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    The 1920 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.

    Postmarked July 8, 1920, Mich.

    Postmarked July 28, 1920, Cedarville, Mich.

    postmarked September 25, 1920

    Postmarked August 12, 1920

    A 16 mm film from the 1920s showing a family's life on a ranch or farm in the Alpena County Area.

    Chisholm Street Bridge. The City Ice House or the Dehring Bottling Company is the building in the background. This bridge was damaged from a Spring flood in 1923, but not replaced until 1932 when it

    Chisholm Street Bridge. This bridge was damaged during a Spring flood in 1923, but not rebuilt until 1932 when it was renamed the George Washington Memorial Bridge. Note the logs in the Thunder Bay R

   

    Arthur Linke with calf.

    This downtown fire was located on the west side of Second Avenue between Chisholm and Rivers Streets in the early 1920s next to the Hanover Block (now Center Building). The fire seems to have origina

    Once done by horses, the steam loaders made loading logs onto railroad cars much easier. The horse-drawn piece of equipment shown on the right is a "big wheel." The big axle allowed it to be driven o

    Loading or unloading logs on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway car.

    Engine House No. 1 of the Central Fire Station. This building replaced the original Engine House No. 1, which burned in 1910. It was located on the corner of Third Avenue and River Street.

    Engine House No. 1 of the Central Fire Station. This building replaced the original Engine House No. 1, which burned in 1910. It was located on the corner of Third Avenue and River Street. This was t

    The St. Anne's Catholic Church burned on August 4, 1907. It took 13 years to rebuild to the same specifications is the French Romanesque style. Hillarie Gagnon supervised the construction. The steepl

    Unidentified woman and child in front of rosebushes at the side of a house. Believed to be of Linke Family in Alpena...Margaret Linke is probably the young girl.

    Margaret was the donor's (Dennis Knechtel) mother. She married Richard Knechtel on January 31, 1942.

    Linke Florist parade float with probably Arthur Linke as driver and daughter Dorothy. The float is in front of the VanNocker Photo Studio at 217 West Chisholm Street, Alpena, Michigan, c 1920.

    Men with bear cubs outside the Union Hotel, Alpena.