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    Norman Edward "Norm" Gapske, a native of the Alpena County area, collected postcards pertaining to NE Michigan for most of his lifetime. He was born on July 31, 1932, to parents Emil and Alma Gapske

    A copy of a pre-1920s map detailing the early days of Montmorency County, MI with railroad tracks, post offices, schools, and sawmills highlighted.

    Trelfa number 4-1990. Original image damaged - looks to be a peeling negative.

    Richardson Dam, originally Oldfield Dam, across the Thunder Bay River at Tenth Street in Alpena, Michigan.

    Trelfa number 4-1965

    Ninth Street Bridge, Alpena, Michigan, c1895. Bridge was built in 1892.

   

    Match to Trelfa number 4-2061.

    Trelfa number 4-1989

    Trelfa number 4-2061

    The C. Patrick Labadie Collection within the Thunder Bay Sanctuary Research Collection is reputed to be one of the finest in the country regarding Great Lakes Maritime History. It represents one of t

    Believed to be Arthur Linke at about 11 years of age, c 1900.

    The 1900 Alpena City Directory listed 28 saloons in the City of Alpena. One was located in the Union Hotel at the junction of W. Washington and Second Avenues. Edward Fitzpatrick was the owner.

    St. Paul Lutheran Church School students taken next to the church which burned on March 29, 1923. Arthur Linke is shown in the back row, far right, c 1900.

    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

    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.