Racine History

All about Racine, Wisconsin's long and interesting history

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    • 1405 College Avenue
    • 1431 Ann Street
    • 1436 Junction Avenue
    • 14th Street
    • 1617 West Street
    • 1642 Park Avenue
    • 1728 College Avenue
    • 1939 Community Pocket Directory
    • 209 6th Street
    • 309 14th Street
    • 431 15th Street
    • 500 and 504 Park Avenue
    • 7th and Main, Northeast corner
    • 823 Forest Street
    • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Statue
    • Ace Grill
    • Adultery in 1880
    • Alice Hansche Mortenson – Racine Author
    • Alice Sankey
    • Anderson Bike Shop
    • Arlene Whitt Collection
    • Arthur J. Schroeder, 1884-1965
    • Arthur Schultz diary at Racine College 1912
    • Bachelors, Belles.
    • Barbara McNair (1934-2007) Singer, Actress
    • Baseball
    • Belle City
    • Belle City Manufacturing Company
    • Ben Hecht
    • Bessie Bull Guilbert
    • Big Ed
    • Bill’s Pet Shop
    • Blake House 936 Main Street
    • Books
    • Brenner’s Jewelry
    • Brick Streets
    • Brietzke Pauli Company
    • Brusha’s Club and Restaurant
    • Cemeteries in Racine
    • Centennial 1842-1942 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
    • Chandler Photo Album
    • Charlie’s Club
    • Chautauqua in Racine, 1903-1913
    • Christmas 1902 photo
    • Christmas in Racine
    • Citizens Telephone Exchange Building
    • City of Racine Map Section 3
    • Clarence Olson 1919
    • Class of 1857
    • Claude Hopkins, advertising pioneer
    • College of Commerce
    • Constitution of the Meeting of the Settlers 1837
    • Cook Ely, Photographer
    • Crime in Racine
    • Daisy Winifred Brumsey’s Diary
    • Danes in Racine
    • Danes in Wisconsin
    • Dania Hall
    • David Kherdian
    • DeMark’s Tavern
    • Dombrowski Millinery aka Dombrowsky
    • Dorothy M. Davis photo album
    • Doug Chaussee
    • DP Wigley Building
    • Drs. Meachem
    • E. C. Deane, 1844-1924
    • Edna Billings (Calkins)
    • Edward Billings
    • Edward Zahn Sr., 1864-1930
    • Eisendrath Tanning Company
    • Elisheva and Ben Schwarz
    • Elmer Lange, 1916-1942
    • Ernest J. Hueffner, 1838-1922
    • Eugene Leach, Racine Historian
    • Evergreen Cemetery
    • Evergreen Hall 1899-1930
    • F. A. Morey, 1870-1941
    • Fanny S. Stone
    • Father Matthew’s Hall
    • Fire Stations
    • Fish Brothers Wagon Company
    • Frank Lem and Chinese Food in Racine
    • Frank R. Starbuck 1876-1951
    • Frank Zirbes
    • Fredric March 1897-1975
    • Frenchy Boutan
    • George Frederiksen 1911-1995
    • George Gilles’ tumor, 1879
    • George Gorton Machine Company
    • Ghost stories of Racine
    • Gideon Court
    • Gloede’s Tavern, 1935-1964
    • Gulbank “George” Gulbankian, 1895-1982
    • Harbor of Racine
    • Hardy House
    • Harry G. W. Voss
    • Haumerson Sura Stauss
    • Haymarket Square
    • Haymarket Square Building
    • Horlicks
    • Hotel Adams
    • Hotel Mohr, 1029 State Street
    • Hotel Nelson
    • Hotel Racine
      • Hotel Racine Manager George Hopper
    • Houmann & Son Fish Market
    • Hungarian Club
    • Indian Mounds
    • Indoor Baseball
    • James DeKoven: Biography of a Famous Yet Forgotten Man by James E. Magerus
    • Jeanette Schroeder, 1910-1999
    • John A. Hood, photographer
    • John Dillinger and Racine
    • Johnson Wax Family
    • Kaiser’s Toggery
    • Kenneth LeRoy Petersen
    • Kewpee Lunch
    • Kroupa
    • Letter from Racine in 1843
    • Lillian Fair Landon Solberg
    • Luedtke Brothers Garage
    • Lyman Wood Manufacturing Company
    • Martha Agnes Pedersen 1890-1983
    • Martha Merrell’s Bookstore
    • Melli Chocolates
    • Memories of Post-War Racine
    • Microhistory
    • Miscellaneous
    • Mitchell automobile
    • Mitchell School WPA Mural, Tragic Treasure
    • Mixed-Use Buildings
    • Monument Square Building, 524 Main Street
    • Mother’s Day
    • Motorcycle Race 1914
    • Movies of Racine
    • National Trunk Corporation
    • Nelson’s Variety Store
    • Newspaper Archives
      • 1883 Tornado: Terrible Devastation at Racine, Wis.
      • Bachelors, Belles, Tendered a Most Brilliant Reception and Ball
      • Diplomat, Author, Vitamin Co-Discoverer Have Occupied ‘The House on the Hill’
      • E. W. Leach Tells About Pioneer Days
      • October 1, 1881 Racine Advocate
      • Orpheum Opening Grand Success
    • Niels Rask
    • Oak Clearing Farm tour, October 2016
    • Old Settlers Club
    • Opal La Meer
    • Ora’s Place – The Silver Moon
    • Owen E. McCarthy, Undertaker
    • Palmeter Home
    • Paris Royal Cleaners
    • Patricia Ann Oley
    • Pearl Snell
    • Peter Hettrick
    • Peter Thomas, 1847-1925
    • Philip “Nighthawk” Racine
    • Phone Book: 1954
    • Pictures from Catherine Kirk
    • Pictures from Dennis Tully
    • Pictures from Linda Bernhardt Roden
    • Pictures from Rip Holly
    • Porto Rico Avenue 1902-1971
    • Postcards
    • Postcards 2
    • Postcards 3
    • Postcards 4
    • Prohibition in Racine
    • Prostitution in Racine
    • Prudhom’s on Main Street
    • Racine Association of Commerce
    • Racine Authors
    • Racine Basket Manufacturing Company
    • Racine Boat Corporation
    • Racine College
    • Racine College Bricks
    • Racine College Letter to Stafford Smith
    • Racine County Forest Park
    • Racine Gardens subdivision
    • Racine Garment Company
    • Racine High School
    • Racine History Digital Collection
    • Racine History wishlist
    • Racine House 1837-1866
    • Racine Insane Asylum
    • Racine Labor Paper, 1941-2001
    • Racine Legion
    • Racine Motor Inn
    • Racine Musicians Union
    • Racine Public Library
    • Racine Reef Lighthouse
    • Racine Rubber Company
    • Racine Shoe Company
    • Racine Stories
    • Racine Times-Call 1915-1932
    • Racine Velodrome
    • Racine-Sattley Company
    • Ray Boehm, 1903-1977
    • Red Light District
    • Rehl’s
    • Rex Theater
    • Richard E. Wright, 1922-2011, Eluded Nazis in WWII
    • Rip Holly
    • Robert B. Pottinger 1869-1946
    • Robert Hall Baker
    • S. L. Tillman, 1930-2004
    • Saint Catherine’s Convent and Academy
    • Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church
    • Sanders Cabins
    • Seidell’s Cafe
    • Shoop Building
    • Shoop Pagoda
    • Shoreline Leader 1965-1988
    • Sicilians in Racine
    • Sidley Mansion 2600 Washington Avenue
    • Signs on Buildings
    • Soldiers and Sailors Canteen
    • Somerset Club
    • State Street
    • State Theater
    • Streets Renamed
    • Suddenly Insane, December 10, 1881
    • Sunshine Bar and Grill
    • Susan Porter, Educator
    • The Breakers Restaurant
    • Thiel College Connection
    • Tina Davidson murder
    • Todd’s Photo Album
    • Toddle Inn
    • Topaz Cafe and Palm Garden
    • Traveling Dentists
    • Tubby’s
    • Tuberculosis Ward Postcard
    • Utley: A Racine family
    • Venetian Theater
    • Village Smithy
    • Warburton Guilbert 1896-1939
    • Water Tower 1887-1931
    • West Racine
    • Wheels Bicycle Shop
    • Wiley Tarr, 1891-1961
    • Wilfred G. Marshall
    • William Horlick Sr. and Family
    • William J. Swoboda (1897 – 1964)
    • Wind Point
    • Winslow School Top Floor Tour 1995
    • Woman’s Club of Racine
    • World War 2 and Racine
    • WRJN Radio Station
    • Wustums
    • Zahn’s
  • Future projects
    • 1880-1920 The Golden Age of Racine
    • Dr. Philo Hoy
    • E. A. Bishop Postcard Company
    • Paur Family 4th of July
    • Racine Village
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Racine Authors

This page is for keeping a list of Racine authors who have contributed to the body of Racine history which we love to study.

  • Alice Sankey
  • Fanny Stone
  • Eugene Leach
  • Alice Hansche Mortenson
  • Frank Hertzberg
  • Harry G. W. Voss
  • David Kherdian
  • Sister Mary Hortense Kohler
  • Daisy Winifred Brumsey

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    • 1024 South Main Street
    • 109 Raven Turn East
    • 1235 South Main Street
    • 1242 Racine Street, the “Mayor’s Mansion”
    • 1400 College Avenue
    • 1405 College Avenue
    • 1431 Ann Street
    • 1436 Junction Avenue
    • 14th Street
    • 1617 West Street
    • 1642 Park Avenue
    • 1728 College Avenue
    • 1939 Community Pocket Directory
    • 209 6th Street
    • 309 14th Street
    • 431 15th Street
    • 500 and 504 Park Avenue
    • 7th and Main, Northeast corner
    • 823 Forest Street
    • Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Statue
    • Ace Grill
    • Adultery in 1880
    • Alice Hansche Mortenson – Racine Author
    • Alice Sankey
    • Anderson Bike Shop
    • Arlene Whitt Collection
    • Arthur J. Schroeder, 1884-1965
    • Arthur Schultz diary at Racine College 1912
    • Bachelors, Belles.
    • Barbara McNair (1934-2007) Singer, Actress
    • Baseball
    • Belle City
    • Belle City Manufacturing Company
    • Ben Hecht
    • Bessie Bull Guilbert
    • Big Ed
    • Bill’s Pet Shop
    • Blake House 936 Main Street
    • Books
    • Brenner’s Jewelry
    • Brick Streets
    • Brietzke Pauli Company
    • Brusha’s Club and Restaurant
    • Cemeteries in Racine
    • Centennial 1842-1942 St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
    • Chandler Photo Album
    • Charlie’s Club
    • Chautauqua in Racine, 1903-1913
    • Christmas 1902 photo
    • Christmas in Racine
    • Citizens Telephone Exchange Building
    • City of Racine Map Section 3
    • Clarence Olson 1919
    • Class of 1857
    • Claude Hopkins, advertising pioneer
    • College of Commerce
    • Constitution of the Meeting of the Settlers 1837
    • Cook Ely, Photographer
    • Crime in Racine
    • Daisy Winifred Brumsey’s Diary
    • Danes in Racine
    • Danes in Wisconsin
    • Dania Hall
    • David Kherdian
    • DeMark’s Tavern
    • Dombrowski Millinery aka Dombrowsky
    • Dorothy M. Davis photo album
    • Doug Chaussee
    • DP Wigley Building
    • Drs. Meachem
    • E. C. Deane, 1844-1924
    • Edna Billings (Calkins)
    • Edward Billings
    • Edward Zahn Sr., 1864-1930
    • Eisendrath Tanning Company
    • Elisheva and Ben Schwarz
    • Elmer Lange, 1916-1942
    • Ernest J. Hueffner, 1838-1922
    • Eugene Leach, Racine Historian
    • Evergreen Cemetery
    • Evergreen Hall 1899-1930
    • F. A. Morey, 1870-1941
    • Fanny S. Stone
    • Father Matthew’s Hall
    • Fire Stations
    • Fish Brothers Wagon Company
    • Frank Lem and Chinese Food in Racine
    • Frank R. Starbuck 1876-1951
    • Frank Zirbes
    • Fredric March 1897-1975
    • Frenchy Boutan
    • George Frederiksen 1911-1995
    • George Gilles’ tumor, 1879
    • George Gorton Machine Company
    • Ghost stories of Racine
    • Gideon Court
    • Gloede’s Tavern, 1935-1964
    • Gulbank “George” Gulbankian, 1895-1982
    • Harbor of Racine
    • Hardy House
    • Harry G. W. Voss
    • Haumerson Sura Stauss
    • Haymarket Square
    • Haymarket Square Building
    • Horlicks
    • Hotel Adams
    • Hotel Mohr, 1029 State Street
    • Hotel Nelson
    • Hotel Racine
      • Hotel Racine Manager George Hopper
    • Houmann & Son Fish Market
    • Hungarian Club
    • Indian Mounds
    • Indoor Baseball
    • James DeKoven: Biography of a Famous Yet Forgotten Man by James E. Magerus
    • Jeanette Schroeder, 1910-1999
    • John A. Hood, photographer
    • John Dillinger and Racine
    • Johnson Wax Family
    • Kaiser’s Toggery
    • Kenneth LeRoy Petersen
    • Kewpee Lunch
    • Kroupa
    • Letter from Racine in 1843
    • Lillian Fair Landon Solberg
    • Luedtke Brothers Garage
    • Lyman Wood Manufacturing Company
    • Martha Agnes Pedersen 1890-1983
    • Martha Merrell’s Bookstore
    • Melli Chocolates
    • Memories of Post-War Racine
    • Microhistory
    • Miscellaneous
    • Mitchell automobile
    • Mitchell School WPA Mural, Tragic Treasure
    • Mixed-Use Buildings
    • Monument Square Building, 524 Main Street
    • Mother’s Day
    • Motorcycle Race 1914
    • Movies of Racine
    • National Trunk Corporation
    • Nelson’s Variety Store
    • Newspaper Archives
      • 1883 Tornado: Terrible Devastation at Racine, Wis.
      • Bachelors, Belles, Tendered a Most Brilliant Reception and Ball
      • Diplomat, Author, Vitamin Co-Discoverer Have Occupied ‘The House on the Hill’
      • E. W. Leach Tells About Pioneer Days
      • October 1, 1881 Racine Advocate
      • Orpheum Opening Grand Success
    • Niels Rask
    • Oak Clearing Farm tour, October 2016
    • Old Settlers Club
    • Opal La Meer
    • Ora’s Place – The Silver Moon
    • Owen E. McCarthy, Undertaker
    • Palmeter Home
    • Paris Royal Cleaners
    • Patricia Ann Oley
    • Pearl Snell
    • Peter Hettrick
    • Peter Thomas, 1847-1925
    • Philip “Nighthawk” Racine
    • Phone Book: 1954
    • Pictures from Catherine Kirk
    • Pictures from Dennis Tully
    • Pictures from Linda Bernhardt Roden
    • Pictures from Rip Holly
    • Porto Rico Avenue 1902-1971
    • Postcards
    • Postcards 2
    • Postcards 3
    • Postcards 4
    • Prohibition in Racine
    • Prostitution in Racine
    • Prudhom’s on Main Street
    • Racine Association of Commerce
    • Racine Authors
    • Racine Basket Manufacturing Company
    • Racine Boat Corporation
    • Racine College
    • Racine College Bricks
    • Racine College Letter to Stafford Smith
    • Racine County Forest Park
    • Racine Gardens subdivision
    • Racine Garment Company
    • Racine High School
    • Racine History Digital Collection
    • Racine History wishlist
    • Racine House 1837-1866
    • Racine Insane Asylum
    • Racine Labor Paper, 1941-2001
    • Racine Legion
    • Racine Motor Inn
    • Racine Musicians Union
    • Racine Public Library
    • Racine Reef Lighthouse
    • Racine Rubber Company
    • Racine Shoe Company
    • Racine Stories
    • Racine Times-Call 1915-1932
    • Racine Velodrome
    • Racine-Sattley Company
    • Ray Boehm, 1903-1977
    • Red Light District
    • Rehl’s
    • Rex Theater
    • Richard E. Wright, 1922-2011, Eluded Nazis in WWII
    • Rip Holly
    • Robert B. Pottinger 1869-1946
    • Robert Hall Baker
    • S. L. Tillman, 1930-2004
    • Saint Catherine’s Convent and Academy
    • Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church
    • Sanders Cabins
    • Seidell’s Cafe
    • Shoop Building
    • Shoop Pagoda
    • Shoreline Leader 1965-1988
    • Sicilians in Racine
    • Sidley Mansion 2600 Washington Avenue
    • Signs on Buildings
    • Soldiers and Sailors Canteen
    • Somerset Club
    • State Street
    • State Theater
    • Streets Renamed
    • Suddenly Insane, December 10, 1881
    • Sunshine Bar and Grill
    • Susan Porter, Educator
    • The Breakers Restaurant
    • Thiel College Connection
    • Tina Davidson murder
    • Todd’s Photo Album
    • Toddle Inn
    • Topaz Cafe and Palm Garden
    • Traveling Dentists
    • Tubby’s
    • Tuberculosis Ward Postcard
    • Utley: A Racine family
    • Venetian Theater
    • Village Smithy
    • Warburton Guilbert 1896-1939
    • Water Tower 1887-1931
    • West Racine
    • Wheels Bicycle Shop
    • Wiley Tarr, 1891-1961
    • Wilfred G. Marshall
    • William Horlick Sr. and Family
    • William J. Swoboda (1897 – 1964)
    • Wind Point
    • Winslow School Top Floor Tour 1995
    • Woman’s Club of Racine
    • World War 2 and Racine
    • WRJN Radio Station
    • Wustums
    • Zahn’s
  • Future projects
    • 1880-1920 The Golden Age of Racine
    • Dr. Philo Hoy
    • E. A. Bishop Postcard Company
    • Paur Family 4th of July
    • Racine Village
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Racine history

  • DeKoven Center Digital Archives
  • Ebay search for Racine, Wisconsin
  • Family Businesses in Racine
  • George Gorton Machine Company History
  • Historical Sketch of Racine College
  • History of Elmwood Park
  • James DeKoven at Project Canterbury
  • Jason Wallace's Racine photo gallery, 1982 – 1997
  • Joshua Pierce house, 2800 Taylor Ave.
  • Kewpee Lunch
  • Klinkert Sulky Racing Barn
  • Lewis Miller’s Mitchell Collection
  • Life of the Reverend James de Koven, D.D., Racine College
  • Old Main Street Historic District (Racine, Wisconsin)
  • Preservation Racine
  • Preservation Racine Digital Library
  • Racine Cemeteries: History
  • Racine College Yearbook 1901-02
  • Racine County Genealogical Forum
  • Racine Directories
  • Racine Heritage Museum
  • Racine Lighthouse and Maritime Preservation Through Education
  • Racine Mfg. Co.; aka Racine Body
  • Racine, Wisconsin by Dr. Galen R. Frysinger
  • racinecounty.net by Dennis Tully
  • Racinehistory.com
  • Raise the Roof II
  • Retro Racine of the 1950s and 1960s
  • Sylvania Cemetery
  • The College Mercury at DeKoven Center Archives
  • Wells Brothers Restaurant
  • Wisconsin Historic Aerial Imagery Finder
  • Wright in Racine
  • Zahn's Department Store, Racine, Wisconsin on Flickr

Racine information

  • D P Wigley
  • DeKoven Center
  • Racine County Register of Deeds website
  • Racine Courthouse Falcon Cam
  • Racine Dominicans
  • Racine Journal Times
  • Racine Public Library
  • Racine, Wisconsin by Dr. Galen R. Frysinger
  • Seno K/RLT Conservancy
  • Wright in Racine

Wisconsin history

  • Burlington History
  • Wisconsin Historic Aerial Imagery Finder
  • Wisconsin Historical Society
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