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Title: Passenger Steamer SKYLARK and Schooner on South Side of Thunder Bay River
Date: 1865~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan

Title: Scene at Towbridge Dam in Thunder Bay River near Alpena
Date: 1880~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan

Title: 48 Log Men Posing in Thunder Bay River
Date: 1880~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Note the rapids to the left and small work boat on the right.

Title: Keeper's Residence, Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse
Date: 1890~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron off Alpena, Michigan

Title: Thunder Bay Island Life Boat Station
Date: 1890~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron off Alpena, Michigan

Title: Thunder Bay Island Life Boat Station
Date: 1890~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron off Alpena, Michigan

Title: Working the Logs in the Mouth of the Thunder Bay River
Date: 1890~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Thunder Bay River, Alpena, Michigan

Title: Alden looking southwest
Date: 1890~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of Alden, Michigan, looking southwest from hill, 1890~.

Title: Thunder Bay River above Bridge
Date: 1897
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan

Title: Lumber Carriers in River Storage, Thunder Bay River
Date: 1900
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Thunder Bay River, Lake Huron, Alpena, Michigan. Possible vessels: RALPH, SAM FLINT, STEVEN C. HALL, VINLAND, VIKING, LAMBERT, EFFIE L. PIERCE, JESSIE MAGGIE, and W.T. CHAPPELL

Title: Helena Street West, Alden, Michigan
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of Helena Street as a sand road looking west, Alden, Michigan.

Title: Helena Street looking east
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of Helena Street looking east in winter, Alden, MI, 1900~

Title: Alden, Northwest, from hill
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of Alden, Michigan from a hill looking northwest, 1900~

Title: Watching The Mabel, Clam River and Clam Lake
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of the steamboat Mabel travelling down Clam River toward Torch Lake with men on its top deck; two boys sit on the breakwall at right foreground. Clam Lake, Michigan, ca. 1900

Title: Mabel and Ruth docked at Alden
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of unidentified man standing on town dock between steamboats Mabel and Ruth, Alden, Michigan, ca. 1900

Title: Native American Children
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of eleven young Native American boys near a large logpile, Alden, Michigan, ca. 1900

Title: Coy's Bunch of Hustlers - Coy's Big Busy Store
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black and white postcard of front of Coy Store, Alden, Michigan, ca. 1900. Left to right: Eli Alspaugh, Walter Rossiter, [unidentified man in store apron], Charles H. Coy, Voiley Smith [from back of card]

Title: Steamer Oddfellow Ceramic Basket
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Ornamental chinaware basket, oval-shaped, c. 1900. First image shows front: white chinaware with scalloped edge, perforated sides and shell-shaped handles, which are trimmed with lilac paint. Color rendering, printed in center, of steamboat on water; 'STEAMER ODD FELLOW, TORCH RIVER, ALDEN, MICHIGAN.' printed below picture. Second image is a detail of rendering in center of basket. Third image shows back of basket with imprint of maker, 'WHEELOCK MADE IN GERMANY FOR [COY MERC. CO., ALDEN,...
Show moreOrnamental chinaware basket, oval-shaped, c. 1900. First image shows front: white chinaware with scalloped edge, perforated sides and shell-shaped handles, which are trimmed with lilac paint. Color rendering, printed in center, of steamboat on water; 'STEAMER ODD FELLOW, TORCH RIVER, ALDEN, MICHIGAN.' printed below picture. Second image is a detail of rendering in center of basket. Third image shows back of basket with imprint of maker, 'WHEELOCK MADE IN GERMANY FOR [COY MERC. CO., ALDEN, MICHIGAN.] WEIMAR'. '91.5.1' engraved below by Helena Twp. Historical Museum. Fourth image shows detail.
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Title: Red Glass Souvenir
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Dark red arabesque-trimmed pressed glass item, box-shaped with stepped base and curved-edge opening at top , ca. 1900. 'Once sold in the Coy Store. Donated by the family of Mayme Dewey Madison' - display notes at Helena Twp. Historical Museum. 4-1/4 in. L x 1-3/4 in. W x 3-1/8 in. H. CE01c004p1 shows item front: 'SOUVENIR OF ALDEN, MICHIGAN.' is etched in white. Second image is a side view. Third image is a back view.

Title: Alden, Michigan looking south
Date: 1900~
Collection: Making of Modern Michigan
Description: Black & white photo of Alden looking south, Alden, Michigan ca.1900.

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