OLD MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. July, 1965. Altitude c. 4,000 feet. Taken from a location over Lake Michigan looking toward the west along the industrial Menominee River Valley, this photograph reveals the Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers at left, 1-794 at left center, and the Milwaukee River at right center. Milwaukee's Municipal Pier juts into the lake at lower center. The War Memorial Building and Art Center are toward lower right, between Lincoln Memorial Drive and Lake Michigan. An airfield, along the shoreline at bottom, is now the site of the Milwaukee Summerfest grounds.