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Title
Pere Marquette Railroad Alden Mich after the washout
Creator
Pitman & Beebe

Institution
Alden District Library

Subject
Floods

Subject
Helena Township, Antrim County (Mich.)

Subject
NULL

Item Number
CE01a041

Relation
Part of the Postcard Collection, Helena Twp. Historical Museum, Alden, MI

Type
image

Format
tiff

Description
Black and white postcard of the washed-out Pere Marquette railroad tracks, Alden, MI, August 25, 1910. Buildings identified by Otha McCracken on reverse of card, from left: 'Herman Myers old building (Mill); Edna A.'s building (warehouse) Old Post Office? near lake - then a dining hall, probably; [peak of gable end behind other buildings] Coy's Mercantile Establishment; [extreme left - half of] Rossiter's home'

Pere Marquette Railroad Alden Mich after the washout

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