Knechtel Collection

    Dennis Knechtel with probably his mother, Margaret Linke Knechtel, and his sister.

    Middle-aged Couple on Porch

    Stone fence.

    Believed to be a funeral flower wreath with musical notes and the letter "B" done by Linke Florist.

    Arthur Linke in buggy.

    Daniel, Sarah, and Mary Carter were Alpena's pioneer family arriving in 1856. Daniel helped organize the county and served as the first postmaster. Sarah was familiar with medicines and the treatment

    This view shows St. Mary's Church (upper left), City Hall (right of center), Thunder Bay, and W.L. & H.D. Churchill Lumber Dock (upper right). The photo was most likely taken from the U.S. Weather Bu

    - Printed version housed at the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. Part of the Arthur Linke Collection.

    By 1890, the lumber industry was in decline. New industries cropped up based on wood as a resource. They used hardwoods and pulpwoods previously ignored. Moench Tannery was one of these new industrie

    This view looks North up Dock Street (now Second Avenue). St. Mary's Catholic Church is at center. The photographer is on the north side of the bridge (note the iron raling to the right), c1875.

    Young couple in an automobile. Possibly a 1913 Overlands Model 69

    Captain Phelps Collins was Alpena's World War I "Ace" and was among 203 American pilots who served in the Lafayette Escadrille in France. A fighter pilot who downed five or more enemy aircraft was de

    Believed to be a funeral procession in downtown Alpena along Second Avenue heading south toward Chisholm Street. Photographer is looking north. The Second Avenue Bridge can be seen at the far end.

    July 4th Parade in downtown Alpena on Second Avenue, looking south towards Chisholm Street intersection.

    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

    Second Avenue looking south toward Chisholm Street, which is just above center.

    Second Avenue looking northeast towards Thunder Bay River bridge at the approximate location of the pre-Maltz Opera House (State Theatre), c1870.

    Northern Extract Company was built in 1891 near the Ninth Street Dam and close to the railroad. Tannic acid was extracted from hemlock bark, boiled down and shipped in barrels. It was used in the tan

    In 1923, the Thunder Bay River crested 18 inches over the 1922 record high. The Chisholm Street and Ninth Street bridges collapsed. Homes near Ninth Street and Washington Avenue were surrounded by wa

    Installation of the city's flood sewer pipes. Dennis Knechtel, about 5, is standing in the center.