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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Wanda Patton about to speak

Wanda Patton, Chairman of the Awards Committee, standing next to a grand piano and about to speak into a microphone during the Annual Awards Banquet held in the Crown Center Hotel. Another white woman attendee can be seen seated at a table behind Patton.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00694.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Award recipients from Children's Mercy Hospital

Four award recipients (Two African American women, one white man, one white woman) for 20 years of service at Children's Mercy Hospital posing for a group photo together in front of the hotel's waterfall feature during the Annual Awards Banquet held in the Crown Center Hotel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00695.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Award recipient from Children's Mercy Hospital

Award recipient (white woman) for 15 years of service at Children's Mercy Hospital posing for a photo in front of the hotel's waterfall feature during the Annual Awards Banquet held in the Crown Center Hotel.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00696.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctor listening to a child's heart

Unidentified white male doctor leaning over a white boy in his hospital patient to listen to his heart with a stethoscope.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00697.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young patients undergoing auditory testing

Young white boy patient seated at a table wearing earphones and a Phonic Ear while playing with a wooden puzzle of circus animals. Another white child with earphones is partially seen seated next to him. The Phonic Ear is a "Binaural auditory trainer."
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00698.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Demonstrating a blood simulator testing machine

Asian woman technician demonstrating a blood simulator testing machine to an unidentified white woman. A bobble-head doll is on top of the equipment.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00699.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Examining a blood bank cooler

Unidentified woman looking into a Jewett Blood Bank refrigerator stocked with many bags of blood. She's holding the door open.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00700.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Microscopic examination

Unidentified white woman technician looking through a microscope. Another microscope is next to her.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00701.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse and doctor with audio equipment

Unidentified white female nurse (seated) and white male doctor (standing) working together with audio equipment. A microphone is positioned in front of the nurse. The doctor is standing behind her and to the side looking on.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00702.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Reviewing a tympanogram chart

Unidentified white male doctor and young white woman reviewing a tympanogram chart taped to his bookshelf in his office. They are seated across from each other. The doctor is wearing a lab coat and holding a tobacco pipe.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00703.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Listening to an infant's heart

Unidentified white male medical student or resident being observed by a senior white male physician as he listens to the heart of an African American infant lying on an examination table with a stethoscope. The infant is grabbing the stethoscope and looking directly at the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00704.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Harmonica player at the Mayor's Christmas Party

Unidentified white man playing a harmonica during the Mayor's Christmas Party at Children's Mercy Hospital. The Southwest High School Bells (white teenage girls) are standing in a row behind the harmonica player. The head of an audience member can be seen in the foreground.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00705.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Southwest High School Bells singing

Unidentified members of the Southwest High School Bells (white teenaged girls) singing during the Mayor's Christmas Party at Children's Mercy Hospital. They're lined up in a row and an IV bag and stand is in the foreground.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00706.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Loading equipment out of an ambulance

Group of white men unloading equipment from a Community Ambulance Inc. ambulance to be moved into the new Children's Mercy Hospital. Unidentified white male doctors and white female nurses are helping.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00707.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Police motorcycle escort during the move

Police motorcycle escort (white male) for a Children's Mercy Hospital van while moving into the new building. A striped awning has been set up to the building's entrance and other buildings can be seen in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00708.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281