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    Collections of R. E. Wilson and

    Antiques owned by Arthur Linke, including clocks, glassware, tools, record players, lamps, and an instrument player from the North Tonawanda Musical Instrument Works. Arthur (Art) Linke, 1890-1963, was long identified with Linke's Flower Ship & Greenhouses. He was a great collector of Alpena memorabilia and much of his massive collection ...

    Alpena Fire Department wagon and horse teams within department building.

    The burning of the original Owl Cafe on the corner of Chisholm Street and Second Avenue on February 18, 1927.

    Burning of the third floor of St. Anne's School on December 10, 1936.

    The first St. Bernard's Church was organized and erected under the direction of Reverend Father Murray in 1868 on the north side of Chisholm street near its present location. The new church was built between 1880 and 1883.

    Ludwig R. Balken was born in Norway on June 11, 1865, immigrated to America in 1886, and married Margaret Eastonson in Evanston, Illinois on August 1, 1888. According to city directories, he was in Alpena as an owner of a laundry business under various names until about 1908. Ludwig resided ...

    St. Bernard's School upper level students standing on steps of school with Father Flannery.

    St. Bernard's School upper level students standing on steps of school with Father Thomas D. Flannery.

    St. Bernard's School elementary students sitting on steps of school.

    St. Bernard's School elementary students sitting on steps of school.

    Class photograph of middle school students [school unknown].

    Beck's Grand Hotel, Long Lake, near Alpena, Mich.

    The bear at the Alpena Fire Department Zoo.

    Men with bear cubs outside the Union Hotel, Alpena.

    St. Bernard's School elementary class seated on the steps of the school with Father Thomas D. Flannery standing beside.

    The funeral procession at St. Bernard's Catholic Church for Reverend Father Thomas Dowd Flannery, who died January 4, 1921. Father Flannery was born in County Sligo, Ireland, on February 9, 1852 and immigrated to America in 1873. He was ordained on June 7, 1879 and transferred to Alpena on November ...

    Dr. Otto Bertram was born in Detroit on December 3, 1870. He married Carrie Yates on October 3, 1899 in Alpena. He was a general practicing physician in Alpena. He died June 14, 1945.

    The Thunder Bay River at Alpena showing stacks of lumber along the river's edge waiting for transport.

    CITY OF MACKINAC was a passenger and freight steamer built in 1893. See Great Lakes Maritime Collection database for more information.