Knechtel Collection

    Linkes' Flowers, Inc. Business Card

    Vic's watermark seems to have been stamped or somehow transferred to Brooks' receipt paper.

    Linke Florist Letterhead

    This letter mentions Ella M. White. Miss White (1874-1966) was an outstanding civic and education leader. Some of her accomplishments included elementary teacher, city editor of Alpena News, business

    W.L. and H.D. Churchill Lumber Company. This mill was first built by F.N. Barlow in 1871. It was purchased by the Churchills in 1877. During the season of 1882, it cut 17,250,000 feet of lumber and a

    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.

    Starting with the furthest left peron and going clockwise: Alex Jamesson, Tom Ferguson, Ernie Wilson, Roy Riley, John Martindale, Dougal McKenzie, Frank Hardlabor, Harry Alee, Fred Miller, Peg Poirie

    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

    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

    On December 25, 1892, the Baptists dedicated their new brick church at the southeast corner of Third and Lockwood Street. The church cost the Baptist Society $23,000. It was razed in 1962.

    On December 25, 1892, the Baptists dedicated their new brick church at the southeast corner of Third and Lockwood Street. The church cost the Baptist Society $23,000. Here it is being razed in Januar

    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

    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 Linke Family plot in the original portion of Evergreen Cemetery in section A-170. Visible are the grave markers of Hannah D. Linke who was buried on March 16, 1938 and Alfred Julius Linke who was

    See the Great Lakes Maritime Collection database for more information on these vessels.

    Second Avenue, believed to be north of Dunbar Street looking south, showing the residential portion as a wide, tree-lined (possibly Elm trees) street.