These are photographs of Bertha Edith Orcutt who was the director of the nursing school at the Traverse City State Hospital from 1925-1947. The first was taken in the middle 1920s and the second was taken by one of her student nurses in the 1940s.
Overview taken from the Courthouse tower looking south at the area around the Boardman River at 8th Street. Boardman Lake and the Fulghum Manufacturing factory is in the background. On the lower left side, the small neighborhood that used to sit on…
The farm of Frank Kratochvil which was located on Grandview Road in Leelanau County. The Kratochvil Brewery was also located on the property. It was frequently used by the local Bohemian community for picnics prior to 1912. This photograph is of…