Knechtel Collection

    Unknown young woman from the Linke or Knechtel Family.

    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

    This captured WWI German submarine was part of a traveling exhibit in 1919. It is docked in this image at the Thunder Bay Milling Company dock in the Thunder Bay River. A WWI tank was also on exhibit

    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

    Preparing to demolish the Taber Tannery chimney. As businesses came and went, it became necessary to demolish buildings and clear land. The easiest way to demolish a chimney was with dynamite. The br

    Arthur Linke at Tractor Show, Alpena County.

    Arthur (Art) Linke, 1890-1963, was long identified with Linke's Flower Ship & Greenhouses. He was a great collector of Alpena memorabilia and much of his massive collection was given to the Besser Mu

    Arthur Linke and friend riding in a circa 1910 vehicle in July 1962.

    A family at what looks to be Starlite Beach on Lake Huron. Huron Portland Cement is in the far distance of left.