Howell Area Archives Digital Archive

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  • HCDL-ngp-H005-05-0012_u.jpg

    Exterior view of a fire escape at McPherson Hospital in 1953
  • HCDL-bd-nursesschool2_u.jpg

    In 1964, the first graduates of the McPherson Health Center School for Practical Nursing, Howell, Michigan, received their diplomas in a ceremony at Hawkins Elementary School Brighton.   The graduates were twenty-one women.  The School for Practical Nursing was sponsored by the McPherson Health Center where classes were held, and by Brighton and Howell Public Schools.  It was  funded by government funds under the Manpower Retraining Act through 1966.   All of the graduates passed their state board examination and were eligible to be licensed by the State Board of Nursing as Licensed Practical Nurses.   The School for Practical Nursing graduated their last class in 1987.

    In this 1964 photograph, the School of Practical Nursing Class honors its graduating class in the traditional white uniform dress.

    Standing back:  Tami Alexander, unknown, Dorothy Yeagle, unknown, Sydney Morse, Susan Haynes, unknown, unknown, unknown

    Middle row: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mary Bugard Korsgren, unknown

    Front Row: unknown, Elaine Woodruff, Emily Janet Rohrabacher, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown
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    Photographs of labeled McPherson Hospital, Howell, Michigan in 1958. The persons in most of the photographs are unknown.

    McPherson Memorial Hospital  operated from 1928 to 1958 in the converted mansion given to the City of Howell by the McPherson family, which was located on North Michigan Avenue.  In 1958, McPherson Community Health Center opened as a brand new hospital at 620 Byron Road, Howell, Michigan.
  • HCDL-gn-Teeple-N088_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the Livingston County Infirmary which was located on 18 acres northeast of Thompson Lake.  It closed in 1967 after operating for thirty years.

    Livingston County Press & Argus/453521105/?terms=%22County%20Infirmary%22&match=1 (in library use only)
  • HCDL-ngp-H005-01-0001_u.jpg

    Livingston County Infirmary located on Thompson Lake, also known as Howell Lake
  • HCDL-ngp-D003-02-0081_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of OB/GYN specialist Jorge Flores, M.D., Howell, Michigan, 1976.  Dr. Flores was a member of the medical staff at McPherson Community Health Center, Howell, Michigan.
  • HCDL-ngp-D003-02-0074_u.jpg

    This is a portrait of Ismael Yanga, M.D., Howell, Michigan, 1976.
  • HCDL-ngp-D003-02-0057_u.jpg

    These 1980 portraits are of Frank Detterbeck, M.D., and his wife, Ingeborg.

    Dr.Detterbeck was associated with the Howell State Hospital.

    Livingston County Daily Press & Argus/image/453416685/?terms=%22Frank%20Detterbeck%22&match=1 (in library use only)
  • HCDL-ngp-P007-02-0009_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of a police car and two unknown individuals taken in front of the City of Howell Police Station, 121 North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.

    It shows the intersection of North Michigan Avenue and East Clinton Street, and in the background is McPherson Memorial Hospital.  Note the brick roadway that is Michigan Avenue.
  • HCDL-ngp-F004-01-0001_u.jpg

    This is a photograph of the window in Fred Cronenwett's office, greeting fellow Rotarian Henry Winkelhaus who was hospitalized at McPherson Memorial Hospital.  Cronenwett was Chief of Police and his office was in the 100 block of North Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.  The window read, "Hello Henry", and the date was May 12, 1947.  Henry Winkelhaus was a local florist.
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