The first new company truck This 1933 photo shows Roman Rozmarynowski (second from right) with his entire crew and a 1932 Ford, the first new truck he bought for his business, Roman Electric Co. Rozmarynowski started the business (today based in West Allis) in 1929, just a month before the stock market crashed. [caption id="attachment_586981"
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Aerial view of the Lakeside Power Plant in St. Francis
This undated photo shows the Lakeside Power Plant in St. Francis. Opened in 1921, it was the first power plant to burn only pulverized coal. The plant was retired and demolished in the 1980s. We Energies is in the process of transitioning its Wisconsin electricity generation away from coal by 2032. Two of its coal units in Oak Creek will be retired in the coming months, two more will be retired in late 2025 and the others will transition to natural gas.
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More restoration work planned at Soldiers Home
This historic photo shows the Ward Memorial Theater (built in 1881) at the Milwaukee Soldiers Home complex near American Family Field. The theater, along with the Soldiers Home Chapel and the Governor’s Residence are part of a $25 million rehabilitation plan recently announced by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and Madison-based developer The Alexander Co. The large square on the building’s exterior is a stained-glass portrait of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on horseback. It was removed in 2011 for safekeeping and will be returned as part of the restoration process.
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1930s downtown Milwaukee from the air
This August 1937 aerial photo shows the downtown and Historic Third Ward areas in Milwaukee. The photo was taken as part of Agricultural Adjustment Administration land surveys.