restored in 1981. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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