Portrait of Mother Vincent McDermott, Sister of Mercy.
Printed on back of image: "Mother Vincent McDermott, Religious Sister of Mercy (1856-1937), came to Council Bluffs in September, 1887 and established St. Bernard's Hospital. The first hospital…
Too much love...from his brother sent Eugene Adkins of Little Sioux, front, to Mercy Hospital with a fractured leg. He joined Brian Jacobsen of 39 Happy Happy Hollow Blvd., who slipped on a rug and fractured his leg.
Today...the photograph taken from Harmony and Frank Streets shows only part of the hospital. The original front entrance on Harmony is now the emergency entrance. And the many additions now dwarf the original section of the hospital. Another new…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--From an old postcard of 1909 comes this picture of the original section of the present Jennie Edmundson Hospital at Oak and Pierce Streets. The card is from the collection of Arthur J. Rogers, 130 Park Ave.