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    Engine House No. 1 of the Central Fire Station. This building replaced the original Engine House No. 1, which burned in 1910. It was located on the corner of Third Avenue and River Street.

    Lemuek G. Dafoe business card. This man had a varied career including lumbering, trial lawyer, member of the State legislature, Alpena Postmaster, and Mayor of Alpena (1910-1914). This card shows him to be a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.), Aerie (nest) No. 1241, Alpena, Michigan.

    Captain Phelps Collins was Alpena's World War I "Ace" and was among 203 American pilots who served in the Lafayette Escadrille in France. A fighter pilot who downed five or more enemy aircraft was designated an "Ace." Records credit Collins with downing seven German aircraft in air battles over France ...

    Young couple in an automobile. Possibly a 1913 Overlands Model 69

    Located at 103 S 2nd Ave, this candy and soda shop featured a marble soda fountain along a candy counter, both with cabinets behind. The person by the soda fountain is believed to be a person named Jim, potentially James G. Gavagan. - Printed version housed at the Besser Museum ...

    Bird's Eye View of Alpena, Mich., looking East.

    Egg Day at the Royal Theatre on Chisholm Street on April 20, 1914. On designated days, could bring a fresh egg as admission to a movie.

    Possibly a banquet and program for the 25th Anniversary of the St.Paul Lutheran Church in 1915.

    Altar area of old St. Paul Lutheran Church on Second Avenue during the 25th Anniversary in 1915.

    This captured WWI German submarine was part of a traveling exhibit in 1919. It is docked in this image at the Thunder Bay Milling Company dock in the Thunder Bay River. A WWI tank was also on exhibit.

    Second Avenue looking south toward Chisholm Street, which is just above center.

    Believed to be a funeral procession in downtown Alpena along Second Avenue heading south toward Chisholm Street. Photographer is looking north. The Second Avenue Bridge can be seen at the far end.

    W.E. Williams parade float in front of the Beck Block on Chisholm Street in Alpena, Michigan. Williams had two businesses in town - undertaker and household furniture.

    Independent Order of Odd Fellows' (I.O.O.F.) parade float in downtown Alpena.

    "Flora of Alpena" parade float in front of the Beck Block at the corner of Chisholm Street and Third Avenue. "Flora" was the Goddess of Flowers, and this is probably a Linke Florist float.

    Reynold's Dry Goods Company parade float at the corner of Chisholm Street and Third Avenue at the Beck Block.

    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.

    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.

    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. The store was located at 349 North Second Avenue where the parking lot of the Alpena Furniture Store ...

    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 of his death.