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    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.

    Unknown building believed to be in Alpena County, in the late 1940s or early 1950s.

    Arthur Linke and Otto Schroeder when Arthur was about 12 years old around 1902.

    Believed to be Albert Linke at about age 16 around 1928.

    Linke and Son Florists had greenhouses on Mirre Street and on West Washington Avenue.

    Father and Son, Alfred and Arthur Linke, on the Courthouse grounds known as Victoria Square, c 1915-20.

    Linke's Florist Shop and Greenhouses at 331 W. Mirre Street in Alpena during the Christmas season 1960.

    Unknown Linke Family in the late 1800s.

    Rheinhold Behnke and Albert Reienstein were employees in Linke's greenhouses. Albert died on October 17, 1919 at the age of 55, so this picture is believed to have been taken sometime during the year

    Description taken from Robert Haltiner's book, The Town That Wouldn't Die. The Potter Farm was noted for its 100 foot length octagonal barn.

    Believed to be the Knechtel Family at the Old Presque Isle Lighthouse. The boy would be Dennis, born in 1951.

    The Alpena Hardware Store opened in 1907 with Charles E. Moore (Saginaw) as president, Robert Lough (Alpena) as Vice-President, James B. Forman as Treasurer and Manager, and Frank Bloom as head clerk

    Downtown Alpena at the corner of Second Avenue and Chisholm Street. In the Alpine Block were J. Gavanagh Law Office and Owl Cafe on the corner on the left. The steeple is the Methodist Episcopal Chur

    Minstrels at the Royal Theatre in 1914. The theatre was located at 119 West Chisholm Street and was managed at that time by Joseph A. Ayotte.

    Lockwood Elementary School students. Lockwood school was located at 234 West Lewis Street in Alpena, Michigan.

    The Huron Portland Cement Company began production in 1908. Now known as the Lafarge Corporation, it is known as the world's largest cement plant.