Photograph
Mariner Tower
![Mariner Tower, built in 1930 at 606 West Wisconsin Avenue, standing to the left of the 1927 Schroeder Hotel in this elevated view looking east over lower buildings and large trees. The clocktower of Union Train Station is on the right. Lighted signage on the Mariner Tower reads: "Save at The Boston Store" and "It's Time for Graf's, The Best What Gives[sic]" and also "Drink Hydrox Cola." There is a billboard in the foreground advertising Calvert whiskey.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700016170001/1617000012-l.jpg "Mariner Tower")
| Mariner Tower, built in 1930 at 606 West Wisconsin Avenue, standing to the left of the 1927 Schroeder Hotel in this elevated view looking east over lower buildings and large trees. The clocktower of Union Train Station is on the right. Lighted signage on the Mariner Tower reads: "Save at The Boston Store" and "It's Time for Graf's, The Best What Gives[sic]" and also "Drink Hydrox Cola." There is a billboard in the foreground advertising Calvert whiskey. |
| Image ID: | 129061 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1935 |
| Creator Name: | Middleton, Forest, 1892-1990 |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Middleton family photographs, circa 1892-circa 1950s |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6407.8.3 |
| Original Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.5 inches |
| In 2016, the Mariner Tower housed the Wisconsin Tower Condominiums; the Schroeder Hotel building was the Hilton Milwaukee City Center Hotel. |
| Brickwork |
| Towers |
| Commercial buildings |
| Skyscrapers |
| Tall buildings |
| Trees |
| Billboards |
| Central business districts |
| Outdoor photography |
| Hotels |
| Electric signs |
| Signs and signboards |
| Railroad stations |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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