Contributed by Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Description
Starting with the class of 1933, graduates of the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing began a tradition of traveling to Little Diamond Island for an all-day outdoor adventure at the Catholic Sisters of Mercy's Sacred Heart Villa.
The students were often chaperoned by a few members of the faculty, leaving Portland early in the morning and returning in the evening. The student nurses played games, snacked, swam, took nature walks, and enjoyed a picnic.
About This Item
- Title: Retreat on Little Diamond Island, Portland, ca. 1952
- Creator: Mercy Hospital
- Creation Date: 1952
- Subject Date: 1952
- Location: Great Diamond Island, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 7.6 cm x 10.2 cm
- Collection: Mercy Hospital Historic Archive
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)
- Group portraits--Maine--Portland
- Health care personnel--Maine--Portland
- Health education
- Hospitals--Maine--Portland
- Medical education
- Mercy Hospital (Portland, Me.)
- Nurses--Maine--Portland
- Sisters of Mercy.
- Uniforms--Maine--Portland
- Women--Employment
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Northern Light Mercy Hospital175 Fore River Parkway, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 879-3000
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