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Overview of the Oval Wood Dish Company, the Boardman River and downtown Traverse City.
The OWD Co. employed more than 500 people and had an annual payroll in excess of $200,000. Its factories produced a variety of hardwood products including thin…

Titled "Dish train Sept. 30th 1895". This is a GR&I railroad train probably carrying products from the Oval Wood dish Co.

Panoramic view of the Oval Wood Dish Factory, Part I.

Aerial photo of Traverse City looking southwest from over West Bay

Oval Wood Dish Company after moving from Traverse City to Tupper Lake, N.Y. Ca.1930.

403 6th Street home remodeled by Milton Bryant, Henry Ford's brother-in-law. The original house belonged to Franklin H. Smith, senior member of the Smith and Hull, a firm which dealt with hardwood lands and lumber. Franklin Smith scouted land for…

Picture of the fire damage at the Oval Wood Dish Co. and a picture of the smoke and fire taken from across Boardman Lake. (Both glass negatives cracked)

Overview of the Oval Dish Co. on the north end of Boardman Lake.

Oval Wood Dish Factory, reprint 1905

The Oval Wood Dish company employees picnic. The head chef is Joseph Sleder (on the right center) with son's Ben and Budd on the left.