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    The laying of the cornerstone of the Federal Building accorded on April 9, 1912. The Federal Building is located on Water Street at the end of First Avenue along the Thunder Bay River in Alpena, Michigan. This building housed the weather bureau, customs office and the post office from 1913 ...

    Zanol Products Company foods, toilet items, and household products certificates of approval.

    The Detroit, Bay City, and Alpena Railway Company Depot located near the corner of Werth and Piper Roads. This was the first train depot in Alpena.

    Second Avenue looking north from Washington Avenue in Downtown Alpena. The small boy by the electric pole is said to be Fred Trelfa, who later became quite an Alpena historian and photographer. Masonic Block is on left, and the Second Avenue Bridge is far center.

    Alpena Fire Department hose cart of Fletcher Street. The Hose House was located on Fletcher Street.

    Possibly snowplowing or scraping the streets in winter.

    Chisholm Street taken from about First Avenue looking northwest to intersection of Second Avenue. Davison Block is far right.

    Northeast corner of Second Avenue and Chisholm Street. W.H. Davison store is far right.

    Chisholm Street looking northwest from Second Avenue. The original Owl Cafe is far left.

    Second Avenue looking north from Lockwood Street. The three-story Masonic Block is far left.

    Parade on Dock Street (North Second Avenue). Photograph taken from the bridge. Bolton and McRae Store (left) is at the corner of Fletcher Street.

    A parade on North Second Avenue between Chisholm and River Streets, just turning on to West River Street.

    Horse and cart in front of an Alpena store.

    Horse pulling "big wheels" with log attached.

    Man driving horse on a stand-behind cart.

    Alpena Fire Department hose cart being driven west on 10th Street at the intersection of Chisholm Street.

    Man driving a team of horses pulling a fancy couch.

    Two men with a team of horses.

    "William Boulton was born in England in 1848 and emigrated to Canada...in 1855, later moving to Port Huron, Michigan. In June 1864, at age sixteen, Mr. Boulton arrived in Alpena, Michigan, then a village of 674 persons, on the steamer FORREST QUEEN, and began working in the mills...In early 1865...he ...

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