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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Toddler in a high chair with beads

White girl toddler sitting in a high chair playing with a string of large wooden beads on the rather battered looking tray. Looking to the left of the photo. A hospital bed is behind her.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00980.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Shawsie Branton with young girl

Shawsie Branton, Children's TLC founder, kneeling beside a young white girl in leg braces and crutches. Both are looking at each other and smiling. Children's TLC is now known as Ability KC.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00981.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Toddler lying in a hospital bed

Unidentified white boy toddler lying on a hospital bed in diapers. One leg has a bandage with a tube or wire leading out from under it. Surrounded by some sort of frame, the purpose of which is unclear.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00982.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young child with dentist

Unidentified white male dentist standing next to a young boy in a dental chair with cloth over his upper body. Equipment seen behind them. Both are smiling.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00983.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Doctors examining a patient with stethoscopes

African American boy sitting on an examining table with his shirt off while a white male doctor checks him with a stethoscope. Another white male doctor at the left seems to be talking to the young patient. Doctors and patient unidentified.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00984.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young girl in traction

Young African American girl patient in traction propping herself up in bed and smiling hugely for the camera.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00985.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse with infant in the intensive care unit

Unidentified white female nurse tending to an African American infant in an incubator in the neonatal intensive care unit. A stethoscope is lying on top of the incubator and the nurse is doing something with a pipette. A stuffed pig with a dress is lying next to the infant.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00986.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Toddler with burned leg

White boy toddler with a severely burned left leg trying to sit up in his hospital bed with his right arm and leg tied to the bed with gauze.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00987.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Treating an intensive care patient

Unidentified white female nurse and white male doctor treating an infant on a table as two other people (parents, likely, Latino Americans, possibly) look on. The infant has a breathing tube and is hooked up to monitors.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00988.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse rocking infant in intensive care

Unidentified white female nurse rocking a white infant in a rocking chair in the neonatal care unit. The infant's eyes are open and are looking upwards. An incubator is seen in the background.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00989.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Preparing a baby for brain surgery

Doctors (white men) and nurses (white women) in the neonatal operating unit preparing an African American toddler for brain surgery. The baby's head is shaved and feet and hands are tied down to the sides of the table. Drip bags for blood and IV fluid along with other medical instruments are seen.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00990.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Young girl in hospital gown

Young white girl in a hospital gown looking over to the right of the photo.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00991.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Getting their hair cut

Young white girl sitting on a tall chair with a grumpy expression getting her hair cut by an unidentified white man in a suit. Another white girl seated at the right and a white girl standing at the left are watching as they wait their turn. Hospital beds with stuffed animals are behind them.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00992.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Nurse taking payment booklet

Unidentified white woman with child handing an unidentified white female nurse a payment booklet.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00993.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281
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Visiting with her child

Two white women visiting a white girl in her hospital room. The girl is sitting up in her bed and one woman is seated in a rocking chair next to the bed watching her. The other woman is in the background speaking with a white female nurse. The room is cluttered with books, and the remains of lunch.
Type: Image
File: umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00994.png
Collection Identifier: MS-0281