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    The original collection was transferred to ACPL by the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan in 2009. The Alpena Postcard Collection contains postcards published from the early years of Alpena’s foundation to the 20th century. The main focus of the collection is Alpena-related postcards but also covers some surrounding areas such ...

    A map detailing Alpena County non-motorized trails. Likely from around 2005.

    A 2005 published map detailing the city of Alpena as a walkable area especially along the river.

    The Bi-path trail map through the city of Alpena from September 2005.

    Floor Plan of A&P Building on the corner of Chisholm St and Third Ave by R.S. Scott Engineering Company Inc. Possible from 1992. - Plan File 4-4E-92

    The U.S. Federal Building along the Thunder Bay River in Alpena, Michigan, 1981. The U.S. Coast Guard occupied a portion of the building for several years. This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade ...

    The U.S. Federal Building along the Thunder Bay River in Alpena, Michigan, 1981. The U.S. Coast Guard occupied a portion of the building for several years. 145 Water Street.

    This narrated slide show was a group project for a graduate class offered through Central Michigan University. It reviews and explains some of the resources available to study the history and people of Alpena.

    Interior images of the U.S Federal Building in Alpena, Michigan, showing window and ceiling arches. This elegant example of Renaissance Revival architecture was constructed during 1911-1912. The Federal Building is executed in brick faced with smooth ashlar. A balustrade tops the modillioned cornice. The upper story contains small paired rectangular ...

    Interior stairwell of the U.S. Federal Building in Alpena, Michigan. 145 Water Street.

    Alpena Power Company's Ninth Street Dam and Powerhouse across the Thunder Bay River in Alpena, Michigan.

    Independence Day Parade 1962 #282 French's Machine Shop: William "Bill" French was Alpena's "Mr. Fix-it." Bill started work with his father. Both of them worked on assembling the Alpena Flyer, an automobile built in Alpena between 1910 and 1913. He later opened his own shop. He loved steam engines and ...

    A Topographical map of the city of Alpena compiled and photographed by the R.S. Scott Engineering Company Inc. in 1961. - Sheet 1 of 6 - Map shows Dunbar St. to Hitchcock St. and W. Washington Ave to State Ave.

    During the 1930s, the old Second Avenue Swing Bridge became inadequate and occasionally inoperative. On August 20, 1938, the Public Works Administration agreed to finance a new bridge. There was an outright grant of $157,909 to supplement $190,000, which the Municipal Church desired to raise though a bond issue. The ...

    The Carter Family. The following is an excerpt from Robert Haltiner's "The Town That Wouldn't Die": "In November, 1856, Daniel Carter brought his wife Sarah and daughter Mary to what was to become Alpena - thus becoming Alpena's first family of permanent white settlers. When the Carters arrived here there ...

    On December 25, 1892, the Baptists dedicated their new brick church at the southeast corner of Third and Lockwood Street. The church cost the Baptist Society $23,000. It was razed in 1962.

    A survey conducted by the R.S. Scott Engineering Co., Inc of waterfront property in the City of Alpena from 1959. Map details small boat harbor and view of the city from Hitchcock St to Thunder Bay River.

    Huey Campbell at the old dumping grounds in Alpena in 1959.

    Beck's Brewery was built in 1887 and was located on First Avenue in the center of the block between Chisholm Street and Park Place. If was owned by John Beck. Prohibition halted production in 1918. After being a storage building for numerous years, the building was razed in 1957.

    The Chapel at Evergreen Cemetery on Washington Avenue near the Thunder Bay River in Alpena.