[milwaukee-electric] Re: Milwaukee-area Lustrons (1948 to 1950)

[Ken and Tracie]

My understanding was that a group of them were given away to promote "All 
Electric Living." There were five or six built as part of this promotion. 
The ones my ever dimming memory recalls are:

1.)  Roosevelt, between Fond du Lac and Sherman.

2.)  Capitol, north side, just a few blocks west of N. 35th.

3.)  N. 84th, Between Burleigh and Lisbon.

4.) Along my paper route, somewhere between Roosevelt, Keefe,  N. 54 and 
N.56th Streets.

There was/were one or two more, on the South Side, as I recall.

K.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don L. Leistikow" <DLeistikow at webtv.net>
To: <milwaukee-electric at lists.dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:41 AM
Subject: [milwaukee-electric] Re: Milwaukee-area Lustrons (1948 to 1950)


> Gary S and list:    Yes, I remember them.  That was long ago.
>
> I recall some of them on the north side of town.  Capitol Drive rings a
> bell as does Burleigh Street, in Wauwatosa.
>
> Surely there must be a way to trace these Lustron Homes.... sided with
> porcelain enameled metal panels.  No painting, ever, just hose the house
> down.  Ranch style construction, too.
>
> Perhaps tracing their location via Building Permits for 1948 thru 1950.
> If those records are now on internet files, the search could be quickly
> completed.
>
> Don L.
>
>