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The famed Schlitz Palm Garden closes its doors in 1921

Schlitz Garden Enters History

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The Schlitz Palm Garden opened in Milwaukee on July 3, 1886, next to the Schlitz Hotel. Drawing crowds of tourists, the Palm Garden was a prominent city showpiece until the 1920s when the building was closed and converted to a movie theater.

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"Schlitz Garden Enters History." Milwaukee Journal. (6 March 1921).