Knechtel Collection

    Linke's Flower Shop had a long history. Established in 1872 by Charles Sans, father-in-law of Alfred Linke, in formally passed to the Linke family with purchase in 1907 by Alfred Linke, Art Linke's f

    Known as the Dean of Alpena Businessmen, Adam Ludewig came to Alpena in 1871, and owned and operated a bookstore in various Alpena locations for over fifty years. He received many public honors inclu

    Albert, Margaret, Dorothy, and Leo Linke in a buggy next to the Linke's greenhouses.

    Linke's Flower Shop had a long history. Established in 1872 by Charles Sans, father-in-law of Alfred Linke, in formally passed to the Linke family with purchase in 1907 by Alfred Linke, Art Linke's f

    #282 French's Machine Shop: William "Bill" French was Alpena's "Mr. Fix-it." Bill started work with his father. Both of them worked on assembling the Alpena Flyer, an automobile built in Alpena betwe

    Thunder Bay River, April 1960

    Thunder Bay River, June 1960

    During the 1930s, the old Second Avenue Swing Bridge became inadequate and occasionally inoperative. On August 20, 1938, the Public Works Administration agreed to finance a new bridge. There was an o

    Green Funeral Home, Veterans' Highway, Hillman, Michigan, October 1961.

    Roadside, probably along Thunder Bay River, October 1961.