The Petertyl Family featured in this collection lived in the Traverse City, Michigan area. This collection contains materials representing aspects of their daily lives, mostly in the Traverse City and Leelanau counties of Michigan. Materials in this collection consist of albums of black and white photographic images, personal letters from Louis Petertyl during his time as a sergeant in WWI, Masonic Temple menu booklets, a local Newspaper page, and an ephemera piece. History: The Petertyl Family of this collection lived in the Traverse City, MI area. Victor Petertyl worked at Traverse City Wagon Works along with his cousin A.J. Petertyl, who was the owner of the company. In 1899, Victor bought out A.J. Petertyl, and continued Traverse City Wagon Works without his cousin and the company became Victor Petertyl Wagon Works.
1 linear foot
Consists of albums of photographic images, ephemera, personal letters, a newspaper page, Masonic Temple menu booklets.
