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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Floral canvas in memory of Dr. Alice Graham

Floral canvas in memory of Dr. Alice Graham displayed in the lobby of the 1710 Independence Avenue building of Children's Mercy Hospital. The display includes flowers spelling out Graham's name and is resting against a wall. The flowers are a gift of the Florist Association on the occasion of Children's Mercy Hospital's 25th anniversary.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00184.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Charities campaign parade float

Charities Campaign parade float passing by Katz Drug Store. A mock hospital ward is on the back of a truck. Nurses, doctors, and patients (all white) are interacting and pantomiming hospital care. People are standing on both sides of the street watching the float pass by.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00182.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Margaret Reeble with young patient

Margaret Reeble, a female white nurse at Children's Mercy Hospital, looking over a young white male patient laying on a bed. A heart monitoring device is attached to the child's chest. Reeble is looking down and holding onto the monitoring equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00176.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young boy walking with crutches and leg braces

Young white boy walking with crutches and leg braces at Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy is looking to the side and is leaning forward on his crutches. There is rehabilitation equipment scattered throughout the room.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00187.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Composite of thirteen photos of nurses

Composite of thirteen photos of nurses (white, women) from Children's Mercy Hospital. The images are arranged as a slight curve leaning down to the right. All the nurses are wearing uniforms and are looking forward.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00185.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Three young patients looking at a man at Children's Mercy Hospital

Three young white girl patients looking up at a an unidentified white man in a room at Children's Mercy Hospital. The girl on the left is holding crutches and has leg braces. The girl in the middle is sitting on the floor. The child on the right is standing and looking up at the man. The man is wearing a suit and holding a jacket under his arm. He is looking down at the children.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00193.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children playing in the Junior League Playroom

Children (one African American boy, the rest white boys and girls) playing in the Junior League Playroom at Children's Mercy Hospital supervised by white female nurses. There are young boys and girls playing with a variety of toys and equipment including a doll house, a merry-go-round, a small pool for boats, blocks, and a sand box. Several children are sitting in wheelchairs and one child is in a mobile hospital bed. Nurses are assisting kids along the back wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00190.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Children playing in the Junior League Playroom

Children (all white) playing in the Junior League Playroom at Children's Mercy Hospital supervised by nurses. There are young boys and girls playing with a variety of toys and equipment including a doll house, a merry-go-round, a small pool for boats, blocks, and a sand box. Some of the children have legs in casts and others are sitting in wheelchairs. There are adult white women at the back of the room and white female nurses walking into the room.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00189.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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American Cancer Society Exhibit for the Kansas City Clinical Exhibit

American Cancer Society Exhibit for the Kansas City Clinical Exhibit. A white, male physician identified as Dr. Gilkey is on the right pointing at a board with photos and data and text about cancer in infants and children. An unidentified white woman on the left is looking at the board.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00196.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Forty-four women on the lawn of 6332 Walnut

Forty-four women sitting and standing on the lawn of 6332 Walnut, Kansas City. The women (all white) are identified as members of the Children's Mercy Hospital Century Club, a fundraising group for the hospital. The women are meeting to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the group. The women are on a lawn in front of several residential houses.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00195.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Eight boys and girls in a play room

Eight boys and girls (all white) in a play room at Children's Mercy Hospital. Five are sitting in a mobile hospital cart. One is sitting on a hobby horse and two are sitting on stools in front of cart. They are all looking forward.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00191.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Lena Dagley with patients

Lena Dagley with patients and other women (all white) at Children's Mercy Hospital. Dagley is sitting at talking with three other women. A male and female patient are on the right. A photo of the hospital founders is hanging on the back wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00194.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young male patient in the Junior League Playroom

Young white boy patient in the Junior League Playroom at Children's Mercy Hospital. The boy is watering a play garden next to a house. There are statues of Disney's dwarves Sneezy and Doc. The boy has a cast on his arm and is looking forward while smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00192.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young female patient in wheelchair

Young white girl patient at Children's Mercy Hospital. The girl is sitting in a wheelchair and has her right leg in a cast. She is looking up and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00188.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Members of the Kiwanis Club presenting a check

Eight members (all white) of the Kiwanis Club from Clinton, Missouri, presenting a check to Lena Dagley at Children's Mercy Hospital. They are standing in a room on the fourth floor with two young white boy patients. The boys are laying on beds and are looking forward. Dagley is standing in the middle of the Kiwanis members.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00205.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281