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The old Mercy Hospital building at 26th Street and Calumet Avenue in Chicago.
The old Mercy Hospital building at 26th Street and Calumet Avenue in Chicago.
Jane Addams leaves Mercy Hospital in Chicago after a visit with her friend, former President Theodore Roosevelt, who was recovering from an assassination attempt in October 1912.
Jane Addams leaves Mercy Hospital in Chicago after a visit with her friend, former President Theodore Roosevelt, who was recovering from an assassination attempt in October 1912.
The rooms where former President Theodore Roosevelt stayed at Mercy Hospital after being shot in an assassination attempt in 1912.
The rooms where former President Theodore Roosevelt stayed at Mercy Hospital after being shot in an assassination attempt in 1912.
The Chicago Daily Tribune showed a diagram of former President Theodore Roosevelt's room at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, where he was treated after being shot, Oct. 16, 1912.
The Chicago Daily Tribune showed a diagram of former President Theodore Roosevelt’s room at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, where he was treated after being shot, Oct. 16, 1912.
Nurse Adeline Kessler helps White Sox great Luke Appling get ready to leave Mercy Hospital on April 4, 1938. The cast on his fractured ankle will be removed around May 20, according to the doctor. Appling will have three weeks of recovery time and then will be ready to play.
Nurse Adeline Kessler helps White Sox great Luke Appling get ready to leave Mercy Hospital on April 4, 1938. The cast on his fractured ankle will be removed around May 20, according to the doctor. Appling will have three weeks of recovery time and then will be ready to play.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard “Dick” Howell Jr. with their new baby at Mercy Hospital in Chicago in 1927. Howell was a competition swimmer who went to the 1924 summer Olympics.
The Mercy Hospital building in August 1911 in Chicago.
The Mercy Hospital building in August 1911 in Chicago.
For Mother's Day drama in 1939, Mercy Hospital was the place to be. The Feller family had come all the way from Van Meter, Iowa, to see son Bob, the young star of the Cleveland Indians, right, pitch against the White Sox. In the third inning, a foul tip off a pitch by Bob smacked his mother, Lena, right in the face. Off she went to Mercy Hospital. Lena, who would go home two days later with seven stitches, had no comment on how her big day went.
For Mother’s Day drama in 1939, Mercy Hospital was the place to be. The Feller family had come all the way from Van Meter, Iowa, to see son Bob, the young star of the Cleveland Indians, right, pitch against the White Sox. In the third inning, a foul tip off a pitch by Bob smacked his mother, Lena, right in the face. Off she went to Mercy Hospital. Lena, who would go home two days later with seven stitches, had no comment on how her big day went.
Firemen in snorkel baskets direct streams of water onto a fire at Mercy Hospital on the South Side on Sept. 13, 1963. The fire started in a roof of an old section of the five-story building. All patients in the danger zone were evacuated without injury.
Firemen in snorkel baskets direct streams of water onto a fire at Mercy Hospital on the South Side on Sept. 13, 1963. The fire started in a roof of an old section of the five-story building. All patients in the danger zone were evacuated without injury.
On April 24, 1942, Richard M. Daley, future mayor of Chicago, was born at Mercy Hospital — and so were his six siblings. In this photo from 1955, you can see the Daley clan on their way to the polls. From left to right in front are, Richard, 12, John, 8, Bill, 6, Mike, 11. From left to right in rear are, Eleanor, 14, Richard Daley, Mrs. Daley and Mary Carol, 16.
On April 24, 1942, Richard M. Daley, future mayor of Chicago, was born at Mercy Hospital — and so were his six siblings. In this photo from 1955, you can see the Daley clan on their way to the polls. From left to right in front are, Richard, 12, John, 8, Bill, 6, Mike, 11. From left to right in rear are, Eleanor, 14, Richard Daley, Mrs. Daley and Mary Carol, 16.
The Chicago Daily Tribune announced on April 22, 1955, that doctors at Mercy Hospital had separated Siamese twins.
The Chicago Daily Tribune announced on April 22, 1955, that doctors at Mercy Hospital had separated Siamese twins.
The financial drive to expand and refurbish Mercy Hospital gets under way at a dinner meeting at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago when Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, second from right, announced a gift of $1,200,000. to the hospital from the Frank J. Lewis Foundation on Nov. 6, 1953. Actress Irene Dunne, who spoke at the dinner, from left, Mother Mary Huberts, the Mother Provincial of the Chicago Province, Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, and Howard V. Phalin, general chairman of the Mercy fundraising campaign.
The financial drive to expand and refurbish Mercy Hospital gets under way at a dinner meeting at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago when Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, second from right, announced a gift of $1,200,000. to the hospital from the Frank J. Lewis Foundation on Nov. 6, 1953. Actress Irene Dunne, who spoke at the dinner, from left, Mother Mary Huberts, the Mother Provincial of the Chicago Province, Mrs. Frank J. Lewis, and Howard V. Phalin, general chairman of the Mercy fundraising campaign.
While the temperatures hovered near zero, patients in the 99-year-old Mercy Hospital building were bundled up and placed on stretchers as they were moved by ambulances to the new hospital building on Jan. 4, 1968. Mrs. Robert Orden was the first patient to be moved from the Calumet side of the hospital to the new Prairie Avenue across the street.
While the temperatures hovered near zero, patients in the 99-year-old Mercy Hospital building were bundled up and placed on stretchers as they were moved by ambulances to the new hospital building on Jan. 4, 1968. Mrs. Robert Orden was the first patient to be moved from the Calumet side of the hospital to the new Prairie Avenue across the street.
The new Mercy Hospital can be seen behind the existing hospital as it is being built, circa October 1966.
The new Mercy Hospital can be seen behind the existing hospital as it is being built, circa October 1966.
Sister Mary Jane Frances holds two-day old Sharon Orden, who with her mother was the first to be moved to the new Mercy Hospital building, on Jan. 4, 1968.
Sister Mary Jane Frances holds two-day old Sharon Orden, who with her mother was the first to be moved to the new Mercy Hospital building, on Jan. 4, 1968.
Mercy Hospital patients are moved from the old building to the new one on Prairie Avenue, shown here, on Jan. 4, 1968. They were moved by ambulance in the frigid cold weather.
Mercy Hospital patients are moved from the old building to the new one on Prairie Avenue, shown here, on Jan. 4, 1968. They were moved by ambulance in the frigid cold weather.
Dr. Paul Searles, medical director of respiratory therapy, shows new developments with respiratory therapy with a portable, self contained machine with its own power supply on Nov. 29, 1973, at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Paul Searles, medical director of respiratory therapy, shows new developments with respiratory therapy with a portable, self contained machine with its own power supply on Nov. 29, 1973, at Mercy Hospital in Chicago.
Members of the staff of Mercy Hospital watch as the original building at 26th and Prairie Avenue is razed to make way for construction of new buildings on April 5, 1968. The original hospital, built in 1869 was the only hospital left untouched by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Members of the staff of Mercy Hospital watch as the original building at 26th and Prairie Avenue is razed to make way for construction of new buildings on April 5, 1968. The original hospital, built in 1869 was the only hospital left untouched by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Santa handed out gifts to Larry Kowaluk, 4, and other patients at Mercy Hospital on Dec. 22, 1969, in Chicago.
Santa handed out gifts to Larry Kowaluk, 4, and other patients at Mercy Hospital on Dec. 22, 1969, in Chicago.
Mercy Hospital employees help the injured from an “L” accident on April 6, 1972, in Chicago.
The Feb. 26, 1975, baiduhai announced the death of Elijah Muhammad at Mercy Hospital.
The Feb. 26, 1975, baiduhai announced the death of Elijah Muhammad at Mercy Hospital.
Sister Sheila Lyne, president of Mercy Hospital, and appointed to the Chicago Board of Health, talks at the mayor's press conference on March 15, 1977, at City Hall in Chicago.
Sister Sheila Lyne, president of Mercy Hospital, and appointed to the Chicago Board of Health, talks at the mayor’s press conference on March 15, 1977, at City Hall in Chicago.