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    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.

    July 4th Parade in downtown Alpena on Second Avenue, looking south towards Chisholm Street.

    Second Avenue on the north side of the bridge. McRae Block (1882) is on the right where the Post Office is now located. The Cohen Store is on the left where Alpena Furniture stands today. St. Mary's Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church steeples can be seen in the background.

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

    Second Avenue looking north towards bridge at the approximate location of the pre-Maltz Opera House (State Theatre), c1870.

    Northern Extract Company was built in 1891 near the Ninth Street Dam and close to the railroad. Tannic acid was extracted from hemlock bark, boiled down and shipped in barrels. It was used in the tanning of leather.

    In 1923, the Thunder Bay River crested 18 inches over the 1922 record high. The Chisholm Street and Ninth Street bridges collapsed. Homes near Ninth Street and Washington Avenue were surrounded by water, and residents evacuated.

    Installation of the city's flood sewer pipes. Dennis Knechtel, about 5, is standing in the center.

    July 4th parade float created by Linke Florist Shop. Arthur Linke is believed to be the driver, with daughters Dorothy on the left and Margaret on the right. The float is in front of a home on Chisholm Street.

    Clowns, Lemon and Orange, on a 1900 style bicycle.

    When the original Owl Cafe, on the corner of Chisholm Street and Second Avenue, burned in 1927, it was rebuilt less than a block down on the opposite side of Chisholm Street. This picture shows it before a gas blast in the cellar destroyed the building in 1959.

    Construction of the Franklin School began on July 28, 1880. Located on Lockwood Street, the building was later used as St. Anne's Catholic Church Parish Hall.

    Not to be confused with Huron Portland Cement, the Alpena Portland Cement Company began production in 1901. It was located on the bay just north of the city limits. After closing for seasonal repairs in 1909, the company never reopened.

    This girl (Linke?) is riding a penny-farthing next to the Linke's Greenhouse on Lincoln Street. The bicycle was donated by Arthur Linke to the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan, where it can be seen today.

    Arthur Linke with calf.

    Believed to be the Thunder Bay River and vicinity. The location is unknown. Pictures taken in January 1963.

    Young girl standing in Linke's Greenhouse.

    Believed to be Arthur Linke at about 9 months of ago, c 1890.

    Believed to be Arthur Linke at about 2 years of ago, c 1892.

    Believed to be Arthur Linke at about 11 years of age, c 1900.