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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Exterior view of Nurse Hall

Exterior view of Nurse Hall upon completion of construction with landscaping incomplete and showing bare earth and tree stumps.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00272.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of Nurse Hall

Exterior view of Nurse Hall showing main entrance and landscaping.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00273.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of Nurse Hall

Exterior view of Nurse Hall with students (white women) walking toward steps to outer sidewalk where several other females are approaching from the right of the photo. Trolley lines above the street can also be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00274.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of Nurse Hall

Exterior view of Nurse Hall taken from across the street with two 1928 Chevrolet Sedans parked out on the curb.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00275.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

Exterior view of the newly constructed Children's Mercy Hospital seen from the front and to one side.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00276.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital taken from across the street and to the left. Bare trees and a large chimney are seen as well.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00277.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital after Nurse Hall was built. Taken from across the street. A chalk signboard to right of photo reads "Sheets must be strong 63 x 99 in size". Trolley tracks, wires, and brick pavement can be seen in the street.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00278.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of Children's Mercy Hospital

Exterior front view of Children's Mercy Hospital from across and down the street. On the right of the photo is a chalkboard sign reading "We need 500 Turkish bath towels size 18 x 27 in". The street is paved with brick with streetcar tracks and wires above.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00279.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurses in front of the Hunt Residence

Exterior view of the Hunt Residence at 414 Highland; the first actual Children's Mercy Hospital building with a Nursing School Incorporated into it. Uniformed nurses (white women) standing on front lawn.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00280.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of the Hunt Residence

Exterior front and side view of the Hunt Residence at 414 Highland. It was the first actual Children's Mercy Hospital Building and included a Nursing school.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00281.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Exterior view of the Hunt Residence

Exterior front and side view of the Hunt Residence at 414 Highland. It was the first actual Children's Mercy Hospital Building and included a Nursing school. Shadows and leaves from the tree in the front obscures the view.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00282.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Aerial view of the Children's Mercy Hospital buildings

Birdseye view of Children's Mercy Hospital. The large building toward the right is the main hospital building, and the smaller building toward rear of the hospital building with the large smoke stack is the power house and laundry. The grounds with the oval shaped walk is the hospital playground while Nurse Hall is to the left of the photo, next to the main building.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00283.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Architect's drawing of Nurses Home

Architect's Rendering of Nurse's Home for Children's Mercy Hospital by Hoit Price & Barnes, Kansas City, MO. Drawing shows the front exterior of the building with landscaping.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00284.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Toddler with white rabbit

Young white toddler feeding a white rabbit with a carrot. The child's legs are spread out with the rabbit in between.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00285.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Blind girls playing with a doll

Two young blind girls, both white, at Children's Mercy Hospital's Lucerne Ward. One is seated in a chair holding out her hands and another has her eyes wrapped and is sitting on the floor holding out a doll to the seated girl. One of her shoes is off and there is a rattle beside her. A crib is behind them both.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00286.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281