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    Alpena Fire Department Sleigh. A sleigh provided fast transportation of firemen during winter fires.

    The Jefferson School was built on the corner of Oldfield and Pine Streets prior to 1883 and was originally named just the Third Ward School. By 1887, it had become the Jefferson School. On March 10,

    The Fletcher Office Building was originally a bath house built by the Alpena Magnetic Sulphur Springs Company in 1892. Mineral water was supplied by a 1,276 foot flowing well on the property. It was

    Edward C Spens, in his drugstore, dealt in a variety of items according to the Alpena City Directory. These included not only drugs, but paints, oils, and wallpaper.

    The Taber Tannery was built in 1895 on the north side of Thunder Bay River, near the Ninth Street Dam and railroad, close to the hemlock extract works. It was named the Alpena Hide and Leather Tanner

    Postcards and photographs from Alpena and Presque Isle Counties from late 1800's to mid 1900's

    Clowns, Lemon and Orange, on a 1900 style bicycle.

    Not to be confused with Huron Portland Cement, the Alpena Portland Cement Company began production in 1901. It was located on the bay just north of the city limits. After closing for seasonal repairs

    Several loads of logs on rail beds connected to a tractor train engine connecting to the main line for transportation out of the woods.

    From left to right: Frances Max Gilmet, Ragna Rasmussen (Mrs. Ludwig Larsen), Mrs. William Martinson, Stella Gapcynska (Mrs. Frank Yezerski), Julia Anderson, and Cora B. Langworthy (Mrs. Fred P. Smit

    Arthur Linke and Otto Schroeder when Arthur was about 12 years old around 1902.

    Lockwood Elementary School students. Lockwood school was located at 234 West Lewis Street in Alpena, Michigan.

    Bay View Park near downtown Alpena on Thunder Bay, Lake Huron.

    Crystal Ice Company wagon in front of New York Saloon at an unknown location.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing schooners and lumber stacks stretched along the river banks.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing the lumber mills and stacks of lumber along the river banks.

    The small ferry FLORENCE M. at an unknown location - possibly Long Lake or Thunder Bay Island

    Alpena City Directory ad for Alpena Industrial Works near the turn of the century.

    Dr. Otto Bertram was born in Detroit on December 3, 1870. He married Carrie Yates on October 3, 1899 in Alpena. He was a general practicing physician in Alpena. He died June 14, 1945.

    Class photograph of middle school students [school unknown].