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Photographs and postcards of old Sheboygan. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the pictures...
The Downtown area...
N. 8th St., 1960's, looking north |
N. 8th St., 1950's |
N. 8th St., north from New York Avenue, 1950 |
N. 8th St., 1940's, looking north of New York Avenue |
N. 8th St., south from Ontario Avenue |
N. 8th St. from the top of the Security Bank Building |
N. 8th Street and St. Clair Avenue
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N. 8th St. Parade at corner of 8th St.and Center Avenue, looking south |
N. 8th St., looking north, Fountain Park one block up on the left |
N. 8th St., looking north |
N. 8th Street, looking south. Prange's on the left, 1935 |
N. 8th Street, looking south from the corner of 8th Street and Ontario Avenue Foeste Hotel on the right.
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N. 8th St., looking south from Wisconsin Avenue, 1921 |
N. 8th St., looking north |
N. 8th Street, looking north of Center Avenue, 1918 |
N. 8th Street, looking north from Jefferson Avenue. The old Post office is on the left. |
N. 8th St., looking North from New York Avenue |
N. 8th St. and New York Avenue, 1909 |
N. 8th Street Looking North, 1909 |
N. 8th Street, looking north from Pennsylvania Avenue., 1908 |
N. 8th St., looking North from Pennsylvania Avenue, 1908 |
N. 8th St., looking north, 1915 |
N. 8th Street, looking north, 1909 |
N. 8th Street, looking north from Ontario Avenue, 1912 |
N. 8th St., looking north, 1914 |
N. 8th St., looking north from Ontario Ave., with the Foeste hotel and Fountain Park on the left, 1917 |
N. 8th Street, looking north from New York Ave. |
N. 8th Street, looking south from near Erie Ave., with Fountain Park on the right, 1910 |
N. 8th St., during the Elks and U. C. T. Convention, June 4, 1912 |
N. 8th St., looking South from Ontario Ave., 1917 |
N. 8th Street, looking South from New York Ave.,
1914 |
N. 8th Street, looking South from New York Ave., 1915 |
N. 8th St., looking south from Ontario Ave. |
N. 8th St., looking north, 1911 |
N. 8th Street, looking north of Center Avenue
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N. 8th St., about the 1910's
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 The Foeste Hotel, about 1910's (1) |
 The Foeste Hotel, about 1908 (1) |
 Looking across the Sheboygan River at the Factory District, about 1910
(1) |
Streets near Downtown...
 N. 10th St., about 1910 |
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Hospitals...
 Memorial Hospital, 1960's |
 Memorial
Hospital, also in the '60's |
 Rocky Knoll, 1940's |
 Reiss Home for the Aged, 1940's |

St. Nicholas Hospital, 1940' |
 St. Nicholas Hospital, early 1960's |
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Schools...
 Sheboygan High
School, about 1909 |
 Sheboygan High
School, 1908 |
 Sheboygan High
School, 1908 |
 Sheboygan High School, about 1906 |
 Sheboygan High
School, 1908 |
 Sheboygan High
School, 1906 |
 Sheboygan High
School, 1910 |

Sheboygan High School, and later, Sheboygan Central High School, 1947 |
 Sheboygan High School in the 1920's. Later, it was renamed
Sheboygan Central
High School |

Sheboygan High School, and later, Sheboygan Central High School, 1947 |

Sheboygan High School, and later, Sheboygan Central High School, 1947 |

Sheboygan High School, and later, Sheboygan Central High School, 1947 |
 Sheboygan
Central High School, 1947 |

Sheboygan North High School, 1953 |
 Sheboygan North
High School, 1965 |

Sheboygan "North Side" High School |
 Sheboygan
Second Ward School, 1910 |
 Sheboygan First
Ward School, 1908. Also called U. S. Grant School |
 Sheboygan Seventh Ward School, 1910 |

Sheboygan Sixth Ward School, 1910's |
 Sheboygan Fifth
Ward School, 1908 |
 Sheboygan South
Side Junior High School, Now Farnsworth Middle School, 1985 |
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Libraries...
 Mead Library, 1910's |
 Mead Library, 1910's (1) |
 Mead Library, 1925 |
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Churches...
 Holy Name Church in the 1920's (1) |

Lutheran Trinity Church, 1907 |

St. Peter Claver Church |
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Other Buildings...
 The Court House, about 1910 (1) |
 The Asylum, 1908 |
 Reiss Coal Company, about 1920 (1) |
 Bank of Sheboygan, 1940's |
 The Security National Bank, in the 1930's |
 Municipal Auditorium and Armory, 1940's |
 Post Office, corner 8th & Jefferson, ca.1910 |
 Post Office, corner 8th & Jefferson, 1911 |

Post Office, corner 8th and Jefferson, 1909 |
 City Hall, 1920's |
 The Fire Department, in the 1920's (1) |
 The
Train Depot, 1910 |
 Prange's
Department Store, about 1910 (1) |
 Prange's Department Store, 1940's |
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Parks....
 Vollrath Park, 1950's |
 Fountain Park, dated 1908 |
 Fountain Park, 1905 |
 Sheridan Park, the fountain, about 1910 (1) |

Vollrath Park Zoo |
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Odds and Ends...
 The 8th Street Bridge (1) |
 The New Jersey Avenue Bridge, near Wildwood Cemetery |
 The Sheboygan Interurban |
 Trolley car accident in 1912. A trolley car fell from the 8th
Street bridge, killing three passengers. (1) |
 Sheboygan Pier and Lighthouse, about 1910 (1) |
 Sheboygan Mineral Water Works Company, 1907 (1) |

Sheboygan Lighthouses and Breakwater |

Bird's Eye View of Sheboygan, 1901. This is the first known
postcard showing a view of Sheboygan |

River Scene "Around" Sheboygan, 1906 |
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Born's Park Sanitarium.
This private retreat was located at what is now the corner of 14th Street and
Michigan Avenue. It took up the whole block south of Michigan and west of
14th Street.
 The Gentlemen's Massage Room,
1909 |
 The Gentlemen's Bath Room,
1909 |
 The Ladies' Rest Room,
1912 |
 The Natatorium,
1910 |

"A Winter Scene," 1910 |
 The Music Pavilion,
1913 |
 Outside View of The Natatorium,
1915 |

"A Winter Scene," 1915 |
 Getting Water from the Mineral Spring,
1908 |
 The Dining Room,
1915 |
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Elkhart Lake....
 Lake Street,
Elkhart Lake, about 1950 |
 Lake Street, Elkhart Lake, about 1950 |
 Elkhart Lake's Camp Brosius, 1950's |
 Elkhart Lake's Road America, 1966 |
Peoples of Sheboygan County....
William C. Brickner |
William C. Brickner |
William C. Brickner |
William C. Brickner |
Anna Hauck |
Lilia Fleck |
Lilia Fleck |
John Delavan |
Frankie Ogle |
Mrs. T. C. Hawkins |
Hattie Ubing |
Genevieve Fleck |
George Brickner |
Lillah Brickner |
Nell Jackson |
Georgie Brickner |
Regina Hawkins |
Regina Hawkins |
Regina Hawkins |
Regina Hawkins |
Mrs. T. C. Hawkins, Sr. |
Thomas Hawkins, Sr. |
Florence V. Ogle |
Tom Hawkins |
Mrs. Philip Hauck, Sr. |
Ruth Chase, 15 months old |
Regina Hawkins, 14 months, Sept. 6, 1890 |
Frankie Ogle |
Frank Ogle |
Regina Cooper Hawkins, age 6 months 3 days |
Georgie Hawkins |
Regina Hawkins and Ruth Chase |
Clara Hauck Fleck (Mrs. J. J. Fleck) |
August Zimbal |
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