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    Arthur Linke at Tractor Show, Alpena County.

    People in front of a logging camp during the winter could be family visiting or cooks with their helpers and chore boys.

    Once done by horses, the steam loaders made loading logs onto railroad cars much easier. The horse-drawn piece of equipment shown on the right is a "big wheel." The big axle allowed it to be driven over a pile of logs. Chains were used to suspend the logs from the ...

    A family at what looks to be Starlite Beach on Lake Huron. Huron Portland Cement is in the far distance of left.

    Railroad logging crew in front of a Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railway car.

    Loading or unloading logs on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway car.

    Logs were easier to transport during the winter on ice roads. A sprinkler wagon sprinkled water on the road to freeze into an ice path for the horse teams to pull a log sled.

    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. Here it is being razed in January and February 1962.

    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.

    Country store in Alpena County with Texaco gas, Royal Crown Cola, and an IGA. Typical of country stores that dotted Alpena County, this store offered a little bit of everything.

    Arthur Linke and friend riding in a circa 1910 vehicle in July 1962.

    Collapse of the Ninth Street Bridge across the Thunder Bay River during the flood of April 1923. Alpena County, Michigan.

    Collapse of the Ninth Street Bridge across the Thunder Bay River, Alpena, Michigan during the flood of April 1923.

    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 ...

    Fay McGee was a laborer and worked at the Huron Portland Cement Company. In the 1930 Alpena City Directory, he is listed as boarding at 203 W. Washington Avenue, which was the Iroquois Hotel.

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

    Alpena's Fraternal Order of Eagles Baseball Team

    Most of the following was taken directly from an article published in the July 2008 issue of Michigan History Magazine titled “A Historic Cannon Comes to Alpena” written by Raymond Herek. The battleship MAINE became famous when an explosion destroyed her in the harbor at Havana, Cuba, on February 15, ...

    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.

    The St. Anne's Catholic Church burned on August 4, 1907. It took 13 years to rebuild to the same specifications is the French Romanesque style. Hillarie Gagnon supervised the construction. The steeples were new to the new building. The brick school was also added.