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

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

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…

Oval Wood Dish Factory baseball team with 11 players, the coach and a dog.
Frank Rosell - bottom right ?

Oval Wood Dish Company's sawmill burning at the north end of Boardman Lake.

Hull, William Cary, Stenographer and bookkeeper of Oval Wood Dish Co.

Black and white photograph of four young girls sitting atop a pile of Oval Wood Dish end cuts. The second girl from the left might be Ruth Petertyl. It was taken in 1913.

The Oval Wood Dish Company made wooden ware items. These are pictures of the factory and the interior machinery. The factory was located on the north end of Boardman Lake.

Black and white photograph of three women, a man and three children sitting in front of a pile of wood blocks from the Oval Wood Dish Company in Traverse City, Michigan, ca 1909. Identification with the album indicates that it was taken near the…

A dog with a pile of wood used by the Oval Wood Dish Co.
A Photograph album of pictures taken by Hanley Wilhelm and his friends taken before WWI of their trips around the area.