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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Young boy surrounded by clowns

Young white boy with leg braces seated on the stairs in the lobby with a row of clowns lined up on either side of him. Nine clowns (all seem to be white men) in all. The boy is smiling and at ease.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00363.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Toddler in a crib

Three year old white boy sitting up in a crib with the panel put down. Hands resting on either leg.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00364.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Three boys playing dominoes

Three white boys sitting on a hospital bed with a wooden tray playing dominoes. All three looking at the camera and with their hands clasped together in victory.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00365.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Girl in robe with a doll

Young white girl in a quilted robe holding a doll. She's looking over at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00366.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young boy standing up in his crib

Three year white old boy in a diaper and bandages on his left arm standing up in a crib and looking forward at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00367.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse Evelyn Wiley feeding two toddlers in highchairs

Nurse Evelyn Wiley serving food to two white toddlers seated side by side in highchairs. They each have two bowls on their trays and the girl seems to be resisting.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00368.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse Evelyn Wiley feeding two toddlers in highchairs

Nurse Evelyn Wiley serving food to two white boy toddlers seated side by side in highchairs. They each have two bowls on their trays and the boy is taking a spoon from Wiley.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00369.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Admiring a new heart-lung machine

Marion Kreamer (left) with young white girl cardiac patient and two unidentified white women standing with Doctor Thomas Holder (right) around a new heart-lung machine on the floor.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00370.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Toddler in swing

White boy toddler in a swing with a white girl toddler standing behind him holding a doll. Three unidentified white men are standing around them watching and smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00371.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Toddlers listening a woman play the dulcimer

Musettes (two white women) entertaining school children/patients (all white boys and girls) by playing a dulcimer. Some patients are in wheelchairs and one is lying in a hospital bed. Taken in the classroom at Children's Mercy Hospital. White female teacher is standing behind the children.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00372.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Parade float of model patients

A group of twelve children (all white) holding balloons while riding in two wagons pulled by a small tractor in a parade. The sign above one wagon reads "Model Patients & Float Sponsored by The Century Club of Mercy Hospital".
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00373.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Parade float from Children's Mercy Hospital

Children's Mercy Hospital parade float featuring a young white girl sitting in a wheelchair holding a balloon while a white female teenaged nurse in uniform with cape is waving to crowd. The float is being pulled by a small tractor driven by a white teenage boy waving with his cowboy hat.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00374.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Santa Claus handing out presents to children

Large group of patients (African American and white) sitting on the steps in the lobby area of Children's Mercy Hospital while Santa (white) hands out presents. The girl standing on right has on a winter coat and hat and is standing with her back to the camera. On the far right is a large plastic statue of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with a glowing electric bulb for a his nose.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00375.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young boy in a crib with a book

Young white boy in a patterned shirt sitting up in a hospital crib with a book in his lap and he's folding something. He's smiling and his eyes are rolled over to the side, looking at someone off camera. There is a bandage on his neck.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00376.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young girl view large campaign poster of herself in wheelchair

Two unidentified white men and young white girl alongside a United Way campaign poster, featuring a photo of a young girl in a wheelchair who appears to be the same little girl only a little younger. The man only partially seen in the poster standing next to the wheelchair is wearing same clothing as one of the men viewing the display.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00377.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281