Ann Taber Collection

    Salvage crew and stacks of copper salvaged from the passenger vessel PEWABIC, which sank from a collision with the METEOR in 1865. See the Great Lakes Maritime Collection database for more information on the PEWABIC and METEOR.

    Ships in the Thunder Bay River below Second Avenue Bridge.

    The original Armory was located on the north side of Chisholm Street near the center of the block between Second and Third Avenues. This is the aftermath of the fire that destroyed the Armory on December 17, 1919.

    Advertisement for Foster's beauty and medicinal and flavoring products.

    "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 ...

    Two men with a team of horses.

    Man driving a team of horses pulling a fancy couch.

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

    Man driving horse on a stand-behind cart.

    Horse pulling "big wheels" with log attached.

    Horse and cart in front of an Alpena store.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Possibly snowplowing or scraping the streets in winter.

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

    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.