Children's Mercy Hospital Collection

Description
This not-for-profit hospital was founded in Kansas City in 1897 by two sisters, Alice Berry Graham and Katherine Richardson to serve the poor and ill children of the area. This collection features photos of patients, staff, and volunteers all through the hospital's history.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Disney characters performing on stage

Disney characters performing on stage with an unidentified white woman at Children's Mercy Hospital. The woman is talking into a microphone. Goofy, Donald Duck, and Mickey Mouse are standing left to right in back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00152.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Mickey Mouse interacting with young patients

Mickey Mouse interacting with young patients (white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Mickey is leaning forward while children touch his head. The kids are sitting in an auditorium and are smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00151.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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American Royal Queen Pam Brackett

American Royal Queen Pam Brackett (white woman) visiting Children's Mercy Hospital. She is wearing a crown and carrying a scepter. She is looking down while smiling and rubbing the nose of a boar sculpture for good luck.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00162.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gail Davis talking with patients

Gail Davis talking with patients (African American and white) and female nurses (white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Davis is dressed as the Annie Oakley character, wearing a bandana and cowboy hat. Several children are sitting in beds and others are standing. They are laughing and smiling. A nurse is standing in the background under a clock identified as a gift of former nurse Carol Belt.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00160.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gene Autry and Gail Davis with a young patient

Gene Autry and Gail Davis with a young white male patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Autry is standing to the left of the child while shaking a hand. Davis is dressed as the character Annie Oakley and is on the right while talking to the boy. Other unidentified white men are standing in back.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00158.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Ronald McDonald interacting with patients

Ronald McDonald interacting with patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. The children (African American and white) are sitting and laying on a blanket in the center of the room. Ronald McDonald is sitting in the back and talking. An unidentified white woman on the left is looking down and smiling. There are kitchen toys along the back wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00156.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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William Boyd with a young patient

William Boyd playing with a young white girl patient while she sits on a hospital bed at Children's Mercy Hospital. Boyd is dressed as the character Hopalong Cassidy. He is holding a small table and is smiling at a dollhouse on the hospital bed. A canary cage is in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00157.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Chimney Sweep with young patients

A white man dressed as a Chimney Sweep from Mary Poppins visiting young patients (African American and white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. The man is wearing black gloves and a floppy hat. Three children are sitting on the left. They are smiling and pointing at the Chimney Sweep. A white woman is sitting in the back looking down and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00161.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Gene Autry standing with young patients

Gene Autry standing with young patients (white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. A young boy is standing in front of Autry, who is holding a cowboy hat at his side. Two other children are sitting in a portable bed cart. Other unidentified white men and women are standing in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00159.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Ronald McDonald visiting a patient

Ronald McDonald visiting a patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The white boy is laying in bed and smiling while looking forward. Ronald McDonald is also looking forward and smiling while waving his hand. There is a large "Mayor McCheese" sticker on the bed and a hot water bottle at the head of the bed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00155.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting patients

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a group of child patients (all white except one African American girl) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is standing in the back left, dressed at the Cisco Kid. Carrillo is standing in the back right, dressed as Pancho from The Cisco Kid television series. The children are standing and sitting in three rows. Most of them are smiling. The girl in the center is holding publicity photos.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00167.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young girl patient

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young white girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is standing on the right looking down, dressed as the Cisco Kid. Carrillo is standing on the right looking down, dressed as Pancho from The Cisco Kid television show. Pancho is handing a publicity photo to the girl, who is sitting in a bed.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00169.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting young girl patients

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting two young white girl patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is standing on the left dressed as the Cisco Kid and holding publicity photos. Carrillo is standing on the right holding a coloring book, dressed as Pancho from The Cisco Kid television show. The two girls are sitting in the middle, looking up at Carrillo who is hold open a coloring book to them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00170.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Leo Carrillo visiting young male patients

Leo Carrillo visiting young white male patients at Children's Mercy Hospital. Carrillo is dressed as Pancho from The Cisco Kid television series. He is holding publicity photos in one hand. The kid in the center is wearing Pancho's sombrero. Both boys are sitting and looking up.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00168.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young male patient

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo visiting a young white male patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. Renaldo is sitting on the left dressed as the Cisco Kid. Carrillo is sitting on the right dressed as Pancho from the Cisco Kid television series. The boy is sitting in the center holding a stage prop revolver. Everyone is looking up and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00166.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281