What was life like for a kid growing up on Milwaukee's Brady St. in the 1920s and 1930s?
The sights, sounds and smells of the bygone era are lovingly captured in the opening chapters of a recent book by Harold
Gauer, former Midwest director of CARE, the worldwide relief organization.
Gauer, 77, now of Glendale, spent his youth in the St. Hedwig's Church area of Brady St., where his mother operated a candy
shop below the family living quarters. Street life was noisy and colorful:
