Knechtel Collection

    July 4th parade float created by Linke Florist Shop. Arthur Linke is believed to be the driver, with daughters Dorothy on the left and Margaret on the right. The float is in front of a home on Chisho

    Clowns, Lemon and Orange, on a 1900 style bicycle.

    When the original Owl Cafe, on the corner of Chisholm Street and Second Avenue, burned in 1927, it was rebuilt less than a block down on the opposite side of Chisholm Street. This picture shows it be

    Construction of the Franklin School began on July 28, 1880. Located on Lockwood Street, the building was later used as St. Anne's Catholic Church Parish Hall.

    Not to be confused with Huron Portland Cement, the Alpena Portland Cement Company began production in 1901. It was located on the bay just north of the city limits. After closing for seasonal repairs

    Woodmen of the World Drill & Degree Team (Huron Shores Woodmen) posing outside the Globe Hotel on Washington Avenue in Alpena, Michigan, c1910.

    Downtown view from Culligan Block - Chisholm Street looking toward First Avenue and Thunder Bay. The Churchill House is in the background on the left. The Centennial Building is on right. August 1886

   

    Loggers with large wheeled log towing apparatus with horse team attached.

    Loggers rolling logs off log pile for transportation in winter.

    Lumber camp crew posing outside in winter. Horse teams are in the back. Second man from right is holding a peavey and the second man from the left is holding a saw over his shoulder.

    Sheriff Ed Hatch with the Lyon Brothers in custody on March 8, 1926 after the shooting of Chief of Police Dougal McKenzie, who was shot in the neck. The Lyon Brothers killed Special Investigator for

    Chief of Police Dougal McKenzie prior to the Lyon Brother incident in March 1926. The Lyon Brothers killed Special Investigator for the American Railway Express Company, Frank McGrath, in Norwalk, Oh

    Several loads of logs on rail beds connected to a tractor train engine connecting to the main line for transportation out of the woods.

    Camp Eaton was a Spanish-American War State Muster Camp in Brighton, Michigan. It was also used as a National Guard summer camp in the 1900s.

    From left to right: Frances Max Gilmet, Ragna Rasmussen (Mrs. Ludwig Larsen), Mrs. William Martinson, Stella Gapcynska (Mrs. Frank Yezerski), Julia Anderson, and Cora B. Langworthy (Mrs. Fred P. Smit

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

    Possible a Linke Family grave site at Evergreen Cemetery in Alpena, Michigan. Arthur Linke died June 5, 1963. Ann Linke died May 22, 1958.

    Farmer feeding sheep on a farm believed to be in Alpena County, Michigan.

    Four men riding in an open automobile, c 1915.