Photograph
Germania Building
| Elevated night view of the eight story Germania Building, which is illuminated with a multitude of individual electric light bulbs outlining the windows and other architectural details. The trapezoidal building has four domes at the corners. A statue of "Germania" stands on a pediment at the fourth floor level and lifts an illuminated torch in her right hand. A small triangular building facing the front of the Germania Building is named, appropriately, The Triangle, and advertises the Cream City Brewing Co. on large signs at roof level. There are brick buildings on the right with signs for "Leather and Findings," "Western Bottlers Supply Co.," and "Beckerman & Mayer Mfgrs of Cloth Hats and Caps." |
| Image ID: | 139737 |
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| Creation Date: | after 1896 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| 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 229.3.1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| The Germania Building, 135 West Wells St., was constructed in 1896 for George Brumder's thriving German-language publishing business. Because of anti-German sentiment during World War I, the building was renamed the Brumder Building in 1918. The Germania name was restored in 1981. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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