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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Nurses and a doctor examining a patient on a table during a disaster preparedness drill

A white female doctor and two white female nurses examining a white boy on a table during a disaster preparedness drill. A third nurse is possibly M. Lusita Archer standing to the right. An IV-bag is seen beside the table. The boy is made up to look as if he's suffered various injuries.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00558.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurses and doctors treating a young boy during a disaster preparedness drill

Doctors (white men) and nurses (white women) in surgical scrubs attending to a boy on a hospital table with one doctor holding an intravenous bottle at the head of the table during a disaster preparedness drill. The boy is made up to look as if he's suffered various injuries.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00559.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse with young girl in a heavy coat

Young African American girl patient wearing a coat and hat and holding a white female nurse's hand while leaving for the New Children's Mercy Hospital on Gillham. The nurse is also wearing a coat and holding a large paper bag.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00560.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Arriving at the new building

A young boy (possibly Latino) in a wheelchair holding a large blanket and wearing slippers coming through the doors of the new Children's Mercy Hospital building with the help of an unidentified white man, a white female doctor, and a white female nurse carrying a large bag and blanket.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00561.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Unloading children and equipment

Nurses (African American and white women) and white male doctors help unload patients, wheelchairs, linens, and oxygen tanks from the hospital van during the move to the new hospital on Gillham Road.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00562.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Police motorcycle escort during the move

Police officer (white man) on a motorcycle escorting the Children's Mercy Hospital van and ambulance while transporting patients en route to the new hospital on Gillham Road. Several cars parked along the street are seen as well a neighborhood in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00563.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Police motorcycle escort during the move

View from inside a car following the ambulance and the motorcycle police escort (white man) transporting patients to the new hospital on Gillham Road. Billboards, and buildings can be seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00564.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Ambulance and motorcycle police escort arriving at the new hospital building

Ambulance following the motorcycle police escort (a white man) on arrival at the new Children's Mercy Hospital building on Gillham Road. The new building, trees, and other cars can be seen as well.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00565.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Unloading a child in a crib from an Red Cross truck

A white male doctor and another unidentified white man putting the wheels back onto a hospital crib after unloading it from the back of a Red Cross truck in the driveway of the new hospital on Gillham Road. A white female nurse is standing to the left and a camera and camera man (white man) can be partially seen filming things. A child and equipment are still in the crib.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00566.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Unloading an infant from an ambulance

White male doctors and a white female nurse unloading an infant from an ambulance during a transport to the new hospital building. The doctor on the left is holding an intravenous bottle, the nurse the infant, and the other doctor is holding a winter coat. A driver and another nurse are partially seen behind the group.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00567.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Boy and his mother with a nurse

Unidentified white female nurse talking with a young white boy and his mother, both sitting on the examination table. The boy is looking at the camera and wearing a matching jacket and pants.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00568.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Bandaged patient with nurse

Bandaged white boy pictured with nurse Barbara Toombs-Tyson during the United Way Campaign. United Way is a network of nonprofit fundraising bodies that fundraise primarily through workplace campaigns. The boy has an injury with stitches in his leg. Unclear if it's related to a procedure or accidental. His left arm is injected with an I.V.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00569.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse comforting a crying child

Nurse Nancy Diddle sitting in chair with young African American boy patient crying on her shoulder. Other nurses (white women) can be partially seen around them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00570.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctors and their wives during a service awards dinner

Doctors Ned Smull (left), David Eubank, and John Barnard and their wives seated at a table during a Distinguished Service Awards dinner honoring Twenty Five Years of Volunteer Medical Service held at the Plaza III Restaurant in Kansas City. A row of engraved silver pitchers are lined up in front of them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00571.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Jerry Smith and others

Jerry Smith (right) speaking in a hallway with two other unidentified white men during the open house for the new Children's Mercy Hospital building. Smith is mostly turned away from the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00663.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281