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    The 1895 Alpena City Directory published by R.L. Polk & Co. Directory contains a series of business listings, local history, governmental notes, and residents by their last name.

    Cohen Block and store, North 2nd Avenue, 1895.

    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

    Lighting or Heating Device possibly used in the Taber Tannery.

    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

    The men of the Mystic Shrine photographed on July 27, 1895. Commonly known as the Shriners, the full name of this fraternal organization is the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

    Elementary students and teacher of the Obed Smith School in c1895. The school was built at the corner of North Second Avenue and Spratt Street in 1883, and burned in 1922.

    Numbers noted on picture indicate 1) Erwin Wendt (front row). 2) Arthur Wendt (3rd row). 3) Flora Wendt (2nd row).

    Potter Lumber Company was one of many mills that lined the Thunder Bay River. Each mill had its own dock for loading lumber to be shipped to market.

    Second Avenue, then Dock St., on the north side of the bridge. McRae Block (1892) is on the right where the Post Office is now located. The Cohen Store is on the left where Alpena Furniture stands to

    The Alpena County Savings Bank was established in 1893 at the corner of Second Avenue and Chisholm Street. Second Avenue and Park Place was the new location in 1905. The building pictured was a branc

    "Luther Shingle Mill Crew, 1895"

    "Luther Shingle Mill, 1895"

    The sorting gap was where logs were sorted according to owner by reading the mark on the end of each log. The logs were then sent to the relevant mills.

    "Island Mill and Lumber, looking West"

    Brush Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1894-1896

    Jackson Lake Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1895-1896

    Log mark or marks for George W. Colwell in Alpena, Michigan, 1895.

    "Fletcher, Pack & Co., Bay Mill, 1895"

    "Richardson Lumber Co. Team, Cub & Rose, Chas. Aikens, Driver, Allen Kennedy, Barn Boss"