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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Richard B. Fowler

Portrait of Richard B. Fowler of the Kansas City Star. Wearing a suit and eyeglasses and looking forward at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00393.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Dr. Smull with young boy

Dr. Ned Smull visiting with a young white boy sitting up in his hospital bed with a gown on. Other beds are seen behind them and Smull has a stethoscope around his neck.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00394.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Handing over a check

Unidentified older white man with two unidentified white women (one on either side of him) either receiving or giving a check from the woman at the right of the photo. Lobby of Children's Mercy Hospital.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00395.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Portrait of Margaret Weaver

Portrait of Margaret Weaver, President of the Central Board of Children's Mercy Hospital. Wearing a dark colored dress and a strand of pearls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00396.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Jerry Smith and others

Jerry Smith (far right) and Dr. Ned Smull (2nd from right) with three other unidentified white men at Jerry Smith's antique toy display. Smull is receiving a check from one of the unidentified men and Smith's eyes are closed. Various sorts of toys can be seen around them including a gumball machine and a display of tin soldiers.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00397.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital

Large crowd of unidentified people and patients (African American and white) packed into a room for a Christmas celebration at Children's Mercy Hospital. Several patients are in hospital beds and there are Christmas decorations, including a crèche scene, along the walls.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00398.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital

A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Paper Christmas trees lay in patient beds. There's a piano with a semi-circle of children in wheelchairs around it.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00399.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital

A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Paper Christmas trees lay in patient beds. There's a piano being played with a semi-circle of children in wheelchairs around it.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00400.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Christmas at Children's Mercy Hospital

A hospital ward crowded with unidentified people and patients (African American and white, men, women, boys, and girls), some in hospital beds, celebrating Christmas. Christmas decorations are on one wall.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00401.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Santa visiting with the children

Crowd of people (white) in the lobby while Santa (white) visits with children (African American and white). He has his arm around a young white boy standing next to him while others are seated in chairs, one African American boy looking back over his shoulder at the camera. Margaret Weaver and another unidentified person speaking with a second Santa by a piano.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00402.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Pauline Kegeris

Portrait of Pauline Kegereis, dietitian for Children's Mercy Hospital. She's seated at a desk by a window with blinds and is looking through a magazine.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00403.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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At the Business Office

Two white female nurses at the window of the Business Office with another white woman on the other side of the window. The nurses' backs are to the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00404.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Ned Smull and others at a lecture

Dr. Ned Smull (front row, center) and other unidentified white men and women in a classroom listening to a speaker that's not in the photo. Everyone is turned in their chairs looking to the right of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00405.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Listening to a lecture

Female and possibly male nurses (white and four Asian women) and residents (white) listening to a lecturer in a classroom at Children's Mercy Hospital. The white male speaker is at a podium reading from a paper as the audience looks on. The first desk has a pipe, ashtray, and coffee mug on it.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00406.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Playing outdoors

Children playing outside at a playground. Four children (two African American, two white) are on a swing set with two white women wearing name tags pushing them. On the path behind the swing set is Herb Spencer with three other children (two African American, one white); one in a wagon, one on a tricycle, one on a toy go-kart. The fence and trees are behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00407.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281