Milwaukee County Historical Society

Business Collection

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Papers, ca. 1860-ongoing
Call Number: Mss-0764
Bulk: 5.4 cubic feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a variety of materials relating to Milwaukee area companies.  The collection is arranged by company name and organized alphabetically. 

Contents List:

Business

Box Number

 

 

A. D. Seaman Company

1

A. Kittelmann Furniture Company

1

A.F. Gallun and Sons
(See Also: LC Sh. 12 Ledger 1918-1940)

1

Acme Building Materials, Inc.

1

Acorn Building and Loan Association

1

Acro Welder Manufacturing Company

1

Adelman Laundry Cleaner

1

Aerodyne Inc.

1

Air Wisconsin, Incorporated

1

Alinder Hammer Company

1

Allis Lake Laboratory

1

Ambrosia Chocolate Company

1

American Bio-Synthetics Corporation

1

American Building Restoration, Incorporated

1

American Can Company

1

American City Bank and Trust Company

1

American Fixture Company

1

American Motors Corporation

1

American Plumbing Supply Co.

1

American Telephone and Telegraph

1

AMF Incorporated

1

AMPCO Metal, Incorporated

1

Applied Power, Incorporated

1

Anton Kuolt Saloon

1

Arcadian Malleable Range Company

1

Association Corporation

1

Audax Fund Incorporated

1

Auer Steel and Heating Supply Company

1

August F. Kellner Company

1

Auto Mart, The

1

Autotrol Corporation

1

Avenue Florist

1

B. D. Eisendrath Tanning Co.

1

B. J. Johnson Soap Company

1

B. S. Wisniewski

1

Badger Meter, Incorporated

1

Badger Pattern Works, Incorporated

1

Barnes - Lorber Costume Company

1

Basic Products Corporation

1

Bath Industries Incorporated

1

Baumgarten-Krueger Flowers

1

Beihoff Music Co.

1

Bentley Company

1

Bergstrom Paper Company

1

Blitz-Fog Company

1

Bloedel's

1

Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin

1

Bolens-Enders Printing Company

1

Borden Company

1

Boston Store

1

Bostrom Corporation

1

Boulevard Inn

1

Bradford's Pianos and Organs, Incorporated

1

Brook Hill Farm, Incorporated

1

Brownberry Ovens

1

Browning, King & Co.

1

Bruce Paul Goodman

1

Buck Bradley’s

1

Bucyrus - Erie Company

1

Building Service Inc.

1

C. H. Electric Machine Company

1

C. L. Ueber and Sons

1

C. W. Gross

1

Callaway Fuel Company

1

Cannon Printing Company

1

Catholic Knights Insurance Society

1

Cavalla Tobacco Co.

1

CH2M Hill

1

Chris Schroeder Insurance, Incorporated

1

Citizens Abstract and Title Company

1

Civic Finance Corporation

1

Clarkson Brothers

1

Classified Financial Corporation

1

Classi-Finders

1

Coal Economizer Company

1

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Wisconsin

1

Commerce Group Corporation

1

Coopers and Lybrand

1

Cream City Bill Posting Company

1

Cream City Furniture Company

1

Cream City Mutual Insurance Company

1

Cudahy and Sons, Incorporated

1

Daly’s Pen Shop

1

Delco Electronics

1

Devonshire Victorian Tea Shop

1

Diedrich Chemicals

1

Donald M. Wall & Co.

1

Downey Incorporated

1

E. J. Prasser and Sons

1

E. L. Husting Company

1

Eastman Kodak Stores, Incorporated

1

Eaton Corporation

1

Echo Communications Inc.

1

Edelweiss Cruises

2

Edgewood Dairy

2

Edward A. Purtell Company, Incorporated

2

Electrolux Cleaner and Air Purifier

2

Eline's, Incorporated

2

Employers Mutual of Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin

2

Enno Dorestan & Son, Window Glass, Paints, Varnishes, etc.

2

Espenhain Dry Goods Co.

2

Evening Wisconsin Company

2

EZ Paintr Corporation

2

F. E. Jens Company

2

F. Mayer Boot and Shoe Co.

2

F. W. Woolworth Company

2

Falk Corporation

2

Farmers Mutual Insurance

2

Federation Insurance of America

2

First Civic Foundation of Milwaukee

2

Flanner & Hafsoos

2

Foley and Lardner

2

Forman Construction Company, Inc.

2

Fred E. Lins Quality Sausage Company

2

Fred Usinger, Incorporated

2

Freese's Candy Shop

2

Froedtert Malting Company

2

Fuller - Warren Company

2

Galland Henning Nopak, Incorporated

2

Gas Power Engineering Co.

2

General Electric Company

2

George Banta Company, Incorporated

2

George Burroughs & Sons

2

George C. Cribb

2

George J. Meyer Manufacturing Company

2

George Pandl's

2

George Watts and Sons, Incorporated

2

George Webb Restaurants

2

Germania Fire Insurance Co.

2

Giddings and Lewis, Incorporated

2

Gillen Company

2

Global Mfg. Corp.

2

Globe Tube

2

Globe - Union, Incorporated

2

Godfrey Company

2

Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-operative

2

Goodwill Industries

2

Goodyear Rubber Company

2

Granville Lumber & Fuel Company

2

Grassold, Johnson, Wagner and Isley

2

Grede Foundries, Incorporated

2

Greenfield Flower Shop

2

Greiner & Cohen, Inc.

2

GS2 Securities, Incorporated

2

Guetzlaff Memorial Company

2

H. Niedecken Company

2

H. O. Stenzel Co.

2

H.P. Kuntz

2

Harper - Drake and Associates, Incorporated

2

Harris Material & Service Co.

2

Health Care Keyboard Co.

2

Helen Gunnis Music Shop

2

Helix Photoart

2

Heritage Painting

2

Herman Voss Company

2

Hi - Fi Fo - Fum

2

Hi - Mark Enterprises

2

Holsum Foods Company

2

Horton Stamp Company

2

House of Blues (Pabst City)

2

Howard Georg Co.

2

Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendorff

2

Hudson Equipment Corporation

2

Hurley-Reilly Co.

2

Huston-Baldwin Piano Stores

2

Hydrite Chemical Co.

2

Inland Financial Corporation

2

Inland Steel Products Co.

2

International Exports, LTD

2

International Harvester Company

2

International Tag & Salesbook Co.

2

Interstate Drop Forge Company

2

Ira Schnell Periodical Service

2

J and R Motor Supply Company

2

J. B. Bradford Co.

2

J.H. Wild Merchant Tailors

2

J. I. Case

2

J. M. Nash Company, Incorporated

2

James M. Fox and Son

2

James M. Walsh Co.

2

James Morgan Dry Goods

2

Jerome B. Meyer & Son

2

John Deere Horicon Works

2

John Oster Manufacturing Company

2

John P. Bruemmer & Sons

2

Johns - Manville Corporation

2

Johnson Controls, Incorporated

2

Journal Communications

2

Julian Engraving Co.

2

Julius Andrae & Sons Co.

2

Juneautown Coporation

2

Kahler Slater

3

Kalmbach Publishing Company

3

Kearney & Trecker Corporation

3

Kellogg’s

3

Kempsmith Machine Co.

3

Keystone Motor Oil Company, Inc.

3

Kimberly - Clark Corporation

3

Kohler Co.

3

Kohls

3

Koss Corporation

3

Kupper, Incorporated

3

Kurth Malting Company

3

L. Morgan & Co.

3

Lac du Nord Kayaks

3

Lake Shore Cement Burial Vault Co.

3

Lake Superior District Power Company

3

Lakeside Bridge and Steel Company

3

Lakeside Laboratories, Incorporated

3

Lakritz & Picus

3

Landaas & Company

3

Le Carousel

3

Line Material

3

LoDuca Bros.

3

Lone Tree Printery

3

Louis Allis Co.

3

Louis Burmeister Co.

3

Louis Esser Co.

3

Lubeck’s Supply Service

3

Luick Ice Cream

3

MacGillis and Gibbs Company

3

Mandel Company

3

Manpower

3

Marcus Corporation

3

Marshall Field and Company

3

Matthews Brothers Furniture Company

3

May Oil Burner Sales Corporation

3

McGraw Edison Company

3

McNaulin, Inc.

3

McQuay Perflex Incorporated

3

Medalist Industries

3

Medical Systems, Inc.

3

Melchior Brothers Furniture Company

3

Melco, Inc.

3

Merkel Motor Co.

3

Meyer Ice Company

3

Michael Yundt Company

3

Michael, Best & Friedrich

3

Mid-America Antique Center

3

Midland Cooperative Wholesale

3

Mid-States Shoe Company

3

Midwest Film Co.

3

Milwaukee Air Power Pump Company

3

Milwaukee Auditorium Company

3

Milwaukee Bag Company

3

Milwaukee Chair Company

3

Milwaukee Company

3

Milwaukee Concrete Novelty Products

3

Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co.

3

Milwaukee Electric Tool Company

3

Milwaukee Exotic Greenhouses

3

Milwaukee Germania

3

Milwaukee Hatchery

3

Milwaukee Helicopter Airways Inc.

3

Milwaukee Locomotive Manufacturing Company

3

Milwaukee Parts Corporation

3

Milwaukee Preserve & Flavor Co.

3

Milwaukee Press and Machine Company

3

Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Incorporated

3

Milwaukee Publishers Incorporated

3

Milwaukee River Hilton Inn

3

Milwaukee Road

3

Milwaukee Sausage Works

3

Milwaukee Security Survey Company

3

Milwaukee Social-Democratic Publishing Company

3

Milwaukee Stamping Company

3

Milwaukee Title Guaranty and Abstract Company

3

Milwaukee Tool

3

Milwaukee Trust Company

3

Miracle Wall Cleaners

3

Miscellaneous - Businesses

5

Miscellaneous - Hotels

5

Miscellaneous - Restaurants

5

Mississippi Valley Public Services Company

3

M-M Sporting Goods

3

Mobility Unlimited

3

Modern Specialty Company

3

Moe - Bridges Company

3

Moebius Printing Company

3

Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Corporation

3

Motor Sales Supply Company

3

Mots' Original Acrobatic Kites

3

Mrs. Karl's Bakeries, Inc.

3

National Enameling and Stamping Company

4

National Food Stores

4

National Press, Inc.

4

National Sales Corporation

4

National Tea Co.

4

Nau & Schmidt Music Co.

4

Nelson Container Corporation

4

Nevada Queen Mines Company

4

Nichol Machinery Company, Incorporated

4

Nino's Incorporated

4

Nordberg Mfg. Co.

4

North Side Coal & Oil Company

4

Northern Rail Car Corporation

4

Northwest General Hospital

4

Northwestern Mutual Building and Loan

4

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

4

Northwestern National Insurance Company

4

O. H. Klug

4

O.R. Pieper Co.

4

Office Specialties Sales Co.

4

Ogden & Company Inc.

4

Oilgear Company

4

Old Line Life Insurance Company of America

4

Olsen Publishing Company

4

Otis Elevator Company

4

Otto Ladwig and Sons

4

Otto P. Kamschulte Co.

4

Paine Lumber Company Ltd.

4

Ph. Gross Hardware

4

Phenix Manufacturing Co.

4

Phoenix Hosiery Company

4

Phoenix Scale Company

4

Phoenix Toy Company

4

Pieper Electric Incorporated

4

Pietsch, Ferdinand

4

Pioneer Manufacturing Co.

4

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries

4

Plastic Products Company

4

Pohlman Studios

4

Porto Metal House and Garage Co.

4

Potawatomi Bingo

4

Power Products Corporation

4

Premier Engraving Company

4

Preuss Florists

4

Prime Manufacturing Company

4

Prinz & Rau Manufacturing Company

4

Props Unlimited

4

Quirk & Hagenbuck

4

R. Laacke Co.

4

R.A. Fuller Agency

4

R.F. Newman

4

Racine Exerciser Co.

4

Rank and Sons Buick

4

Realist Incorporated

4

Red Arrow Garage

4

Red Mill

4

Relocation Realty, Incorporated

4

Retail Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company

4

Rieder's Hardware

4

Rietbrock Land and Lumber Company

4

Riverside Printing Co.

4

Robert W. Baird and Co., Inc.

4

Roberts Company

4

Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery

4

Ronald Sadoff's Major Trends

4

Rosenberg Elevator Co.

4

Rosenthal Corn Husker Co.

4

Roundy's

4

S. A. Mondschein Piano Company

4

S.C. Herbst Importing Co.

4

Safeway Steel Products Incorporated

4

Sax-Crafts

4

Saxton Agency

4

Scenic Rail Dining, Incorporated

4

Schmidt & Bartlet Funeral Service

4

Schwab and Sercomb

4

Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers

4

Schwerman Trucking Company

4

Sealtest

4

Second Ward Securities Company

4

Security Trust Company

4

Sentinel Company

4

Shabahang Persian Carpets

4

Shepard and Henes

4

Shop Rite Food Stores

4

Shufflette, Inc.

4

Siekert and Baum

4

Signal Battery Company

4

Smartwear - Emma Lange Inc.

4

Snap - On Tools

4

Sola Basic Industries

4

Sperry Candy Company

4

Stadler Textile Weavers, Inc.

4

Standard Electric Supply Company

4

Standard Millwork Distributors

4

Standard Paper Company

4

Star Safety Razor

4

Sta-Rite Products, Incorporated

4

Stark Brothers Company

4

Steinmeyer’s

4

Stotzer Granite Company

4

Stuarts

4

Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company

4

Stumpf & Landhoff Department Store

4

T. F. Pagel Lumber Company

5

Taft’s Dental Rooms

5

Talent Central

5

Taylor Button Company

5

Tharinger Macaroni Co.

5

Thiem Corporation

5

Thilmann Pulp and Paper Company

5

Time Holdings, Incorporated

5

Town & County Shop

5

Tuec Company

5

UIP Corporation

5

Unishelter, Incorporated

5

United States Express Company

5

Unitrin, Incorporated

5

Universal Foods Corporation

5

Universal Gas Machine Co.

5

Universal Indicator Co.

5

Universal Telephone, Incorporated

5

Univest Corporation

5

Valley Bancorporation

5

Valley Service Co.

5

Versa Technologies, Incorporated

5

W. A. Krueger Company

5

W. R. Grace and Company

5

W.T. Copeland & sons

5

Walker Manufacturing Company of Wisconsin

5

Walk-Over Shoe Co.

5

Walsh Harness Company

5

Wehr Corporation

5

Weissgerber's

5

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company

5

Western Builder Publishing Company

5

Western Moulding Co., Inc.

5

Western Publishing Company

5

Westinghouse Electric Supply Company

5

Wetzel Brothers, Incorporated

5

Weyenberg Shoe Manufacturing Company

5

Weyerhaeuser Company

5

Wilbur Lumber Company

5

Wilbur Stock Food Co.

5

Wil-Kil Pest Control

5

Willamette Industries, Incorporated

5

William A. Kaun Music Co.

5

William and Henry Fink

5

William Berger & Company

5

William F. Zummach, Inc.

5

William Rohlfing & Co.

5

William Willer

5

WISCO “99"

5

Wisconsin Blue Cross

5

Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company

5

Wisconsin Centrifugal

5

Wisconsin Cheese Mart Inc.

5

Wisconsin Creameries

5

Wisconsin Energy Corporation

5

Wisconsin Fund

5

Wisconsin Glass Company

5

Wisconsin Ice & Coal Co.

5

Wisconsin Lakes Ice and Cartage Company

5

Wisconsin Memorial Park

5

Wisconsin Printing Company

5

Wisconsin Sugar Company

5

Wisconsin Telephone Co.

5

Wisconsin Trust Company of Milwaukee

5

Wm. R. Landsberg

5

Zeb Billings Sight & Sound Systems

5

Zimmerman Brothers Clothing Company

5

Zita

5

 

 

Oversize Items

Location

 

 

Scrapbook of posters, letters, and brochures from an eighth grade project at St. Elizabeth School, n.d.

RC 14
Shelf 13