Black and white photographic portrait of Charles S. Vader, born in Wisconsin in 1866 to Calvin and Nancy Vader. Charles was a bookkeeper for Traverse City State Bank; Later established the Traverse City Cigar Box Factory in 1921 with business partner…
Black and white photograph of the walking bridge over the Boardman River at Hannah Park. (Note the sluceway used to float logs to the sawmill downstream after the installation of the Hannah Lay Grist mill dam just up stream.)
Black and white photograph of potato buyers gathered at the north west corner of Union and State streets before the Pioneer Station (early gas station) was built there, 1919.
Black and white photograph of the Union Street Bridge, Boardman river, M&NE depot, Morgan Cannery in a picture taken from the T.C. State Bank building, ca. 1900.
Color photograph of downtown Traverse City taken from the corner of State Street and Union looking north towards Front Street and the Bay, ca 1980. On the NW corner of State and Union is a Total Gas Station.
Hannah Park between Sixth St. and the banks of the Boardman River was a pleasant place for a summer stroll. Built just after the turn of the century, it was beautifully landscaped and carefully maintained for the pleasure of the whole city.