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  • Collection: Bensley Collection

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Traverse City Fire Department horse-drawn steam pumper fire engine and fire fighters at Cass Street station. (L-R Fred Neuman, Chief Tom Murray, Captain Joe Babel, John Haggerd and Don Howard.) The horses were Dan and Fred.

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Traverse City Fire Department horse-drawn equipment set up for winter use. Note quick harness arrangement for horses.

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Veneer mill in Honor on the Platte river with logs banked. This probably supplied the local casket company.

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Boy's Cornet Band. Willard Campbell bandmaster.

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Hannah and Lay sawmill on the bay with the steamer "Charlevoix" coming through the ice to reach the dock.

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Winter sports have always been popular in Traverse City. This picture of the toboggan run at the Traverse City Golf and Country Club was taken in the 1920s near the 16th green of the golf course.

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Elks party with members dressed up in vintage military uniforms. (L-R) Emil Schmidt-Civil War,
Jim Cavis- WW1, Bill Kleis- WW1, Martin Winnie- Spanish American War and J.B. Valade- Spanish American War.

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Traverse City Fire Department steam powered fire engine in use.

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Grand Traverse Prosecutors 0ffice staff as Houlihan left office : L-R front row: Elsie Hall, Sharon Bonter, Sandy Trombley & Jim Hunt. L-R Back row: Dennis LaBelle, Janet Fouracre (sp), Rex Graff and Mike Houlihan .

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Hank Slaby's first blacksmith shop.
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